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Univ. Prof. Dr. Konrad Fiedler

+43 1 4277 57400

konrad.fiedler@univie.ac.at

 

Externally funded research projects (selection)

  • Diversiy of associations between blue butterflies (Lycaenidae) and ants (Formicidae) in South East Asia (DFG special program „Mechanisms of maintenance of tropical biodiversity“, Fi 547/1-1, 1-2, 1993-1996, together with Prof. Dr. B. Hölldobler)

  • Flavonoids and blue butterflies – metabolism and ecological significance of phenolic pigments in specialist herbivores (DFG, Fi 547/2-1, Pr 229/8-2, 1995-1998, together with Prof. Dr. P. Proksch)

  • Lepidoptera as model organisms: Behavioural ecology, insect-plant interactions and biodiversity (DFG Heisenberg-Scholarship, Fi 547/3-1, 1996)

  • Pyraloid moths in South East Asia – a comparison among communities of tropical primary and secondary forests as well as cultural landscapes (DFG, Fi 547/4-1, 4-2, 1996-2000)

  • Diversity of herbivorous insects along elevational and disturbance gradients in Ecuadorian mountain forests – Lepidoptera as target organisms (DFG, Fi 547/5-1, since 1999)

  • Speaker of Research Group: Functionality of a South Ecuadorian mountain rainforest (DFG: FOR 402/1-1, 2001-2002)

  • Analysis of phylogeny and radiation of the blue butterfly subgenus Agrodiaetus (Polyommatus, Lycaenidae, Lepidoptera, Insecta) using molecular markers (DFG, Na 90/14-1, 1999-2002, together with Prof. Dr. C. M. Naumann)

  • Coordination of foraging activities and communal thermoregulation in social Lepidopteran larvae (DFG, Fi 547/8-1; Bavarian Fund for Graduate Students, 1999-2003)

  • The significance of honeydew and plant nectar for diversity and structure of an Australian rainforest canopy ant community (DFG, Fi 547/9-1; Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, 2000-2004)

  • The role of variation in composition of nectar secretions in facultative butterfly-ant mutualisms (DFG, graduate college 678, 2001-2004)

  • Tiger moth communities (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) in montane forest of South Ecuador – diversity, life-history traits, resource requirements and thermal ecology (DFG, Fi 547/6-3, since 2005)