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Function and composition of venom of the water shrew (Neomys fodiens)

2015/17/N/NZ8/01567

Keywords:

optimal foraging theory hunting behaviour water shrew Neomys fodiens cardioactivity miotropic and neurotropic activity hemolysis HPLC method

Descriptors:

  • NZ8_2: Ecology
  • NZ8_8: Ecotoxicology

Panel:

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

Host institution :

Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, Wydział Biologii

woj. wielkopolskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

Krzysztof Kowalski 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 3

Call: PRELUDIUM 9 - announced on 2015-03-16

Amount awarded: 77 400 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2016-02-25

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2018-02-24

Project duration:: 24 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. rower (1 500 PLN)
  2. kamera cyfrowa (4 500 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (2)
  1. Evaluation of the physiological activity of venom from the Eurasian water shrew Neomys fodiens
    Authors:
    Krzysztof Kowalski, Paweł Marciniak, Grzegorz Rosiński, Leszek Rychlik
    Academic press:
    Frontiers in Zoology (rok: 2017, tom: 14, strony: 46), Wydawca: BioMed Central
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1186/s12983-017-0230-0 - link to the publication
  2. The role of venom in the hunting and hoarding of prey differing in body size by the Eurasian water shrew, Neomys fodiens
    Authors:
    Krzysztof Kowalski, Leszek Rychlik
    Academic press:
    Journal of Mammalogy (rok: 2018, tom: 99, strony: 351-362), Wydawca: Oxford University Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/jmammal/gyy013 - link to the publication