Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP120102693

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP120102693

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Evolutionary roots of social bonds in female mammals. The social networks and friendships of wild female kangaroos and how these benefit individuals will be studied. This project will help us understand how the propensity of mammals to form friendships evolved; this understanding of the evolutionary roots of friendships will help in understanding why friendships affect peoples' health and mortality.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 15-12-2015

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $270,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Ethology and Sociobiology | Animal Behaviour | Ecology | Behavioural Ecology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity

Other Keywords

Animal Behaviour | Behavioural Ecology | Ecology | Ethology and Sociobiology | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity

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