Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP150101985

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP150101985

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Asexual reproduction in honey bee invaders. This project aims to determine whether thelytokous parthenogenesis (the ability of queens and workers to clone themselves) is a critical factor in the successful establishment of invasive social insects in Australia and elsewhere. When an exotic social insect species arrives in Australia the population will usually expire due to a lack of conspecifics for mating, and severe inbreeding. Nonetheless, a few ant, bee and wasp species have managed to establish here and are among our worst invasive animals. The project plans to show how the Asian hive bee became established in Queensland and to assess the risks it poses to industry and the environment. This research should help the nation to respond more effectively to the next social insect invader.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 31-01-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $364,700.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Behavioural Ecology | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics | Invasive Species Ecology | Genetics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Border Biosecurity (incl. Quarantine and Inspection) | Control of Animal Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Environments | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Behavioural Ecology | Border Biosecurity (incl. Quarantine and Inspection) | Control of Animal Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Environments | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Genetics | Invasive Species Ecology | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics

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