Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2001/01208
The role of familiarity and genetic relatedness in mediating competition between group living fish.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor P Hart, University of Leicester, Sch of Biological Sciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Leicester, Sch of Biological Sciences
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Freshwater
- Overall Classification:
- Freshwater
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Community Ecology
- Behavioural Ecology
- Abstract:
- The proposed research will examine experimentally how familiarity and genetic relatedness between competing individual threespine sticklebacks interact with variations in prey type, abundance and spatial distribution to determine the outcome of competition. Four experiments are planned. The first will examine the effects of prey density, type and depth on competition. The second plans to determine how prior residency interacts with prey distribution and type to determine competitive outcomes whilst the third experiment is planned to look at the way a predation threat changes competitive outcomes. The final experiment will use related and unrelated fish to examine the influence of genetic relatedness and familiarity between group members in determining competitive outcomes. The results will be used to parameterise and test an individual based genetic algorithm model of foraging behaviour.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2001/01208
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £202,618
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £129,641 | £2,810 | £618 | £9,915 | £59,634 |
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