LIZARD SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND THE INFLUENCE OF PARASITES

蜥蜴的社会行为和寄生虫的影响

• 批准号: DP0344618
• 负责人: Prof Christopher Bull
• 金额: $ 8.7万
• 依托单位: Flinders University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2003-01-01 至 2005-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0344618
• 关键词: LIZARD; SOCIAL; BEHAVIOUR; INFLUENCE; PARASITES

We ask why stable social group living in animals, with well documented benefits, is relatively rare. One cost is the enhanced opportunity for parasite and disease transmission among group members. We will explore, for a lizard, the impact of group living on parasite infections, and the costs of infection. We expect to produce observational and experimental results with an unusual level of detail, and with a fresh taxonomic perspective to influence debate in this central area of behavioural ecology. We will also produce new information on behavioural ecology of Australian fauna, important for conservation management and ecotourism.

我们要问，为什么生活在动物中的稳定的社会群体，以及有据可查的好处，是相对罕见的。一个代价是增加了寄生虫和疾病在群体成员之间传播的机会。我们将探讨，为蜥蜴，对寄生虫感染群体生活的影响，以及感染的成本。我们期望产生具有不寻常的细节水平的观察和实验结果，并以新的分类学视角影响行为生态学这一核心领域的辩论。我们还将提供有关澳大利亚动物行为生态学的新信息，这对保护管理和生态旅游很重要。