Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities - Grant ID: LE0883055

Funded Activity Summary

Video analysis suite for the integrative analysis of resource acquisition behaviour in animals. How do animals find food, choose places to live and select mates? How do insect swarms and fish schools make collective decisions without leaders? These are fundamental questions in understanding the ecological roles and environmental impacts of endangered native and damaging invasive animals. The video analysis suite will be used to analyse the behaviour of such animals in environments from the land to the deep-sea floor; track exceptionally fast movements during courtship and predator escape; study how animals achieve temperature balance in complex habitats; understand the dietary choices of herbivores, and discover the rules that govern the behaviour of swarms.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 21-02-2008

End Date: 29-10-2008

Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities

Funding Amount: $170,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Marine And Estuarine Ecology (Incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Life Histories (Incl. Population Ecology) | Sociobiology And Behavioural Ecology | Ecology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Control of pests and exotic species |

Other Keywords

Control of pests and exotic species | Ecology | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Life Histories (Incl. Population Ecology) | Marine And Estuarine Ecology (Incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Sociobiology And Behavioural Ecology

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