Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2002/00802
The evolutionary genetics of the phenotypic response to climate change in northern small mammal.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor J Slate, University of Sheffield, Animal and Plant Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr D Coltman, University of Alberta, Biological Sciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Sheffield, Animal and Plant Sciences
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Environmental Genomics
- Population Genetics/Evolution
- Population Ecology
- Behavioural Ecology
- Abstract:
- The capacity for organisms to adapt to changing environmental conditions in nature is largely unknown. This project aims to test whether the responses to climate change observed in Tamiasciurus hudsonicus over the last 15 years are due to plasticity or a consequence of response to selection on the reaction norms of fitness traits. We will investigate the genetic mechanisms underlying the phenotypic responses to changing environmental conditions in a natural system, and manipulate individual environmental conditions to alter the potential for evolution in the direction of expected climate change. These analyses will be based on the reconstructed pedigree of a wild population that has been intensively studied at Kluane Lake, Yukon since 1987.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2002/00802
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £244,232
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £11,079 | £135,506 | £35,313 | £62,334 |
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