Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/M/S/2003/00071
Investigating potential interactive effects between climate warming and larval host plant use in determining species' range expansions.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor JK Hill, University of York, Biology
- Grant held at:
- University of York, Biology
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Environmental Physiology
- Population Genetics/Evolution
- Conservation Ecology
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- The availability of suitable breeding habitat is crucial to whether or not species have been able to shift their distributions in response to recent climate warming. Thus, any changes in species' host plant preferences which increase habitat availability would also increase species' ability to track climate change. However, such changes have rarely been considered. This project will examine butterfly oviposition preferences and larval host plant performance across an expanding range margin in Britain. Insect material from range margin and core sites will be reared in the lab under different temperatures and on different host plants to investigate potential interactive effects on butterfly life history traits. It will determine whether such effects may contribute to rapid rates of butterfly range expansion observed in some species during recent climate warming.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/M/S/2003/00071
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- New Investigators Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- New Investigators
This grant award has a total value of £51,395
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs | Total - Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £26,296 | £1,163 | £3,850 | £12,096 | £7,990 |
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