Session: Evolution: Genetic Isolation and Differentiation (93rd ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 -- August 8, 2008))

1:30 PM

COS 95-1

Evidence for increased survival in native compared to foreign populations of Swedish Arabidopsis thaliana
Alison Anastasio, University of Chicago; Magnus Nordborg, University of Southern California; Joy Bergelson, University of Chicago

1:50 PM

COS 95-2

Host associated differentiation in indigenous tree species
Aaron M. Dickey, Texas A&M University; Raul F. Medina, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Texas A&M University

2:10 PM

COS 95-3

Ecological genetic differentiation in American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.) across an elevational gradient
James B. McGraw, West Virginia University; Emily H. Mooney, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

2:30 PM

COS 95-4

A predictable evolutionary pathway to serpentine endemism and its consequences in the California flora
Brian L. Anacker, University of California, Davis; Justen B. Whittall, Santa Clara University; Susan P. Harrison, University of California, Davis

2:50 PM

COS 95-5

Effects of geographic distance and karyotype rearrangement on gene flow and speciation in sedges (Carex: Cyperaceae)
Andrew L. Hipp, The Morton Arboretum; Jaime A. Weber, The Morton Arboretum; Paul E. Rothrock, Taylor University

3:10 PM

COS 95-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 95-6

Dispersal in the black-capped vireo: The role of fine-scale social structure
Giridhar NR Athrey, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Richard Lance, US Army Corps of Engineers; Paul Leberg, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

3:40 PM

COS 95-7

Microbial endemism: Does extreme nutrient limitation enhance speciation?
Valeria Souza, UNAM Instituto de Ecología; Luis Eguiarte, Instituto de Ecologia; Jim Elser, Arizona State University; Janet Siefert, Rice University

4:00 PM

COS 95-8

Gall midges and goldenrods: the multitrophic context of an adaptive radiation
John O. Stireman III, Wright State University; Hilary Devlin, Wright State University; Brenda L. Wells, Wright State University; Jeremy Heath, Wright State University; Patrick Abbot, Vanderbilt University

4:20 PM

COS 95-9

Habitat isolation between sister species of neotropical Costus
Grace Fu-chun Chen, Michigan State University; Douglas W. Schemske, Michigan State University

4:40 PM

COS 95-10

Dispersal and divergence in plethodontid salamanders
Winsor H. Lowe, University of Montana; Mark A. McPeek, Dartmouth College; Gene E. Likens, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Bradley J. Cosentino, Hobart and William Smith Colleges

COS 95 - Evolution: Genetic Isolation and Differentiation