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Developmental heaven, purgatory and hell: how do they shape cognition? Studying the effects of the thermal environment on cognitive abilities of insects

2019/32/C/NZ8/00128

Keywords:

antlion cognition temperature

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 :

Instytut Systematyki i Ewolucji Zwierząt Polskiej Akademii Nauk

woj. małopolskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Krzysztof Miler 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 1

Call: SONATINA 3 - announced on 2018-12-14

Amount awarded: 456 400 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2019-09-16

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2022-05-15

Project duration:: 32 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (5)
  1. Convergent evolution of antlions and wormlions: similarities and differences in the behavioral ecology of unrelated trap-building predators
    Authors:
    Krzysztof Miler, Inon Scharf
    Academic press:
    Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (rok: 2022, tom: 76, strony: 12), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s00265-021-03106-0 - link to the publication
  2. Heat stress during development makes antlion larvae more responsive to vibrational cues
    Authors:
    Krzysztof Miler, Marcin Czarnoleski
    Academic press:
    Current Zoology (rok: 2022, tom: 68, strony: 345-350), Wydawca: Oxford University Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/cz/zoab098 - link to the publication
  3. Operant conditioning in antlion larvae and its impairment following exposure to elevated temperatures
    Authors:
    Krzysztof Miler, Inon Scharf
    Academic press:
    Animal Cognition (rok: 2022, tom: 25, strony: 509-518), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s10071-021-01570-9 - link to the publication
  4. Past thermal conditions affect hunting behaviour in larval antlions
    Authors:
    Krzysztof Miler, Marcin Czarnoleski
    Academic press:
    Royal Society Open Science (rok: 2021, tom: 8, strony: 210163), Wydawca: The Royal Society Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1098/rsos.210163 - link to the publication
  5. Heat wave effects on the behavior and life-history traits of sedentary antlions
    Authors:
    Krzysztof Miler, Daniel Stec, Marcin Czarnoleski
    Academic press:
    Behavioral Ecology (rok: 2020, tom: 31(6), strony: 1326-1333), Wydawca: Oxford University Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/beheco/araa085 - link to the publication