Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/P003079/1
Evolutionary history of Colobanthus quitensis and its associated micro-organisms
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr KK Newsham, NERC British Antarctic Survey, Science Programmes
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr WP Goodall-Copestake, Scottish Association For Marine Science, Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor P Convey, NERC British Antarctic Survey, Science Programmes
- Grant held at:
- NERC British Antarctic Survey, Science Programmes
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Unknown
- ENRIs:
- Biodiversity
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Climate & Climate Change
- Community Ecology
- Population Ecology
- Environmental Microbiology
- Microbiology
- Abstract:
- The main goals of this proposal are to assess the evolutionary history of Colobanthus quitensis in Antarctica and southern South America by evaluating: (i) how its genetic diversity is distributed within and among populations, (ii) how historical processes have influenced the contemporary distribution of C. quitensis across its southern range of distribution, and (iii) whether geographical patterns of genetic variation are consistent with the diversity of microflora and their symbiotic effects. These predictions will be tested using experimental approaches as well as population genetic and phylogeographic analyses. This research proposal will shed fundamental new light on the evolutionary history of the flora between South America and the Antarctica.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/P003079/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed (RP) - NR1
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- CONICYT - NERC Antarctic
This grant award has a total value of £389,463
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| DI - Other Costs | Indirect - Indirect Costs | DA - Investigators | DI - Staff | DA - Estate Costs | DA - Other Directly Allocated | DI - T&S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £50,490 | £138,041 | £20,146 | £111,137 | £38,982 | £2,032 | £28,636 |
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