Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2000/00489
Species-level phylogenies to explain global diversification rates in a lineage of tiger beetles.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor AP Vogler, Imperial College London, Biological Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor TG Barraclough, University of Oxford, Biology
- Grant held at:
- Imperial College London, Biological Sciences
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Population Genetics/Evolution
- Systematics & Taxonomy
- Community Ecology
- Abstract:
- Global rates of speciation and extinction are estimated, in a comparison of assemblages of the world-wide distributed genus Cicindela in North America, India and Australia. Species-level phylogenies are the primary basis for these estimates. A novel procedure for primer design of nuclear single copy markers and high-throughput sequencing will be used to firmly establish relationships at different hierarchical levels (subgenus-level, species-level, populations). Lineage-through-time plots and phylogenetic assessments of geographic ranges will be derived from these phylogenies, to estimate diversification and range movements, respectively, at different hierarchical levels and for different geographic regions. Selected clades will be also sampled at the population level, to link inferences from species-level phylogenies and 'phylogeography'. The analyses will test the relative importance of intrinsic (lineage-specific) and extrinsic (environmental) determinants of diversification rates.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2000/00489
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £160,137
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs | Total - Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £74,364 | £7,328 | £28,895 | £34,207 | £15,341 |
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