Animal contests - egg maturation as a determinant of the owner's advantage when parasitoids fight for a resource

Informacje na temat projektu

Identyfikator umowy o grant: FMBI983172

Projekt został zamknięty

Data rozpoczęcia 1 Stycznia 1999

Data zakończenia 31 Grudnia 1999

Finansowanie w ramach

• Specific research and technological development programme in the field of the training and mobility of researchers, 1994-1998

Koszt całkowity Brak danych

Wkład UE Brak danych

Koordynowany przez

Universidad de Granada
Spain

Cel

Research objectives and content
Evolutionary ecology is concerned with how individuals' properties relate to their reproductive success. When attempting to monopolize a vital resource, the distinction between success and failure is at its starkest. Contest outcomes are predicted to be influenced by factors such as fighting ability, ownership status and resource value. These may confound and determining which best account(s) for observations can be problematical. Bethylid wasps are ideal for research in this area: they have simple life-histories and direct competitive interactions occur when females dispute possession of a host (vital for reproduction). Fighting ability, ownership status and resource value can be controlled by manipulating, respectively, contestant size, prior experience and host size and/or female egg load. Generalized linear modeling, a powerful and suitable technique for contest outcome analysis, will be used to determine the importance of these variables.
There will be active interaction with students and staff of the host institute.

Dziedzina nauki

Klasyfikacja projektów w serwisie CORDIS opiera się na wielojęzycznej taksonomii EuroSciVoc, obejmującej wszystkie dziedziny nauki, w oparciu o półautomatyczny proces bazujący na technikach przetwarzania języka naturalnego.

• natural sciences › biological sciences › ecology › evolutionary ecology

Program(-y)

• FP4-TMR - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of the training and mobility of researchers, 1994-1998

Temat(-y)

• 0304 - Grants to established researchers
• TL15 - Population Sciences (inc.Ecology, Evolutionary Sc., Biodiversity & Conserva.)

Zaproszenie do składania wniosków

Data not available

System finansowania

RGI - Research grants (individual fellowships)

Koordynator

Universidad de Granada

• Wkład UE: Brak danych
• Adres: Campus Fuente Nueva s/n ; 18071 Granada ; Hiszpania
• Koszt całkowity: Brak danych