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Niche choice and niche conformance in colour polymorphic grasshoppers (A03)

Subject Area Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions
Sensory and Behavioural Biology
Term since 2018
Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 316099922
 
Project A03 addresses niche choice and niche conformance in grasshopper model systems. Grasshoppers vary tremendously in colouration, and while some species are able to change their colour phenotype during development, others are fixed for their body colour by allelic variation. Different species thus have or lack the opportunity for niche conformance. The project studies how this difference affects niche choice. This offers a remarkable opportunity to study the interaction between different niche-alternating (NC3) mechanisms in closely related species with similar ecology.
DFG Programme CRC/Transregios
Applicant Institution Universität Bielefeld
 
 

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