Project

Mechanisms and constraints for insect conservation in calcareous grasslands

Code
01SF0511
Duration
01 January 2012 → 31 December 2012
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Animal biology
Keywords
modelling traits-based ecology conservation
 
Project description

Central to this PhD project is the question how to identify key factors explaining the species composition. I will apply trait-based approaches and life-history strategy approaches to explore and and gain fundamental understanding of how species-environment relationships can be used to predict insect responses to fragmentation of chalck grasslands.