94th ESA Annual Meeting (August 2 -- 7, 2009)

Wednesday, August 5, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Picuris, Albuquerque Convention Center

Presider:

Alison G. Boyer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

8:00 AM

COS 57-1

It’s about time: The temporal dynamics of selection in the wild
Stephanie M. Carlson, University of California, Berkeley; Adam M. Siepielski, University of San Diego; Joseph D. DiBattista, University of Hawaii at Manoa

8:20 AM

COS 57-2

A 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, The Pennsylvania State University; Jonathan Lynch, Penn State

8:40 AM

COS 57-3

Specialization of pollination systems affects floral integration and phenotypic variation in Ipomoea
Víctor M. Rosas-Guerrero, Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Mauricio Quesada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

9:00 AM

COS 57-4

Morphological 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, Florida International University

9:20 AM

COS 57-5

Indirect ecological effects maintain genetic variation in pitcher plant inquiline communities
Casey P. terHorst, California State University, Northridge; Thomas E. Miller, Florida State University

9:40 AM

COS 57-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 57-6

An evolutionary context for bacterial biodiversity in soil
Eric A. Dubinsky, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; David D. Ackerly, University of California; Eoin L. Brodie, University of California, Berkeley; Todd Z. DeSantis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Gary L. Andersen, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Mary K. Firestone, University of California, Berkeley

10:10 AM

COS 57-7

Evolution 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, Southern Illinois University; Klaus Winter, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; John C. Cushman, University of Nevada Reno

10:30 AM

COS 57-8

The games algae play: Competition for nutrients and light in poorly-mixed water columns
Jarad P. Mellard, Station d'Ecologie Expérimentale du CNRS à Moulis; Kohei Yoshiyama, Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo; Elena Litchman, Michigan State University; Christopher A. Klausmeier, Michigan State University

10:50 AM

COS 57-9

An upper limit to maximum body size in animal phyla during the past 500 million years
Alison G. Boyer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; NESCent Phanerozoic Body Size Working Group, National Evolutionary Synthesis Center

11:10 AM

COS 57-10

Meta-plasticity
Ariel Novoplansky, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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