Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2000/00408
Trace metal utilisation in tritrophic systems: ecological and physiological limitations for endophytic insects and their parasitoids.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor D Quicke, Imperial College London, Biological Sciences
- Grant held at:
- Imperial College London, Biological Sciences
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Pollution and Waste
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Environmental Physiology
- Population Ecology
- Community Ecology
- Soil science
- Abstract:
- Plant suitability for herbivores and the latter for parasitoids may be influenced by the availability of trace metals (e.g. Zn, Cu, Fe, Mn). Trace metals will be quantified at three trophic levels for several host parasitoid systems. I will test the hypothesis that Zn and Mn are likely to be most limiting for both hosts and parasitoids because they are required above physiological background, to harden cuticle. Manipulation will allow determination of whether trace metals affect host preference or suitability, and whether they may have affected host ranges and host utilisation strategies of parasitoids. Comparison of parasitised and non-parasitised hosts will show whether host metal budgets are manipulated by parasitoids.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2000/00408
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £228,515
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £102,535 | £10,508 | £68,304 | £47,167 |
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