Objectif Individual body size can explain a broad array of ecological patterns, including relative abundances, spatial distributions, and diversity of species. Body size underlies the patterning of energy fluxes and responses to perturbations in food webs, and plays a crucial role in individual life histories as it affects many ecological processes including competition, predation, intraguild predation, and cannibalism.This project will be centred on a mutually illuminating use of theory and experiments. Its main objective is to develop and analyze size-structured models of population dynamics and life history evolution of predatory freshwater insects in small fishless water bodies, with emphasis on a strong mechanistic underpinning for all ecological and evolutionary processes accounted for in the models. I will also carry out laboratory experiments and collect data to be able to corectly parameterize the models, and test the applicability of probabilistic reaction norms to measure selected life history traits in predatory freshwater insects.The application of size-structured models and probabilistic reaction norms are novel in the context of freshwater insects, and both methods can improve our understanding of the ecological and evolutionary processes that shape the individual life histories and population dynamics of this important part of freshwater food webs. Champ scientifique humanitieshistory and archaeologyhistorynatural sciencesbiological sciencesevolutionary biologynatural sciencesbiological sciencesbiological behavioural sciencesethologybiological interactionsnatural sciencesbiological scienceszoologyentomology Mots‑clés Aquatic ecology Entomology Fresh water ecosystems evolutionary ecology population dynamics Programme(s) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Thème(s) PEOPLE-2007-2-2.ERG - Marie Curie Action: "European Reintegration Grants" Appel à propositions FP7-PEOPLE-ERG-2008 Voir d’autres projets de cet appel Régime de financement MC-ERG - European Re-integration Grants (ERG) Coordinateur BIOLOGICKE CENTRUM AKADEMIE VID CESKE REPUBLIKY VEREJNA VYZKUMNA INSTITUCE Contribution de l’UE € 45 000,00 Adresse BRANISOVSKA 1160/31 370 05 Ceske Budejovice Tchéquie Voir sur la carte Région Česko Jihozápad Jihočeský kraj Type d’activité Research Organisations Contact administratif Vlastimil Krivan (Prof.) Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée