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Coordinator |
FCIENCIAS.ID - ASSOCIACAO PARA A INVESTIGACAO E DESENVOLVIMENTO DE CIENCIAS
Organization address contact info |
Coordinator Country | Portugal [PT] |
Total cost | 1˙999˙275 € |
EC max contribution | 1˙999˙275 € (100%) |
Programme |
1. H2020-EU.1.1. (EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)) |
Code Call | ERC-2016-COG |
Funding Scheme | ERC-COG |
Starting year | 2017 |
Duration (year-month-day) | from 2017-05-01 to 2022-04-30 |
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1 | FCIENCIAS.ID - ASSOCIACAO PARA A INVESTIGACAO E DESENVOLVIMENTO DE CIENCIAS | PT (LISBON) | coordinator | 1˙785˙525.00 |
2 | CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS | FR (PARIS) | participant | 213˙750.00 |
Interspecific competition is arguably the best interaction to address how individual trait variation and eco-evolutionary feedbacks shape species distributions and trait evolution, due to its indirect effects via the shared resource. However, a clear understanding of such feedbacks is only possible if each contributing factor can be manipulated independently. With COMPCON, we will address how individual variation, niche width, niche construction and the presence of competitors shape species distributions and trait evolution, using a system amenable to manipulation of all these variables. The system is composed of two spider mite species, Tetranychus urticae and T. ludeni, that up- and down-regulate plant defences (i.e., negative and positive niche construction, respectively). Tomato mutant plants with low defences will be used as an environment in which niche construction is not expressed. Furthermore, tomato plants will be grown under different cadmium concentrations, allowing quantitative variation of available niches. Using isogenic lines, we will measure individual variation in niche width, niche construction and competitive ability. Different combinations of lines will then be used to test key predictions of recent theory on how such variation affects coexistence with competitors. Subsequently, mite populations will evolve in environments with either one or more potential niches, in plants where niche construction is possible or not, and in presence or absence of competitors (coevolving or not). We will test how these selection pressures affect niche width, niche construction and competitive ability, as well as plant damage. Finally, we will re-derive isogenic lines from these treatments, to test how evolution under different scenarios affects individual variation in niche width. COMPCON will shed new light on the role of competition in shaping eco-evolutionary communities, with bearings on disciplines ranging from macro-ecology to evolutionary genetics
year | authors and title | journal | last update |
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2019 |
João Alpedrinha, Leonor R. Rodrigues, Sara Magalhães, Jessica Abbott The virtues and limitations of exploring the ecoâ€evolutionary dynamics of sexually selected traits published pages: 1381-1389, ISSN: 0030-1299, DOI: 10.1111/oik.06573 |
Oikos 128/10 | 2019-12-16 |
2019 |
Vitor C Sousa, Flore Zélé, Leonor R Rodrigues, Diogo P Godinho, Maud Charlery de la Masselière, Sara Magalhães Rapid host-plant adaptation in the herbivorous spider mite Tetranychus urticae occurs at low cost published pages: 82-89, ISSN: 2214-5745, DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2019.08.006 |
Current Opinion in Insect Science 36 | 2019-12-16 |
2018 |
Jéssica Paulo, Diogo Godinho, Anabela Silva, Cristina Branquinho, Sara Magalhães Suppression of Plant Defenses by Herbivorous Mites Is Not Associated with Adaptation to Host Plants published pages: 1783, ISSN: 1422-0067, DOI: 10.3390/ijms19061783 |
International Journal of Molecular Sciences 19/6 | 2019-04-18 |
2018 |
Flore Zélé, Sara Magalhães, Sonia Kéfi, Alison B. Duncan Ecology and evolution of facilitation among symbionts published pages: , ISSN: 2041-1723, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06779-w |
Nature Communications 9/1 | 2019-04-18 |
2018 |
Diogo P. Godinho, Helena Cristina Serrano, Anabela B. Silva, Cristina Branquinho, Sara Magalhães Effect of metal-accumulation on the performance of plants and infesting herbivores that cope differently with organic defences published pages: , ISSN: 1664-462X, DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01723 |
Frontiers in Plant Science | 2019-04-18 |
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