93rd ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 -- August 8, 2008)

COS 41 - Life History Theory and Evolution

Tuesday, August 5, 2008: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
201 B, Midwest Airlines Center
1:30 PM
Do slow trees grow old? Growth and longevity in old-growth ponderosa pine trees of the inland Northwest
Eric G. Keeling, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Anna Sala, University of Montana
2:10 PM
Evolutionary ecology of aging in the garter snake Thamnohis elegans
Anne M. Bronikowski, Iowa State University
2:50 PM
Life-history evolution of an invasive species
Kirk A. Moloney, Iowa State University; Katja Tielboerger, Tuebingen University; Frank Schurr, University of Potsdam; Claus Holzapfel, Rutgers University
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
Stonefly life-history differences between runoff-dominated and spring-fed streams: A reciprocal transplant experiment
Asako M. Yamamuro, Oregon State University; David A. Lytle, Oregon State University
3:40 PM
Evolutionary diversification and mechanisms of coexistence in desert annual communities
Andrea Mathias, University of Arizona, Tucson; Peter Chesson, University of Arizona
4:00 PM
Three years of observations of the flowering phenology of the tropical dry forest tree Enterolobium cyclocarpum (Guanacaste)
Oscar J. Rocha, Kent State University; Carlos Gomez, Universidad de Costa Rica; James L. Hamrick, University of Georgia
4:20 PM
Fishery, life-history change, and population dynamics of mantis shrimp in Tokyo Bay
Mifuyu Nakajima, Stanford University; Keita Kodama, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan; Toshihiro Horiguchi, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan; Yoshinari Tanaka, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan
4:40 PM
Condition-dependent tenure at breeding sites by male sand fiddler crabs
Bengt J. Allen, California State University, Long Beach; Dominique DeLambert, Stony Brook University; Jeffrey S. Levinton, Stony Brook University