Project

Evolutionary ecology of two arthropods in populations at range expanding margins

Code
3G061011
Looptijd
01-01-2011 → 31-12-2014
Financiering
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Onderzoeksdisciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Animal biology
Trefwoorden
Tetranychus urticae eco-evolutionary dynamics genomics mesocosms klimaatsopwarming individual based modelling experiment
 
Projectomschrijving

Climate change is inducing significant shifts in species' ranges. At margins of these expanding ranges, altered environmental conditions induce strong selection pressures on life history traits which in turn largely impact on ecological processes. These will be empirically studied under mesocosm conditions and by spatially will be studies by genomics tools.