ESA/SER Joint Meeting (August 5 -- August 10, 2007)

COS 8 - Evolution and life history theory: Animals

Monday, August 6, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Blrm Salon I, San Jose Marriott
1:50 PM
Multiple, predictable selection pressures lead to life history canalization in a temporary pond caddisfly
Hamish S. Greig, University of Canterbury; Scott A. Wissinger, Allegheny College
2:10 PM
Geographic variation in survival and reproduction of the mosquito, Aedes albopictus
Paul T. Leisnham, University of Maryland; Linsey M. Sala, San Diego State University; Steven A. Juliano, Illinois State University
2:30 PM
Spatial variation in adult body size of lubber grasshoppers: Patterns and mechanisms
Jason E. Jannot, Illinois State University; Jessica Brinton, Illinois State University; Kevin Kocot, Illinois State University; Amanda Solliday, Illinois State University; Andrew Thurman, Illinois State University; Olcay Akman, Illinois State University; Steven A. Juliano, Illinois State University
2:50 PM
Evolution of aging in wild populations: Dynamic heterogeneity explains positive relationships between reproduction and survival
Ulrich Steiner, Stanford University; Shripad Tuljapurkar, Stanford University; Steven Orzack, Fresh Pond Research Institute
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
Exposure to fish kairomones and defended morph prey affects chaoborus life history strategy and morphology
Edd Hammill, University of British Columbia; Andrew P. Beckerman, University of Sheffield
3:40 PM
Evolutionary impacts of fishing on life history of exploited fish stocks: A meta-analysis
J. Emmett Duffy, Tennenbaum Marine Observatory Network, Smithsonian Institution; Bethany Eden, The College of William and Mary; Jie Huang, The College of William and Mary; Amanda Lawless, The College of William and Mary; Yawei Luo, The College of William and Mary; Tara Scott, The College of William and Mary; William Tarantino, The College of William and Mary
4:00 PM
Are Black Swamp Snakes (Seminatrix pygaea) income or capital breeders? Experimental evidence using stable isotopes to unravel the timing of reproductive allocation
Christopher T. Winne, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Lab; John D. Willson, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Lab; Melissa A. Pilgrim, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Lab; Christopher S. Romanek, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Lab; J. Whitfield Gibbons, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
4:20 PM
Deposition of larvae by Salamandra salamandra: Managing risks of desiccation and competition
Asaf Sadeh, University of Haifa; Ori Segev, University of Haifa; Naomi Hill, University of Haifa; Marc Mangel, University of California at Santa Cruz; Leon Blaustein, University of Haifa