Causes and consequences of adoption in graylag geese

Project Information

ELLEN KALMBACH

Grant agreement ID: HPMF-CT-2002-01963

Project closed

Start date 1 January 2003

End date 31 December 2004

Funded under

• Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Improving the human research potential and the socio-economic knowledge base" (1998-2002)

Total cost € 140 600,00

EU contribution € 140 600,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN
Netherlands

Objective

Adoption amongst animals is a special form of co-operation between unrelated individuals. Consequences of adoption on correlates of fitness for parents and offspring in graylag geese will be studied in order to determine who drives adoption; adults or chicks.

Programme(s)

• FP5-HUMAN POTENTIAL - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Improving the human research potential and the socio-economic knowledge base" (1998-2002)

Topic(s)

Data not available

Call for proposal

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Funding Scheme

RGI - Research grants (individual fellowships)

Coordinator

UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Kerklaan 30 ; 9750 NN HAREN GN ; Netherlands
• Total cost: No data