Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0208683

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0208683

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Honeybee Navigation: Low-level and Cognitive Mechanisms. Anyone watching a honeybee find its way back home effortlessly after flying several kilometres in search of nectar would know that these insects are excellent navigators, despite their diminutive brains and relatively simple nervous systems. The aim of this proposal is to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms by which bees navigate repeatedly to an attractive food source, and recruit their nestmates to visit it. The findings should illuminate important principles of animal navigation, as well as suggest novel strategies for robot navigation.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2002

End Date: 31-12-2004

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $190,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Sensory Systems | Sociobiology And Behavioural Ecology | Neurobiology | Neurosciences

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Combined operations | Behavioural and cognitive sciences | Biological sciences |

Other Keywords

Behavioural and cognitive sciences | Biological sciences | Combined operations | Neurobiology | Neurosciences | Sensory Systems | Sociobiology And Behavioural Ecology

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