Tuesday, August 4, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Grand Pavillion I, Hyatt
COS 26 - Evolution: Selection and Adaptation and Phenotypic Plasticity
8:00 AMCOS 26-1Specialized morphology corresponds to a generalist’s diet: an integrative approach to linking diet and morphological specialization in mantis shrimp
Maya deVries, University of California, Berkeley
8:20 AMCOS 26-2Commercial crabbing as a selective pressure affecting diamondback terrapin growth rates in Georgia
Andrew M. Grosse, The University of Georgia, John C. Maerz, The University of Georgia
8:40 AMCOS 26-3Effects of early life history on lifetime fitness in wild sunflower
Kristin L. Mercer, The Ohio State University, Allison Snow, Ohio State University, Helen M. Alexander, University of Kansas
9:00 AMCOS 26-4Does avian nest site selection occupy an adaptive peak
Quresh S. Latif, UC Riverside, Sacha Heath, PRBO Conservation Science, John T. Rotenberry, University of California
9:20 AMCOS 26-5Growth and survival of tropical live oak seedlings in fragmented dry forests of Costa Rica and the role of local adaptation
Nicholas J. Deacon, University of Minnesota, Jeannine Cavender-Bares, University of Minnesota
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 26-6Plants predicting the future: Resource gradients as predictors of future growing conditions
Hagai Shemesh, Ben-Gurion University in the Negev, Adi Arbiv, Ben-Gurion University in the Negev, Ofer Ovadia, Ben-Gurion University in the Negev, Ariel Novoplansky, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
10:10 AMCOS 26-7Adaptive characteristics of drought resistance and shade tolerance enhance invasive success of Elaeagnus umbellata Thunb
Spencer N. Bissett, Virginia Commonwealth University, Julie Naumann, US Army Corps of Engineers, Donald R. Young, Virginia Commonwealth University, Jarrod Edwards, US Army Corps of Engineers, John E. Anderson, Virginia Commonwealth University
10:30 AMCOS 26-8Plasticity of response in development in an invasive mosquito:  Does degree of environmental variability play a role?
Donald A. Yee, University of Southern Mississippi, Steven Juliano, Illinois State University, Steven M. Vamosi, University of Calgary
10:50 AMCOS 26-9Larval dragonflies scare the shape out of larval salamanders: Trait variation of an intermediate predator
Jon M. Davenport, East Carolina University, David R. Chalcraft, East Carolina University
11:10 AMCOS 26-10Will trait plasticity across environmental gradients sink trait-based ecology?
Justin P. Wright, Duke University, Samir Arora, Duke University, Ariana Sutton-Grier, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

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