Sexual signalling and parental care: A life-history perspective

性信号和父母照顾：生活史的角度

• 批准号: DP0556134
• 负责人: Prof Bob Wong
• 金额: $ 1.59万
• 依托单位: The University of Melbourne
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2005-10-31 至 2006-02-10
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0556134
• 关键词: Sexual; signalling; parental; care; life

I will use a fish, the Australian desert goby, to gain pivotal insights into male reproductive investment. Under-appreciated as potential study subjects, desert gobies are ideal because males must make important reproductive decisions regarding how much effort to spend on mate attraction and parental care but, importantly, they must do so within the constraints imposed by desert-living. The likely impact of my work in the field of behavioural ecology will improve Australia's research capacity and profile. By using an Australian study species, my research will also raise awareness and understanding of extraordinary fishes living in habitats vulnerable to human impact.

我将使用一种鱼，澳大利亚沙漠虾虎鱼，来获得对男性生殖投资的关键见解。作为潜在的研究对象，沙漠虾虎鱼是理想的，因为雄性必须做出重要的生殖决定，决定花多少精力吸引配偶和照顾父母，但重要的是，它们必须在沙漠生活的限制下这样做。我在行为生态学领域的工作可能产生的影响将提高澳大利亚的研究能力和形象。通过使用澳大利亚的研究物种，我的研究还将提高人们对生活在易受人类影响的栖息地中的非凡鱼类的认识和理解。