Colony - based tolerance to heavy metals in the ant Lasius niger.

2011/01/D/NZ8/00167

Keywords

Descriptors

  • NZ8_8: Ekotoksykologia

Panel

NZ8 – Evolutionary and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography

Host institution

Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowie, Wydział Hodowli i Biologii Zwierząt

Voivodeship: małopolskie

Other projects carried out by the institution »

Principal investigator (from the host institution)

dr Irena Maria Grześ

Number of co-investigators in the project: 3

Call

SONATA 1 – announced on 2011-03-15

Amount awarded
101 210 PLN
Project start date
2011-12-08
Project end date
2015-03-07
Project duration
39 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status
Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Inkubatory do hodowli owadów (2 pcs). Cost: 30 000 PLN
  2. Kamera wraz z oprogramowaniem do pomierów wielkości ciała mrowek. Cost: 9 630 PLN
  3. Lampa (doświetlacz) mikroskopowy. Cost: 4 000 PLN
  4. Laptop. Cost: 3 000 PLN
  5. Program statystyczny Statgraphics Centurion (2 pcs). Cost: 6 800 PLN

Information in the final report

Publication in academic press/journals (4)

  1. Body Size of the Monomorphic Ant Lasius niger: Young Colonies along a Metal Pollution Gradient

    Authors:
    Grześ IM., Okrutniak M, Antosik G
    Academic press:
    Psyche - A Journal of Entomology (year: 2015, volume: 2015, pages: 46027), Publisher: Hindawi
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1155/2015/873415 – link to the publication
  2. Monomorphic ants undergo within-colony morphological changes along the metal-pollution gradient

    Authors:
    Grześ IM. Okrutniak M, Woch M
    Academic press:
    Environmental Science and Pollution Research (year: 2015, volume: 22, pages: 6126–6134), Publisher: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s11356-014-3808-5 – link to the publication
  3. No effect of Zn-pollution on the energy content in the black garden ant

    Authors:
    Grześ IM, Okrutniak M
    Status:
    Accepted for publication
  4. Pre-adaptive cadmium tolerance in the black garden ant

    Authors:
    Grześ IM, Okrutniak M
    Status:
    Accepted for publication

Articles in post-conference publications (2)

  1. Morphological traits as a response to chronic metal pollution in Lasius ants

    Authors:
    Grześ IM, Okrutniak M
    Conference:
    6th CEWM Central European Workshop of Myrmecology (year: 2015, pages: 16), Publisher: brak
    Date:
    conference 24-27 lipca
    Status:
    Published
  2. Morphological divevrsity in the black garden ant: shifts in energy allocation along metal-pollution gradient?

    Authors:
    Grześ IM, Okrutniak M
    Conference:
    The first Soil Biodiversity Conferrence (year: 2014, pages: 109), Publisher: Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative, Francja
    Date:
    conference 2-5 grudnia
    Status:
    Published

« New search

Graphic design and implementation: Jakub Piotrowski