COS 192 - Life History Theory And Evolution

Friday, August 10, 2012: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Portland Blrm 256, Oregon Convention Center
8:00 AM
 The evolution of intermittent breeding
Allison K. Shaw, University of Minnesota; Simon A. Levin, Princeton University
8:20 AM
 Transient dynamics and the evolution of stage-structured life histories
David J. Hodgson, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus; Iain M. Stott, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus; Chris Coles, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus; Stuart Townley, University of Exeter
8:40 AM
 A stochastic dynamic programming approach to predict life history evolution in invasive plants
Cristina F. Aragón, University of California Santa Cruz; Ingrid M. Parker, University of California, Santa Cruz; Marc Mangel, University of California at Santa Cruz
9:00 AM
 Can functional traits explain variation in plant life history strategies?
Peter B. Adler, Utah State University; Aldo Compagnoni, Rice University; Joanna Hsu, University of California, Berkeley; Roberto Salguero-Gomez, The University of Queensland; Jayanthi Mukherjee, Utah State University; Andrew R. Kleinhesselink, Utah State University
9:20 AM
 Low demographic variability in wild primate populations: Fitness impacts of variation, covariation, and serial correlation in vital rates
William F. Morris, Duke University; Jeanne Altmann, Princeton University; Diane K. Brockman, Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, Charlotte, NC; Marina Cords, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY; Linda M. Fedigan, Department of Anthropology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Anne E. Pusey, Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Durham, NC; Tara S. Stoinski, The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International and Zoo Atlanta, Atlanta, GA; Anne M. Bronikowski, Iowa State University; Susan C. Alberts, Duke University; Karen B. Strier, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 Influence of non-lethal costs of reproduction on life history evolution in a long-lived orchid
Jennifer L. Williams, University of British Columbia; Tom E. X. Miller, Rice University; Eelke Jongejans, Radboud University Nijmegen; Rein Brys, KU Leuven; Hans Jacquemyn, University of Leuven
10:10 AM
 Selective pressure for increased demographic variability in a perennial plant community
Robin E. Snyder, Case Western Reserve University; Peter B. Adler, Utah State University; Stephen P. Ellner, Cornell University
10:30 AM
 Effects of maternal size, reproductive investment and habitat conditions on juvenile life history in Pacific salmon
Douglas Braun, Simon Fraser Univeristy; David A. Patterson, Fisheries and Oceans Canada; John Reynolds, Hakai Institute
10:50 AM Cancelled
 Comparative study of the reproductive systems in a cactus genus from the Chihuahuan Desert
Concepción Martínez-Peralta, Escuela de Estudios Superiores del Jicarero, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos; Francisco Molina-Freaner, Estación Regional del Noroeste, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Jordan Golubov Sr., Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana; María C. Mandujano, Instituto de Ecología. Universidad Nacional Atónoma de México