Manipulating foraging by mammalian herbivores with plant odours

利用植物气味操纵哺乳动物食草动物的觅食

• 批准号: DP190101441
• 负责人: Prof Clare McArthur
• 金额: $ 24.47万
• 依托单位: The University of Sydney
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2019-02-15 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP190101441
• 关键词: Manipulating; foraging; mammalian; herbivores; plant

This project aims to reveal how mammalian herbivores exploit leaf odour to detect plants while foraging. Insects track plant odour to find host plants, yet how mammalian herbivores use olfaction to forage and how this can be harnessed is unknown. This project will provide new perspectives on foraging ecology, and will pioneer novel ways to help protect plants using chemical camouflage, and to help protect animals from road collisions by attracting them to safety.

该项目旨在揭示哺乳动物草食动物如何在觅食时利用树叶气味来检测植物。昆虫追踪植物气味来寻找寄主植物，然而哺乳动物草食动物如何利用嗅觉觅食以及如何利用这一点尚不清楚。该项目将为觅食生态学提供新的视角，并将开创使用化学伪装来帮助保护植物的新方法，并通过吸引动物到安全的地方来帮助保护动物免受道路碰撞。