Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0770300

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0770300

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Evolution, learning, and the use of multiple cues in desert ant navigation. This research on desert ants benefits Australia by fostering an international collaboration with one of the best European scientists, training students, and increasing knowledge about Australia's unique fauna, helping us to appreciate and better manage our fragile desert environments. With this international link, students working on this and related projects benefit intellectually from mingling with an international community of scientists.Understanding insect behaviour also has benefits for robotics. Work on desert ants has already resulted in robotic applications, and our outcomes concerning the optimal integration of multiple spatial cues are especially relevant.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2007

End Date: 31-03-2010

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $250,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Zoology | Sociobiology And Behavioural Ecology | Neurobiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Behavioural and cognitive sciences | Biological sciences |

Other Keywords

Behavioural and cognitive sciences | Biological sciences | Neurobiology | Sociobiology And Behavioural Ecology | Zoology

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