Communication and mate choice in birds

鸟类的交流和配偶选择

• 批准号: 3156-2009
• 负责人: Ratcliffe, Laurene
• 金额: $ 2.91万
• 依托单位: Queen's University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2010-01-01 至 2011-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=449486
• 关键词: Communication; mate; choice; birds

Studies of sexual signalling behaviour in animals have contributed important information to understanding evolutionary processes such as speciation, which generates biodiversity. Increasingly conservationists are using knowledge about animals' reproductive behaviour to design management and recovery plan for species at risk or threatened with extinction. My research uses long-term studies of birds to test new theory about the nature of animal signalling interactions in natural environments, to examine how conditions on both the breeding grounds and wintering sites of songbirds may interact to influence behaviour and reproductive success. Populations of migratory birds are facing alarming declines around the world, and a new initiative in my program will explore the behavioural adaptations of migrants that help them survive the hazards of long-distance travel.

对动物性信号行为的研究为理解物种形成等产生生物多样性的进化过程提供了重要信息。 越来越多的自然资源保护者正在利用动物繁殖行为的知识来设计濒临灭绝物种的管理和恢复计划。 我的研究使用鸟类的长期研究来测试关于自然环境中动物信号相互作用性质的新理论，以研究鸣禽繁殖地和越冬地的条件如何相互作用，以影响行为和繁殖成功。世界各地的候鸟数量正面临着惊人的下降，我的项目中的一项新举措将探索候鸟的行为适应，帮助它们在长途旅行的危险中生存下来。