Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2003/00301
Costs of immunity: a nutritional perspective.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor K Wilson, Lancaster University, Biological Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor SJ Simpson, University of Sydney, School of Biological Sciences
- Grant held at:
- Lancaster University, Biological Sciences
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Population Genetics/Evolution
- Population Ecology
- Behavioural Ecology
- Abstract:
- A central, but rarely demonstrated, assumption underlying the evolution of disease resistance is that the maintenance and activation of the immune system is costly. However, recent studies suggest that animals can often recoup these costs by adjusting their feeding strategy to incorporate the lost nutrients, and hence that any costs will be revealed only under conditions of food-stress. The aim of this project is to apply the 'geometric approach' to nutritional ecology to examine the mechanistic basis for the costs of immunity in insects. Specifically, we will: (1) determine the fitness costs associated with maintaining and activating the immune system, (2) identify the nutritional mechanisms mediating these costs, and (3) determine the behavioural mechanisms by which such costs are ameliorated.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2003/00301
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £240,659
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £3,769 | £132,474 | £16,799 | £26,680 | £60,938 |
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