Sexual signalling and parental care: A life-history perspective

我将用一种鱼，澳大利亚沙漠虾虎鱼，来获得关于雄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选择，因为雄性必须做出重要的繁殖决定，决定花多少精力来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。通过使用一个澳大利亚物种，我的研究也将提高人们对生活在易受人类影响的栖息地的非凡鱼类的认识和理解。

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 species, my research will also raise awareness and understanding of extraordinary fishes living in habitats vulnerable to human impact.