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Heterothermy: linking physiology, ecology and behaviour

2014/13/B/NZ8/04698

Keywords:

heterothermy daily torpor animal personality oxidative stress life-history traits

Descriptors:

  • NZ8_2: Ecology
  • NZ8_3: Animal behaviour
  • NZ8_12: Zoology

Panel:

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

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, Wydział Nauk Biologicznych i Weterynaryjnych

woj. kujawsko-pomorskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Małgorzata Jefimow 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 4

Call: OPUS 7 - announced on 2014-03-17

Amount awarded: 815 730 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2015-03-04

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2020-03-03

Project duration:: 60 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. System analizy wolnych rodników FRAS4 evolvo (H&D srl, Parma, Włochy) (34 400 PLN)
  2. Wirówka z chłodzeniem (47 000 PLN)
  3. Komputer do rejestracji i analizy EthoVision (8 000 PLN)
  4. Oprogramowanie EthoVision (30 000 PLN)
  5. loger temperatury BTM-4208SD.
  6. Spektrofotometr UV-Vis (73 800 PLN)
  7. szafa klimatyczna ST1200.
  8. Suszarka adsorpcyjna Ecodry K-MT 3 (Parker Hannifin Corp.) (11 400 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (3)
  1. Photoresponsiveness affects life history traits but not oxidative status in a seasonal rodent
    Authors:
    Przybylska AS, Wojciechowski MS, Jefimow M.
    Academic press:
    Frontiers in Zoology (rok: 2019, tom: 16, strony: 11), Wydawca: BMC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1186/s12983-019-0311-3 - link to the publication
  2. Physiological differences between winter phenotypes of Siberian hamsters do not correlate with their behaviour
    Authors:
    Przybylska AS, Wojciechowski MS, Jefimow M.
    Academic press:
    Animal Behaviour (rok: 2019, tom: 147, strony: 105-114), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.11.007 - link to the publication
  3. Predictive and reactive changes in antioxidant defence system in a heterothermic rodent
    Authors:
    Jefimow M., Przybylska-Piech A.S., Wojciechowski M.S.
    Academic press:
    Journal of Comparative Physiology B (rok: 2020, tom: 190, strony: N/A), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s00360-020-01280-7 - link to the publication