Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP160100285

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP160100285

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Population divergence and the thermal ecology of sexual conflict. This project aims to test how populations of introduced mosquitofish have adapted to local differences in water temperature (such as Tasmania versus Queensland). To what extent has natural selection (for survival) and sexual selection (the ability of males to acquire mates and/or females to resist unwanted matings) driven the local adaptation of populations? Many species have traits that evolve under intense sexual conflict – notably when males harass or coerce females into mating and females resist these attempts. It is assumed that sexual conflict traits are rarely affected by the local environment. The project will test the hypothesis that temperature can actually drive the evolution of such traits, specifically coercion and resistance to mating.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 31-01-2016

End Date: 31-08-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $379,400.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Life Histories | Ecology | Behavioural Ecology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Behavioural Ecology | Ecology | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Life Histories

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