Project

The evolution of phenotypic plasticity in host tolerance and its implications for foodweb structure

Code
01D22212
Duration
01 October 2012 → 14 June 2013
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Animal biology
    • Ecology
    • Environmental science and management
    • Other environmental sciences
Keywords
evolution phenotypic plasticity climate change dispersal IBM
 
Project description

Plant-associated animal communities are characterised by a high degree of and variability in host specialization. The extent of this plasticity will evolve due to selection pressures relates to the costs of plasticity, the scale of the landscape and the level of dispersal. By applying stochastic modeling approaches, the evolution of phenotypic plasticity during static and range expansion dynamics under climate change will be studied.