Objetivo This project proposes a comprehensive study of the ecology and evolution of tropical ants at the community, species and population levels. It will be based on unique data set of 11000 samples collected from 17 sites in New Guinea and northern Australia. This study will be the first to examine species distributional data combined with their population and species phylogenetic relationships across a large regional spatial scale. The multidisciplinary methodology will permit the novel analysis of the environmental, evolutionary and geological factors influencing the diversity and distribution of ants in lowland tropical ecosystems. This project will use state of the art techniques in phylogeography and community ecology to address important questions of wide relevance about the evolution of insect communities, and will provide important knowledge relevant to conservation of tropical rainforest and savanna ecosystems. The proposed research will be combined with high quality training in phylogenetic and population genetic methodology, provided by world leading experts in this area. Ámbito científico natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems Programa(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) Tema(s) FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IOF - Marie Curie Action: "International Outgoing Fellowships for Career Development" Convocatoria de propuestas FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IOF Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria Régimen de financiación MC-IOF - International Outgoing Fellowships (IOF) Coordinador BIOLOGICKE CENTRUM AKADEMIE VID CESKE REPUBLIKY VEREJNA VYZKUMNA INSTITUCE Aportación de la UE € 209 458,85 Dirección BRANISOVSKA 1160/31 370 05 Ceske Budejovice Chequia Ver en el mapa Región Česko Jihozápad Jihočeský kraj Tipo de actividad Research Organisations Contacto administrativo Vojtech Novotny (Prof.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos
