Thursday, August 9, 2007: 5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Exhibit Halls 1 and 2, San Jose McEnery Convention Center
PS 61 - Evolutionary ecology
PS 61-80Determining barriers to fine-scale dispersal in two endangered migratory songbirds
N. R. Giridhar Athrey, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Denise Lindsay, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Kelly Barr, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Paul Leberg, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
PS 61-81Easing the transition: Nutrition’s role in the host shift of a tumbling flower beetle from goldenrod stems to galls
Rita V. Schlanger, Bucknell University, Catherine P. Blair, Bucknell University, Warren G. Abrahamson, Bucknell University
PS 61-82Morphological variation of Yucca brevifolia (Agavaceae) among seven populations in the Mojave Desert
Tracy R. Valentovich, California State University, Fullerton, Darren R. Sandquist, California State University, Fullerton
PS 61-83Do differences in pollinator service affect selfing and outcrossing in the mixed-mating plant, Collinsia verna?
Frances N. Knapczyk, Michigan State University, Jeffrey K. Conner, Michigan State University
PS 61-84The nature of rare events in biophysical mechanisms, including mutations, underlying evolutionary and ecological processes
Mieczyslaw Remin, University of Silesia
PS 61-85Community heritability, repeatability, and stability: The arthropod community of Populus angustifolia over 3 years
Art R. Keith, Northern Arizona University, Joe Bailey, University of Tennessee, Thomas Whitham, Northern Arizona University
PS 61-86Ten years of varying lake level and selection on size-at-maturity in sockeye salmon
Stephanie M. Carlson, University of Washington, Thomas P. Quinn, University of Washington
PS 61-87Glyphosate-resistant Lolium (Poaceae): Population subdivision in the presence of selection on a new adaptive trait
Anna Sherwood, University of California Davis, Riaz Ahmad, University of California Davis, Marie Jasieniuk, University of California Davis
PS 61-88Evolving gene networks: Selection for evolvability and directional epistasis in variable environments
Christopher F. Steiner, Michigan State University, Christopher Klausmeier, Michigan State University
PS 61-89Early root growth traits in Helianthus
Larry C. Brouillette, University of Georgia, Lisa A. Donovan, University of Georgia
PS 61-90Role of plasticity and local adaptation in the colonization of lead-zinc soils by Thlaspi montanum
Judy P. Che, University of Maryland, College Park, David W. Inouye, University of Maryland
PS 61-91Fungal adaptation to spicy environments: Tradeoffs, local adaptation, and the potential for a coevolutionary arms race
Noelle J. Machnicki, University of Washington, Joshua J. Tewksbury, University of Washington
PS 61-92Local adaptation of monophagous insects on wild host plants at a regional scale
Ruth J. Guthrie, Lincoln University, Jon J. Sullivan, Lincoln University, Hannah L. Buckley, Lincoln University
PS 61-93The evolutionary physiology of the Cupressaceous conifers: The structure-function trade-offs associated with resistance to drought-induced embolism
Jarmila Pittermann, University of California, Todd Dawson Integrative Biology, University of California, Bruce Baldwin Integrative Biology, University of California
PS 61-94Is there a tradeoff between drought avoidance and drought tolerance?
Amanda R. Shores, San Jose State University, Susan C. Lambrecht, San Jose State University
PS 61-95Phylogenetic distribution of dauciform roots in North American sedges (Carex, Cyperaceae)
Vicky Bérubé, McGill University, Martin J. Lechowicz, McGill University, Marcia J. Waterway, McGill University
PS 61-96Phylogeography of Fouquieria splendens and related Fouquieria species: Evolutionary history of North American warm deserts from a botanical perspective
Joanna L. Redfern, University of New Mexico, Timothy K. Lowrey, University of New Mexico, David J. Hafner, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science

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