Friday, August 10, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
F2, San Jose McEnery Convention Center
COS 161 - Selection and adaptation II: Animals and interacting populations
8:00 AMCOS 161-1Explaining the persistence of less-mutualistic rhizobia despite legume host sanctions
R. Ford Denison, University of Minnesota, Will Ratcliff, University of Minnesota, Supriya Kadam, University of Minnesota, Ryoko Oono, University of Minnesota, Robert Rousseau, UC Davis, Lyistrata Munson, UC Davis, Alain Chapon, UC Davis, E. Toby Kiers, Vrije Universiteit
8:20 AMCOS 161-2Genotype-dependence, partner choice, and local adaptation in mutualism: A study of natural plant and rhizobium populations
Katy D. Heath, University of Minnesota, Peter Tiffin, University of Minnesota
8:40 AMCOS 161-3Competitor- and herbivore-mediated indirect effects of elevated CO2 on plant evolution
Jennifer A. Lau, Michigan State University, Ruth G. Shaw, University of Minnesota, Peter B. Reich, University of Minnesota, Peter Tiffin, University of Minnesota
9:00 AMCOS 161-4Trophic cascades alter natural selection on plant populations: Resistance and tolerance to herbivory on Mimulus guttatus
Jon R. Haloin, University of California, Davis
9:20 AMCOS 161-5A geographic mosaic of tri-trophic interactions: Bottom-up and top-down selection forces change across the landscape
David Solance Smith, Northern Arizona University, Joe Bailey, University of Tennessee, Jennifer A. Schweitzer, University of Tennessee, Stephen M. Shuster, Northern Arizona University, Thomas Whitham, Northern Arizona University
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 161-6Convergence of ecological and evolutionary rates: Predator-driven evolution of population growth rate
Casey P. TerHorst, Florida State University, Thomas E. Miller, Florida State University
10:10 AMCOS 161-7Predictable and severe disturbance from an ecosystem engineer controls aquatic insect phenology
Jonathan W. Moore, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, Daniel E. Schindler, University of Washington, Justin Fox, University of Wisconsin, Jackie L. Carter, University of Washington
10:30 AMCOS 161-8Evolutionary dynamics of aggregation behavior in zooplankton
Ariane Verdy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Glenn R. Flierl, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
10:50 AMCOS 161-9Effects of intrapopulation genetic variation on adaptive niche expansion
Deepa A. Agashe, University of Texas, Austin

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