Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2002/00940
Synoptic size-structured evolutionary ecology.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor M Rees, Imperial College London, Biological Sciences
- Grant held at:
- Imperial College London, Biological Sciences
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Population Genetics/Evolution
- Population Ecology
- Conservation Ecology
- Abstract:
- Monocarpic plants, in which flowering is fatal, are ideal systems for testing evolutionary ideas since the cost of reproduction is easily quantified. Within these species there is huge variation in flowering size; in one habitat coexisting species differ 380-fold. The causes of this variation will be analysed using a combination of theoretical and experimental studies. We will parameterise integral projection models using long-term datasets from 9 species. This allows estimation of selection pressures and ESS predictions to be tested. To explore differences between species within a habitat we will run comparative demographic experiments, which allow the trade-off between growth and survival to be quantified. Finally, within a single species we will use selection experiments to quantify heritabilities for growth and flowering size, and their genetic correlation.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2002/00940
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £193,960
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £3,295 | £127,995 | £2,291 | £1,500 | £58,878 |
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