Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0557849

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0557849

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Quantifying condition-dependence in sexual selection. This research centres on testing evolutionary models of sexual selection. The project has relevance for understanding the role of mutations in reducing the fitness of populations and hence has implications for the conservation of endangered species and for human health. The research also investigates how investment in one trait, such as horns, will take resources away from another, like muscle. This has implications for animal production. The project utilises pest species as research models and will hence provide further understanding of pest life-history, knowledge critical to the success of control programmes. Australian science will further benefit through the research fellow's established collaborations with international scientists.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 31-07-2005

End Date: 21-04-2011

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $670,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Quantitative Genetics | Invertebrate Biology | Sociobiology And Behavioural Ecology | Ecology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Biological sciences | Control of pests and exotic species

Other Keywords

Biological sciences | Control of pests and exotic species | Ecology | Invertebrate Biology | Quantitative Genetics | Sociobiology And Behavioural Ecology

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