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Phenotypic and genetic adaptations of two subspecies if weasel to different climatic conditions

2013/11/B/NZ8/00887

Keywords:

melatonin receptors mortality metabolic rates cryptic coloration

Descriptors:

  • NZ8_1: Evolutionary biology
  • NZ8_2: Ecology
  • NZ8_12: Zoology

Panel:

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

Host institution :

Instytut Biologii Ssaków PAN

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Karol Zub 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 3

Call: OPUS 6 - announced on 2013-09-16

Amount awarded: 662 960 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2014-07-10

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2018-07-09

Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Pułapki na łasice (5 000 PLN)
  2. Zestaw do automatycznej rejestracji obecności łasic zaopatrzonych w transpondery (62 000 PLN)
  3. Komory metaboliczne (5 000 PLN)
  4. Komputer przenośny, np. ACER V7-582PG i5-4200U 8GB 1TB+20GB SSD GT720M W8 (8 400 PLN)
  5. Skrzynki do foto-pułapek (6 000 PLN)
  6. Zestaw do filmowania zachowania łasic (5 000 PLN)
  7. Zestaw do pomiary temperatury ciała (czytniki, przetworniki danych) (42 000 PLN)
  8. "Modele" łasic wraz z mechanizmem poruszającym i zasilaniem akumulatorowym (16 000 PLN)
  9. Foto-pułapki (15 550 PLN)
  10. Woliery eksperymentalne (40 000 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (3)
  1. Climate change is affecting mortality of weasels due to camouflage mismatch
    Authors:
    Atmeh K, Andruszkiewicz A, Zub K
    Academic press:
    Scientific Reports (rok: 2018, tom: 8, strony: 7648), Wydawca: Springer Nature, Macmillan Publishers Limited
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41598-018-26057-5 - link to the publication
  2. Growth overshoot and seasonal size changes in the skulls of two weasel species
    Authors:
    LaPoint S, Keicher L, Wikelski M, Zub K, Dechmann DKN
    Academic press:
    Royal Society Open Science (rok: 2016, tom: 4, strony: 160947), Wydawca: The Royal Society Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1098/rsos.160947 - link to the publication
  3. Profound seasonal shrinking and regrowth of the ossified braincase in phylogenetically distant mammals with similar life histories
    Authors:
    Dechmann DKN, LaPoint S, Dullin Ch, Hertel M, Taylor JRE, Zub K, Wikelski M
    Academic press:
    Scientific Reports (rok: 2016, tom: 7, strony: 42443), Wydawca: Springer Nature, Macmillan Publishers Limited
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/srep42443 - link to the publication