ADAPTING2UNCERTAINTY

Adaptive strategies for mate choice and aggression in the face of uncertainty

 Coordinatore UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL 

 Organization address address: TYNDALL AVENUE SENATE HOUSE
city: BRISTOL
postcode: BS8 1TH

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Johanna
Cognome: Rule
Email: send email
Telefono: -9288769
Fax: -9250973

 Nazionalità Coordinatore United Kingdom [UK]
 Totale costo 199˙047 €
 EC contributo 199˙047 €
 Programma FP7-PEOPLE
Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
 Code Call FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IOF
 Funding Scheme MC-IOF
 Anno di inizio 2010
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2010-06-01   -   2012-11-30

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL

 Organization address address: TYNDALL AVENUE SENATE HOUSE
city: BRISTOL
postcode: BS8 1TH

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Johanna
Cognome: Rule
Email: send email
Telefono: -9288769
Fax: -9250973

UK (BRISTOL) coordinator 199˙047.75

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aggression    choice    interdisciplinary    individuals    strategies    deal    behavioural    models    predictions    mate    uncertainty    theory   

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'BACKGROUND In interactive contexts (e.g. mate choice, aggression), individuals face a great deal of uncertainty over the behaviour of others. This makes decision-making difficult, because the best thing to do depends critically on the make-up of the social environment and the strategies others adopt. Current theory is poorly equipped to deal with these decisions because it typically assumes that individuals have perfect knowledge of the situation in which they find themselves, including the states of others with whom they interact. OBJECTIVES My project will investigate the evolution of behavioural strategies for dealing with uncertainty, focusing on aggression and mate choice. This will require an interdisciplinary approach, integrating economic concepts traditionally used in behavioural ecology with a more psychological perspective. STRATEGY To achieve this goal I will combine theory with empirical work and collaborate with world-leading researchers with the relevant expertise. In the outgoing phase, I will study aggressive behaviour in real animals to test novel predictions of my earlier models on uncertainty, running tests on captive zebra finches and examining patterns of aggression in data from humans. In the return phase, I will develop new models of mating behaviour that explicitly consider the uncertainty inherent in systems of mutual choice, using a Bayesian approach. RELEVANCE The project will considerably enhance my international, interdisciplinary research experience and train me specifically in the use of longitudinal databases for understanding behavioural development. With expert mentoring and a Personal Career Development Plan, this new knowledge and training will boost my professional development as an independent research scientist. At the same time, by testing key predictions from recent theory and developing new models of behaviour under uncertainty, the project has the potential to make an important contribution to EU scientific excellence.'

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