Monday, August 6, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Blrm Salon I, San Jose Marriott
COS 8 - Evolution and life history theory: Animals
1:30 PMLinking behavioral, landscape, and population ecology: The oviposition preference-offspring performance relationship in tree hole mosquitoes
Alicia M. Ellis, Dartmouth College
1:50 PMMultiple, predictable selection pressures lead to life history canalization in a temporary pond caddisfly
Hamish S. Greig, University of Canterbury, Scott A. Wissinger, Allegheny College
2:10 PMGeographic variation in survival and reproduction of the mosquito, Aedes albopictus
Paul T. Leisnham, Illinois State University, Linsey M. Sala, San Diego State University, Steven A. Juliano, Illinois State University
2:30 PMSpatial variation in adult body size of lubber grasshoppers: Patterns and mechanisms
Jason E. Jannot, Illinois State University, Jessica Brinton, Illinois State University, Kevin Kocot, Illinois State University, Amanda Solliday, Illinois State University, Andrew Thurman, Illinois State University, Olcay Akman, Illinois State University, Steven A. Juliano, Illinois State University
2:50 PMEvolution of aging in wild populations: Dynamic heterogeneity explains positive relationships between reproduction and survival
Ulrich Steiner, Stanford University, Shripad Tuljapurkar, Stanford University, Steven Orzack, Fresh Pond Research Institute
3:10 PMBreak
3:20 PMExposure to fish kairomones and defended morph prey affects chaoborus life history strategy and morphology
Edd Hammill, University of Sheffield, Andrew P Beckerman, University of Sheffield
3:40 PMEvolutionary impacts of fishing on life history of exploited fish stocks: A meta-analysis
J. Emmett Duffy, The College of William and Mary, Bethany Eden, The College of William and Mary, Jie Huang, The College of William and Mary, Amanda Lawless, The College of William and Mary, Yawei Luo, The College of William and Mary, Tara Scott, The College of William and Mary, William Tarantino, The College of William and Mary
4:00 PMAre Black Swamp Snakes (Seminatrix pygaea) income or capital breeders? Experimental evidence using stable isotopes to unravel the timing of reproductive allocation
Christopher T. Winne, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Lab, John D. Willson, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Lab, Melissa A. Pilgrim, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Lab, Christopher S. Romanek, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Lab, J. Whitfield Gibbons, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Lab
4:20 PMDeposition of larvae by Salamandra salamandra: Managing risks of desiccation and competition
Asaf Sadeh, University of Haifa, Ori Segev, University of Haifa, Naomi Hill, University of Haifa, Marc Mangel, University of California at Santa Cruz, Leon Blaustein, University of Haifa

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