Wednesday, August 5, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Picuris, Albuquerque Convention Center
COS 57 - Evolutionary Ecology
8:00 AMCOS 57-1It’s about time: The temporal dynamics of selection in the wild
Stephanie M. Carlson, University of California, Adam M. Siepielski, Dartmouth College, Joseph D. DiBattista, McGill University
8:20 AMCOS 57-2A dynamic allocation model of plant growth and allocation based on balanced growth predicts later reproduction in conditions of low phosphorus availabilty
Eric A. Nord, Penn State, Katriona Shea, Penn State, Jonathan Lynch, Penn State
8:40 AMCOS 57-3Specialization of pollination systems affects floral integration and phenotypic variation in Ipomoea
Víctor M. Rosas-Guerrero, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mauricio Quesada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,,
9:00 AMCOS 57-4Morphological variation, genetic structuring, and stable isotopic signatures in the sucker complex in eutrophic Utah Lake, Utah with comparisons to the suckers in oligotrophic Jackson Lake, Wyoming
David D. Cole, Utah State University, Brian L. Cardall, Utah State University, Karen E. Mock, Utah State University, Todd A. Crowl, Utah State University
9:20 AMCOS 57-5Indirect ecological effects maintain genetic variation in pitcher plant inquiline communities
Casey P. TerHorst, Florida State University, Thomas E. Miller, Florida State University
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 57-6An evolutionary context for bacterial biodiversity in soil
Eric A. Dubinsky, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, David D. Ackerly, University of California, Berkeley, Eoin L. Brodie, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Todd Z. DeSantis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Gary L. Andersen, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Mary K. Firestone, University of California, Berkeley
10:10 AMCOS 57-7Evolution of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism in tropical orchids: Integrating ecophysiological, phylogenetic, and molecular genetic approaches
Katia Silvera, University of Nevada Reno, Mark W. Whitten, University of Florida, Norris H. Williams, University of Florida, Kurt M. Neubig, University of Florida, Klaus Winter, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, John C. Cushman, University of Nevada Reno
10:30 AMCOS 57-8The games algae play: Competition for nutrients and light in poorly-mixed water columns
Jarad P. Mellard, W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, Kohei Yoshiyama, Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Elena Litchman, W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, Christopher A. Klausmeier, W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University
10:50 AMCOS 57-9An upper limit to maximum body size in animal phyla during the past 500 million years
Alison G. Boyer, University of California, San Diego, NESCent Phanerozoic Body Size Working Group, National Evolutionary Synthesis Center
11:10 AMCOS 57-10Meta-plasticity
Ariel Novoplansky, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

See more of Contributed Oral Papers

See more of The 94th ESA Annual Meeting (August 2 -- 7, 2009)