Thermal adaptation in ectotherms: Linking life history, physiology, behaviour and genetics

2011 Awards

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EX/3572 

A Kjaersgaard (DK)

W Blanckenhorn (CH)

12/09/2011
(10 weeks)

Temperature-induced phenotypic plasticity of flight performance in four dipteran species

EX/3567

B Bahrndorff (DK)

W Blanckenhorn (CH); N Pages Martinez (ES)

03/10/2011 
(10 weeks)

Behavioural adaptation to environmental stress in Musca domestica 

EX/3562

J Lohse-Trautsch (DE)

M Holmstrup (DK)

01/08/2011 
(6 weeks)

Freeze or dehydrate - deciphering the winter survival strategy of Enchytraeus crypticus 

EX/3556

Z Zizzari (IT)

 J Ellers (NL) 

01/09/2011 
(8 weeks)

Direct and trans-generational effects of heat shock on life-history traits in a soil arthropod   

EX/3326 

L Kubicka (CZ)

J Alder (US)

11/05/2011

(11 weeks) 

Sexually dimorphic brain regions in geckos: linkage between incubation temperature, sex hormones and behaviour

EX/3312

T Horvathova  (SK)

T Uller (UK)

15/04/2011 
(12 weeks)

Soil Temperature, Female Nest Site Choice and Establishment Success in Introduced Lizards    

EX/3152

A Kjaersgaard (DK)

W Blanckenhorn (DE)

03/01/2011 
(12 weeks)

Consequences of temperature fluctuations for fitness-related traits in 3 species of dung flies   

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