Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2001/00979
Parent-offspring communication and its exploitation by cuckoos.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor NB Davies, University of Cambridge, Zoology
- Grant held at:
- University of Cambridge, Zoology
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Behavioural Ecology
- Abstract:
- Young cuckoos Cuculus canorus are raised by several host species, each with distinctive parent alarm calls and nestling begging behaviour. Previous work has shown that nestling cuckoos 'tune in' to the communication system of their particular host. The first aim is to discover how differences in alarm responses and begging develop in young reed warblers and dunnocks, and in young cuckoos raised by these two hosts, using cross fostering to investigate learning and genetic predispositions in both hosts and cuckoos. The second aim is to determine whether the dunnock's unusually intense nestling begging (to which dunnock-raised cuckoos adapt) reflects increased sibling competition arising from polyandrous mating.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2001/00979
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £180,430
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £10,298 | £110,412 | £8,934 | £50,789 |
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