Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0210086

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0210086

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Ecology and phylogeography of bird migration between Australia and New Guinea: paradise kingfishers as a model species. This project examines the evolutionary causes and ecological consequences of intra-tropical bird migration between north Australia and New Guinea, one of the major migration systems of the southern hemisphere. I will use the buff-breasted paradise kingfisher as a model species, exploiting two features of its biology (an aerodynamically costly tail and a breeding distribution with a large latitudinal range) to shed light on the costs, benefits, and ecological correlates of intra-tropical migration. Molecular markers will be used to identify non-breeding distributions, migratory patterns, and the biogeographic histories of the different breeding populations within Australia.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-07-2002

End Date: 30-06-2005

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $217,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Terrestrial Ecology | Life Histories (Incl. Population Ecology) | Sociobiology And Behavioural Ecology | Ecology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Living resources (flora and fauna) | Biological sciences

Other Keywords

Biological sciences | Ecology | Life Histories (Incl. Population Ecology) | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Sociobiology And Behavioural Ecology | Terrestrial Ecology

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