Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2000/01318
Relatedness and information in reproductive conflicts in social groups.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr A Bourke, Zoological Soc London Inst of Zoology, Institute of Zoology
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr WC Jordan, Zoological Soc London Inst of Zoology, Institute of Zoology
- Grant held at:
- Zoological Soc London Inst of Zoology, Institute of Zoology
- Science Area:
- None
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Population Genetics/Evolution
- Behavioural Ecology
- Abstract:
- A major topic in evolutionary ecology is the evolution, by kin selection, of conflict within social groups. We will investigate conflict over production of males in social Hymenoptera with one, singly-mated queen per colony, using the bumble bee Bombus terrestris as a model system. We will test the hypothesis that egg-laying workers successfully express their kin-selected interests, by measuring their reproductive success (adult male production) using microsatellites. This will be the first such study in B. terrestris and societies sharing its social structure. We will also experimentally test two new hypotheses predicting how workers' use of information about their social environment proximately affects their reproductive behaviour. This novel project will simultaneously elucidate the role of relatedness and information availability in social evolution.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2000/01318
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £271,311
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs | Total - Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £144,727 | £1,705 | £51,900 | £66,575 | £6,403 |
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