Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2001/00364
Food webs: a molecular approach for determining predator-prey interactions.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor J Memmott, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor WOC Symondson, Cardiff University, School of Biosciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Population Ecology
- Conservation Ecology
- Community Ecology
- Abstract:
- Studies of food webs rarely encompass more than one class of natural enemy. With insects, most terrestrial food webs are highly biased towards parasitoids while most aquatic food webs are equally biased towards predators. The aim of this proposal is to construct a web containing both predators and parasitoids (with a longer term plan to include pathogens). Detailed data on the parasitoids already exists but, as in other terrestrial food web studies, obtaining quantified trophic information from the terrestrial predators in the field is extremely difficult. In this proof-of-concept proposal molecular techniques, novel to food webs, will be used to detect and identify prey DNA from predator gut samples. Following sequencing of relevant prey genes, molecular markers will be identified that will enable us to compare the role of native and alien predators in food webs.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2001/00364
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £31,259
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £4,074 | £14,899 | £5,432 | £6,853 |
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