Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2001/00511
Dynamic biogeog of N.African & Arabian arid reptiles: using DNA sequence from whole faunas to test hypoth about community origin & clade evol
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr E Arnold, The Natural History Museum, Zoology
- Grant held at:
- The Natural History Museum, Zoology
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Quaternary Science
- Systematics & Taxonomy
- Conservation Ecology
- Community Ecology
- Abstract:
- Many areas of dynamic biogeography are still unexplored because tests of individual hypotheses depend on multiple robust phylogenies which are rarely available and expensive to produce. It is therefore most efficient to generate a set of phylogenies that tests several hypotheses at once. This will be done using DNA sequences from the 270-species reptile faunal complex of the North African and Arabian arid regions. The phylogenies will then be used to test hypotheses about community assembly, how inimical habitats and mountains gain their endemic faunas, rates of evolution and speciation in different geographical situations, effect of previous history on colonisation ability, ecological reversal on lineages, and the age of deserts and their faunas.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2001/00511
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £151,272
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £82,059 | £11,748 | £19,718 | £37,747 |
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