Role of niche choice in rapid host adaptation of Colorado potato beetle (A06*)

• Subject Area: Evolution, Anthropology
• Term: since 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 316099922

Project A06 will use an experimental evolution approach in combination with trait manipulation and computational modelling to investigate whether and how individualised niche choice affects the evolutionary process of host plant adaptation in Colorado potato beetles (Leptinotarsa decemlineata). This project will allow us to directly examine several long-standing theoretical predictions in niche concepts. The outcomes will help to refine the individualised niche choice concept.

• 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 Head: Professor Shuqing Xu, Ph.D.