Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0881019

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0881019

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Mate choice near and far: Genetic compatibility, sexual selection, and speciation in Australian grass finches. The pressure on individuals to choose a genetically compatible partner has the capacity to drive the evolution of mating systems and the process of speciation, and is therefore a major engine of biodiversity. Reproductive failure resulting from incompatibility between individuals is more likely when individuals from fragmented and genetically structured populations mate with one another. This work will give new insight into biological processes that drive biodiversity and effect the management of threatened populations and endangered species. The proposed research will raise the international profile of Australian science and biodiversity and improve our ability to manage our natural biological resources.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 31-12-2013

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $710,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

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

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Living resources (flora and fauna) | Biological sciences | Living resources (flora and fauna)

Other Keywords

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

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