Obiettivo "Studies of cooperative animal societies have advanced understanding of social evolution but have also revealed great individual variation in cooperative behaviour and major life history traits, even among individuals of the same age, sex and social status. Research on laboratory mammals suggests that this variation may be explained by early life influences on development, but little is known about the function and mechanism of these developmental effects in wild mammals, or whether these effects are adaptive. We will address this shortfall in knowledge using both empirical and theoretical approaches. Our empirical work will use large-scale field experiments on a model cooperative mammal system, the banded mongoose Mungos mungo, to measure prenatal developmental impacts on offspring growth, care received, stress physiology, cooperation, health, cognition, aging and lifetime fitness. Our theoretical research will build on the recent economic theory of ‘skill formation’, and will generate new testable predictions about the coevolution of developmental responses and maternal and helper investment. The output of the research will be new insights into the evolutionary and proximate causes of individual variation in health, behaviour and life history in social mammals, and a new conceptual understanding of social development in cooperative organisms from insects to humans." Campo scientifico humanitieshistory and archaeologyhistorynatural sciencesbiological sciencesevolutionary biologymedical and health sciencesbasic medicinephysiologynatural sciencesbiological scienceszoologyentomologynatural sciencesbiological scienceszoologymammalogy Programma(i) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Argomento(i) ERC-SG-LS8 - ERC Starting Grant - Evolutionary, population and environmental biology Invito a presentare proposte ERC-2012-StG_20111109 Vedi altri progetti per questo bando Meccanismo di finanziamento ERC-SG - ERC Starting Grant Istituzione ospitante THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER Contributo UE € 1 493 321,80 Indirizzo THE QUEEN'S DRIVE NORTHCOTE HOUSE EX4 4QJ Exeter Regno Unito Mostra sulla mappa Regione South West (England) Devon Devon CC Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Gaynor Hughes (Ms.) Ricercatore principale Michael Cant (Dr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato Beneficiari (1) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER Regno Unito Contributo UE € 1 493 321,80 Indirizzo THE QUEEN'S DRIVE NORTHCOTE HOUSE EX4 4QJ Exeter Mostra sulla mappa Regione South West (England) Devon Devon CC Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Gaynor Hughes (Ms.) Ricercatore principale Michael Cant (Dr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato
