Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP240102490

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP240102490

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Vocal mimicry in songbirds. Many of the world’s largest clade of birds - the songbirds - incorporate vocal mimicry in their songs, but while scientific interest in vocal mimicry dates from Aristotle, limited progress has been made. With our unique research program we aim to provide an empirically based, theoretically informed understanding of avian vocal mimicry. In an important advance, we will examine both sexes to test long-held male-centric assumptions about evolutionary origins and maintenance of this trait. Crucially, we focus on lineages found only in Australia and PNG, where songbirds originated, to develop a robust scientific understanding of vocal mimicry across the entire songbird clade, and so provide an important new perspective on why and how song began.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2024

End Date: 31-12-2026

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $485,378.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Evolutionary ecology | Ecology | Behavioural ecology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other Keywords

Behavioural ecology | Ecology | Evolutionary ecology | Expanding Knowledge In the Biological Sciences

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