Effect of niche choice on host-parasite interactions of common buzzards (C03)

• Subject Area: Sensory and Behavioural Biology ; Evolution, Anthropology ; Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions
• Term: since 2018
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 316099922

Project C03 will elucidate in unprecedented detail the choices made by buzzard individuals over their lifetimes leading to their niche individualization. A combination of transmitter- and video-surveillance will record how choices are affected by social and other biotic conditions. With high-resolution molecular, cellular, and hormonal techniques, we will show how strongly niche choice determines the fitness, physiology and interactions with parasites.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 212: A Novel Synthesis of Individualisation across Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution: Niche Choice, Niche Conformance, Niche Construction (NC3)
• Applicant Institution: Universität Bielefeld
• Project Heads: Dr. Nayden Chakarov; Professor Dr. Oliver Krüger