Lab awarded NSF grant to investigate eco-evolutionary drivers of range limits

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Written By Kika Tuff

The Weiss-Lehman lab was awarded an NSF grant to test how ecological and evolutionary processes determine species' range boundaries.

The lab will use microcosms of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, to manipulate the rate of change in environmental conditions, the level of dispersal, and the presence of an ecological competitor. Overall, the project will provide important data for testing how environmental gradients interact with dispersal, adaptation, and genetic drift. Th red flour beetle is a common agricultural pest, and the results of this project may be useful in controlling this agricultural pest species.

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