Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2002/00527
Resource enrichment and apparent competition in multispecies predator-prey interactions.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor MB Bonsall, Imperial College London, Biological Sciences
- Grant held at:
- Imperial College London, Biological Sciences
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Population Ecology
- Community Ecology
- Abstract:
- Recent theoretical work into the effects of resource enrichment on the dynamics and mechanisms of multispecies predator-prey assemblages where two prey (that exist on independent resources) are consumed by a single predator suggests that life history effects (age-structure) and resource enrichment interact to prevent competitive exclusion. We propose to use a model insect predator-prey system to test this prediction by manipulating resource availability. If productivity is important, then competitive exclusion mediated by the shared predator should occur more quickly at intermediate levels of resource availability than at high or low levels of resource availability.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2002/00527
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £28,348
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £16,100 | £154 | £4,687 | £7,406 |
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