Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0450858

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0450858

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Antimicrobial Defences and Evolution of Sociality. Microbial diseases threaten all societies, human or otherwise. Insect societies present ideal conditions for contagious disease, specifically crowding of closely related individuals. We propose a gradient in the strength and breadth of antimicrobial defences from the solitary to the social condition and this is correlated with increasing crowding and decreasing genetic diversity. To test this hypothesis, we compare the microbial environments of nests and colonies, and the antimicrobial mechanisms, of solitary, semi-social and social insects. Outcomes from this research on disease regulation will inform the use, management and conservation of these economically and ecologically important animals.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2004

End Date: 31-12-2006

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $360,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Invertebrate Biology | Microbial Ecology | Sociobiology And Behavioural Ecology | Microbiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Living resources (flora and fauna) | Control of pests and exotic species |

Other Keywords

Control of pests and exotic species | Invertebrate Biology | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Microbial Ecology | Microbiology | Sociobiology And Behavioural Ecology

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