Session: Evolutionary ecology (ESA/SER Joint Meeting (August 5 -- August 10, 2007))

PS 61-80

Determining 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 61-81

Easing 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 61-82

Morphological 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 61-83

Do 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 61-84

The nature of rare events in biophysical mechanisms, including mutations, underlying evolutionary and ecological processes
Mieczyslaw Remin, University of Silesia

PS 61-85

Community heritability, repeatability, and stability: The arthropod community of Populus angustifolia over 3 years
Art R. Keith, Northern Arizona University; Joe Bailey, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Thomas Whitham, Northern Arizona University

PS 61-86

Ten years of varying lake level and selection on size-at-maturity in sockeye salmon
Stephanie M. Carlson, University of California, Berkeley; Thomas P. Quinn, University of Washington

PS 61-87

Glyphosate-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 61-88

Evolving gene networks: Selection for evolvability and directional epistasis in variable environments
Christopher F. Steiner, Wayne State University; Christopher Klausmeier, Michigan State University

PS 61-89

Early root growth traits in Helianthus
Larry C. Brouillette, University of Georgia; Lisa A. Donovan, University of Georgia

PS 61-90

Role 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 61-91

Fungal adaptation to spicy environments: Tradeoffs, local adaptation, and the potential for a coevolutionary arms race
Noelle J. Machnicki, University of Washington; Joshua J. Tewksbury, Future Earth

PS 61-92

Local 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 61-93

The 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, University of California; Bruce Baldwin Integrative Biology, University of California

PS 61-94

Is there a tradeoff between drought avoidance and drought tolerance?
Amanda R. Shores, San Jose State University; Susan C. Lambrecht, San Jose State University

PS 61-95

Phylogenetic 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 61-96

Phylogeography 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

PS 61 - Evolutionary ecology