Scholarship 15/17046-9 - Parasitoides, Lepidoptera - BV FAPESP
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Chemical bases of multi-trophic interactions in tropical Piper-Lepidoptera-parasitoids system

Grant number: 15/17046-9
Support Opportunities:Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
Start date until: October 01, 2015
End date until: September 30, 2017
Field of knowledge:Biological Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems Ecology
Agreement: NSF - Dimensions of Biodiversity and BIOTA
Principal Investigator:André Victor Lucci Freitas
Grantee:André Rangel Nascimento
Host Institution: Instituto de Biologia (IB). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
Associated research grant:14/50316-7 - Dimensions US-Biota São Paulo: Chemically mediated multi-trophic interaction diversity across tropical gradients, AP.BTA.TEM

Abstract

Most named species are involved in chemically mediated plant-insect-parasitoid interactions that have profound effects on diversity, community structure, primary productivity, and ecosystem services. We will examine relationships between metabolomic, genomic, taxonomic, and interaction diversity of trophic interactions by quantifying and comparing these dimensions of biodiversity along a latitudinal gradient and elevational gradients in Brazil and Argentina. Our focus will be on Piper (Piperaceae) and associated herbivores and natural enemies of those herbivores. This plant genus is characterized by extremely high phytochemical and taxonomic diversity, as are the associated arthropods. The proposed work will add unique sites, data, and hypothesis tests to the largest standardized latitudinal gradient database for plant-insect-parasitoid food webs, and thus provide an opportunity to examine the influence of functional aspects of food webs (e.g., connectance and specialization) on regional taxonomic diversity. Uniform application of quantitative sampling along elevational gradients, newly developed metabolomics methods, population genomics tools, and a large scale experiment will make possible tests of novel hypotheses about relationships between plant chemistry, specialization, climate, and different dimensions of diversity and will represent the first such among-site food web comparisons. (AU)

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Scientific publications (4)
(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)
SHIRAI, LEILA T.; BARBOSA, EDUARDO P.; GREVE, ROBERTO R.; MAGALDI, LUIZA M.; NASCIMENTO, ANDRE R.; FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.. Natural History of Selenophanes cassiope guarany (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Brassolini): an Integrative Approach, From Molecules to Ecology. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, v. 110, n. 2, p. 145-159, . (13/50297-0, 15/17046-9, 11/50225-3, 15/24663-4, 12/03750-8, 12/50260-6, 14/23504-7)
MACHADO, P. A.; GUERATTO, P. E.; MORAES, S. S.; NASCIMENTO, A. R.; KATO, M. J.; FREITAS, A. V. L.. TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION OF EOIS IMMATURES (LEPIDOPTERA, GEOMETRIDAE) IN A TROPICAL FOREST. JOURNAL OF THE LEPIDOPTERISTS' SOCIETY, v. 76, n. 4, p. 7-pg., . (18/19171-3, 14/50316-7, 11/50225-3, 16/20196-5, 15/17047-5, 15/17046-9, 21/03868-8)
MAIA, LAIS F.; NASCIMENTO, ANDRE R.; FARIA, LUCAS D. B.. Four years host-parasitoid food web: testing sampling effort on trophic levels. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, v. 53, n. 2, p. 132-142, . (15/17046-9)
NASCIMENTO, ANDRE RANGEL; MALINOV, IVAN KONSTANTINOV; FREIRE JR, GERALDO; LUCCI FREITAS, ANDRE VICTOR; DINIZ, IVONE REZENDE. The Temporal Dynamics of Two Morpho Fabricius, 1807 Species (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) are Affected Differently by Fire in the Brazilian Savanna. ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY, v. 49, n. 6, p. 1449-1454, . (11/50225-3, 14/50316-7, 15/17046-9)

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