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Adaptations and ongoing co-evolution: the case of source and reintroduced populations of obligatory myrmecophilous butterfly Maculinea teleius

2018/31/B/NZ8/03476

Keywords:

ants host-parasite interaction population structure social insects social parasitism

Descriptors:

  • NZ8_1: Evolutionary biology
  • NZ8_2: Ecology
  • NZ8_3: Animal behaviour

Panel:

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

Host institution :

Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

woj. mazowieckie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Magdalena Witek 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 7

Call: OPUS 16 - announced on 2018-09-14

Amount awarded: 1 216 649 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2019-07-08

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2024-07-07

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project completed

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (3)
  1. Changes in the wing spot pattern of the endangered butterfly Phengaris teleius thirty years after its reintroduction
    Authors:
    Sánchez-García D., Casacci L. P., Wynhoff I., Chiara V., Witek M
    Academic press:
    Insect Conservation and Diversity , Wydawca: Wiley
    Status:
    Submitted
  2. Temporal and spatial variation of morphological traits and genetic structure in Phengaris teleius myrmecophilous butterflies following habitat changes three decades after reintroduction
    Authors:
    Sánchez-García D., Wynhoff I., Kajzer-Bonk J., Sztencel-Jabłonka A, Nowicki P., Casacci L.P., Witek M
    Academic press:
    Global Ecology and Conservation , Wydawca: ScienceDirect
    Status:
    Submitted
  3. The Pattern of Social Parasitism in Maculinea teleius Butterfly Is Driven by the Size and Spatial Distribution of the Host Ant Nests
    Authors:
    Witek M., La Morgia V., Casacci L.P., Barbero F
    Academic press:
    Insects (rok: 2023, tom: 14, strony: 45305), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/insects14020180 - link to the publication