97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012)

1:30 PM

COS 13-1

Cost of reproduction in a gender-switching forest understory herb, Coptis laciniata
Briana Lindh, Willamette University

1:50 PM

COS 13-2

Meta-analysis of EICA hypothesis finds no trade-off between plant defense and competitive ability
Emmi Felker-Quinn, National Center for Envionmental Assessment, US Environmental Protection Agency; Jennifer A. Schweitzer, ESA- Soil Ecology Chair; Joseph K. Bailey, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

2:10 PM

COS 13-3

Effects of natural selection from seed predation on serotiny: The role of red squirrels in determining forest structure in lodgepole pine
Matt V. Talluto, University of Wyoming; Craig W. Benkman, University of Wyoming

2:30 PM

COS 13-4

Changes in salmon migration timing: Potential role of microevolution
Ryan P. Kovach, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Anthony J. Gharrett, University of Alaska Fairbanks; John E. Joyce, NOAA; David Tallmon, University of Alaska Southeast

2:50 PM

COS 13-5

Ecotypic variation in drought tolerance and genetic diversity of the ecologically dominant grass big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) across the Great Plains precipitation gradient
Loretta Johnson, Kansas State University; Miranda Gray, Kansas State University; Hannah Tetreault, Kansas State University; Karen Garrett, Kansas State University; Eduard Akhunov, Kansas State University; Paul St Amand, Kansas State University; Nora Bello, Kansas State University; Johnny Bryant, Kansas State University; Nan An, Kansas State University; Brian R. Maricle, Fort Hays State University; Jake Olsen, Fort Hays State University; Sara G. Baer, Southern Illinois University Carbondale; Rachel K. Goad, Southern Illinois University Carbondale; Angel De La Cruz, Universidad Central del Caribe; Theodore Morgan, Kansas State University; Mary Knapp, Kansas State University

3:10 PM

COS 13-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 13-6

Genetic adaptation to novel environments can occur on ecological timescales
Mark R. Christie, Oregon State University; Melanie L. Marine, Oregon State University; Rod A. French, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife; Michael S. Blouin, Oregon State University

3:40 PM

COS 13-7

Quantitative genetics in a fragmented landscape, a study of heritable floral traits in Oenothera harringtonii
Ricardo J. Rivera, Northwestern University; Krissa Skogen, Chicago Botanic Garden; Jeremie Fant, Northwestern University

4:00 PM

COS 13-8

Effects of past and present competition on evolutionary potential and adaptation in the colonizing plant, Erodium cicutarium
Tina Heger, Technische Universitaet Muenchen; Johannes Kollmann, Technische Universitaet Muenchen; Atieh Givmanesh, University of California, Davis; Andrew M. Latimer, University of California Davis; Kevin Rice, University of California, Davis

4:20 PM

COS 13-9

Species loss results in territorial breakdown and emergence of alternative phenotypes in ant-following birds
Janeene M. Touchton, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology; Martin Wikelski, Max Plank Institute for Ornithology

4:40 PM

COS 13-10

Local adaptation of Erysimum capitatum across altitudes: Implications for responses to climate change
Eunsuk Kim, University of South Carolina; Kathleen Donohue, Duke University

COS 13 - Evolution: Selection And Adaptation I