Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP190101996

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP190101996

Funding Status
Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Context dependent flower choice in honey bees. This project aims to discover the strategies honey bees use when choosing between multiple flowers. The choices that honey bees make about which flowers to visit and which to avoid has significant impacts on crop yields, the spread of invasive weeds, and the conservation of native plants. This project expects to generate new knowledge in the fields of behavioural and pollination ecology through a combination of field experiments and modelling. Expected outcomes of this project include enhanced capacity in the field of pollination ecology, and new insight into flower preferences in the world’s most important commercial pollinator. This should provide significant benefits to food production and security as one third of the world’s crops benefit from insect pollination.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2019

End Date: 30-06-2023

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $398,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Ecology | Behavioural Ecology | Decision Making

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Horticultural Crops not elsewhere classified | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Behavioural Ecology | Decision Making | Ecology | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Horticultural Crops not elsewhere classified

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