COS 94
Life History Theory And Evolution

Thursday, August 8, 2013: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
L100J, Minneapolis Convention Center
8:00 AM
 Patterns and drivers of intraspecific variation in avian life history along elevational gradients: a meta-analysis
W. Alice Boyle, Kansas State University; Brett K. Sandercock, Kansas State University; Kathy Martin, University of British Columbia
8:20 AM
 Maternal effects of plant competition: Comparing introduced populations to their native counterparts
Matthew A. Kaproth, University of Minnesota; Jane Molofsky, The University of Vermont
8:40 AM
 Life history (co)variation from an energy budget perspective
Clayton E. Cressler, Queen's University; William A. Nelson, Queen's University
9:00 AM
 Costs of dispersal and offspring provisioning: insights from a marine bryozoan
Scott C. Burgess, University of California Davis; Michael Bode, University of Melbourne; Dustin J. Marshall, Monash University
9:20 AM
 Nutrient availability constrains life history evolution: A comparative study across butterflies
Emilie Snell-Rood, University of Minnesota; Eli Swanson, University of Minnesota; Anne Espeset, University of Minnesota; Sarah Jaumann, University of Minnesota
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 Power and efficiency: trade-offs in resource use and links to dormancy in a facultative parthenogen, Daphnia pulicaria
John Williams Crawford, University of Illinois; Matthew Schrader, University of Cambridge; Spencer R. Hall, Indiana University; Carla E. Cáceres, University of Illinois
10:10 AM
 Life history trait correlations within and among genotypes as a function of food quality
Stefan PAM Bengtson, Queen's University; William A. Nelson, Queen's University
10:30 AM
 Do life history strategies explain differential population structure of three desert amphibians?
Meryl C. Mims, University of Washington; Julian D. Olden, University of Washington; Ivan C. Phillipsen, Oregon State University; David A. Lytle, Oregon State University
10:50 AM
 Morphological variability and divergence in seed characters of a winter desert annual (Chorizanthe rigida) across a precipitation gradient
Alejandra Martinez-Berdeja, University of California, Riverside; Mauricio Torres, University of California, Riverside
11:10 AM
 Bet hedging in desert winter annual plants: Optimal germination strategies in a variable environment
Jennifer R. Gremer, University of Arizona; D. Larry Venable, University of Arizona