Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP160101730

Funding Activity

Website
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP160101730

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Evolution on the edge: a model system for evolution on invasion fronts. This project aims to develop a shared experimental platform, using the well-studied ecological model, Daphnia, to test emergent predictions about evolution on invasion fronts. Evolution happens rapidly on invasion fronts, accelerating the speed and potentially the damage caused by an invasion. By manipulating invasions through an experimental landscape, the project aims to answer currently infeasible questions, including whether pathogens become more virulent as they spread, and whether evolutionary trade-offs place limits on spread rate. This work would dramatically improve our understanding of biological invasions and may have implications for the management of phenomena ranging from emergent diseases to invasive pests and malignant growths.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-03-2016

End Date: 06-12-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $360,900.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Host-Parasite Interactions | Life Histories | Evolutionary Biology | Biological Adaptation

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Control of Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species at Regional or Larger Scales | Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Biological Adaptation | Control of Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species at Regional or Larger Scales | Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Evolutionary Biology | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Host-Parasite Interactions | Life Histories

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