Projects & Grants
| Ecological and Evolutionary Aspects of Biodiversity: Microbiomes, Trophic Relationships and Organismal Systematics | |
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| Project Id | SGS09/PŘF/2026 |
| Main solver | Mgr. Kryštof Sopuch |
| Period | 1/2026 - 12/2026 |
| Provider | Specifický VŠ výzkum |
| State | solved |
| Anotation | This project focuses on ecological and evolutionary aspects of biodiversity, with emphasis on microbiomes, trophic relationships and the systematics of selected organism groups. The aim is to characterize and describe the structure and function of biological diversity at the levels of species, communities and symbiotic associations, to elucidate key mechanisms of ecological interactions and to evaluate evolutionary relationships in several model lineages. Thematic areas include: (1) effects of pesticides on the growth and interactions of entomopathogenic fungi with host plants and their relevance for integrated plant protection; (2) influence of social, age-related, species-specific and management factors on female fertility, secondary sex ratio and offspring survival in deer kept in zoological gardens; (3) physiological responses of Juncus effusus to oviposition by different insect guilds and associated changes in carabid and staphylinid beetle communities in invasion-affected floodplain ecosystems; (4) microbiome diversity of xylophagous and bryophagous caterpillars and its functional role in exploiting nutritionally poor substrates; (5) species composition, functional traits and dispersal dynamics of Patagonian bryophytes and moss balls and their potential as bioindicators of environmental quality; (6) gut microbiome of Retinia resinella larvae and symbionts involved in the degradation of resin secondary metabolites; (7) species delimitation, host specialization and phylogenetic relationships of mycophagous gall midges of the genera Mycodiplosis and Karshomyia; (8) morphological diversity, species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships of shrimp of the family Palaemonidae with a focus on symbiotic species. The project combines field sampling, experimental work, molecular, transcriptomic and phylogenetic analyses and spatial data processing to provide an integrated framework for assessing processes shaping biodiversity across ecosystems. |
| Total Costs | 1 068 000 CZK |
