| 项目编号: | 1405737
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| 项目名称: | Dissertation Research: Coadaptation of a Nursery Pollinator and its Dioecious Host Plant |
| 作者: | Lynda Delph
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| 承担单位: | Indiana University
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| 批准年: | 2013
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| 开始日期: | 2014-05-01
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| 结束日期: | 2015-07-31
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| 资助金额: | USD19681
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| 资助来源: | US-NSF
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| 项目类别: | Standard Grant
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| 国家: | US
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| 语种: | 英语
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| 特色学科分类: | Biological Sciences - Environmental Biology
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| 英文关键词: | nursery-pollinator
; plant-pollinator interaction
; nursery pollinator
; host-plant species
; undergraduate researcher
; interdisciplinary research project
; pollinator biology
; flowering plant species silene latifolia
; other pollinator species
; established research species
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| 英文摘要: | This study will investigate interactions between moths from the genus Hadena (the lychnis moth) and two divergent populations of the flowering plant species Silene latifolia (the white campion), an established research species that is also naturalized in the US. The S. latifolia populations vary extensively in floral, vegetative, and life-history traits, which are likely adaptations to dissimilar environments. The moths are nursery pollinators: adult moths pollinate, but the larvae parasitize fruit. Interactions including moth preferences, larval performance, and fruit damage will be examined in the natural European habitat. This research will suggest whether the balance between mutualism and parasitism varies among distinct environments with these nursery-pollinator and host-plant species.
This is an interdisciplinary research project that combines ecology, evolution, and behavior to investigate the divergence of intricate biological interactions between natural populations. This project will offer extensive training in pollinator biology and ecological/evolutionary field techniques for young graduate and undergraduate researchers. These results will also provide empirical evidence of regional variation in plant-pollinator interactions. Additionally, this work will suggest whether conservation efforts should consider habitat-specific differences in the management of other pollinator species. |
| 资源类型: | 项目
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| 标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/97014
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| Appears in Collections: | 影响、适应和脆弱性
气候减缓与适应
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Lynda Delph. Dissertation Research: Coadaptation of a Nursery Pollinator and its Dioecious Host Plant. 2013-01-01.
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