Environment and Conservation Fund - Biodiversity at the Edge: Impacts and Magnitude of Edge Effects on Hong Kong Insects
Grant Data
Project Title
Environment and Conservation Fund - Biodiversity at the Edge: Impacts and Magnitude of Edge Effects on Hong Kong Insects
Principal Investigator
Professor Guenard, Benoit Sebastien
(Principal Investigator (PI))
Duration
30
Start Date
2024-10-01
Amount
1193834
Conference Title
Environment and Conservation Fund - Biodiversity at the Edge: Impacts and Magnitude of Edge Effects on Hong Kong Insects
Keywords
Biodiversity, Edge Effects, Hong Kong Insects
Discipline
Biodiversity and Systematics
HKU Project Code
ECF Project 137/2023
Grant Type
Environment and Conservation Fund 2023
Funding Year
2023
Status
On-going
Objectives
- Evaluate the impacts of edge effects on insect communities using ants as bioindicators.- Understand the impacts and magnitude of edge effects on species richness, abundance and functionaldiversity of ants across four main types of edges.- Compare the effects of soft vs. hard edges on local communities using ants as bioindicators.- Measure the effect of edge effects on biological invasions within protected habitats.- Measure how edge effects spread climate change impacts through changes in temperature andhumidity along 150 m gradients from edge to forest interiors.