Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2001/00493
Pattern and process: experimental tests of theoretical models of competition in spatially structured communities of annual plants.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor M Crawley, Imperial College London, Biological Sciences
- Grant held at:
- Imperial College London, Biological Sciences
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Community Ecology
- Population Ecology
- Abstract:
- Recent theoretical work into the effect of spatial pattern on population dynamics and the pattern-generating processes of population dynamics suggests that local competition and limited dispersal could prevent competitive exclusion and hence promote species richness. We propose to use a model system of annual plants to test this prediction under field conditions by manipulating seed dispersal. If spatial processes are important, then competitive exclusion should occur more quickly when seeds are scattered randomly than when they fall locally.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2001/00493
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £374,313
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs | Total - Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £220,131 | £9,350 | £38,283 | £101,260 | £5,288 |
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