Session: Evolution: Selection and Adaptation (94th ESA Annual Meeting (August 2 -- 7, 2009))

PS 51-102

Potential costs of placentation under fluctuating resource availability: A comparative study with two Poeciliid fishes
Bart J.A. Pollux, University of California Riverside; David N. Reznick, University of California Riverside

PS 51-103

Structural versus functional leaf trait coordination in the adaptive radiation of Hawaiian violets
Lawren Sack, UCLA; J. Christopher Havran, Campbell University; Christopher D. Nakahashi, University of Hawaii; Athena McKown, UCLA; Harvey E. Ballard Jr., Ohio University

PS 51-104

Using Bayesian phylogenetic and comparative approaches to evaluate the evolution of body size in Sigmodontine rodents
Cristián E. Hernández, Universidad de Concepción; Avaria-Llautureo Jorge L., Universidad de Concepción; Morales-Pallero Bryan, Universidad de Concepción; Canales-Aguirre Cristian B., Universidad de Concepción; Boric-Bargetto Dusan, Universidad de Concepción

PS 51-105

Effect of resource quality on lifespan in the bean beetle Callosobruchus maculatus
Katherine Sheehan, Emory University; Matthew Rowe, Emory University; Christopher Beck, Emory University

PS 51-106

Fitness effects of abiotic stress tolerance enhancing transgenes under competitive conditions
Patrick James Bigelow, Michigan State University; Wayne Loescher, Michigan State University; Rebecca Grumet, Michigan State University

PS 51-107

Rapid evolution of rhizobia in response to glyphosate application
Tomomi Suwa, Michigan State University and W.K. Kellogg Biological Station; Jennifer A. Lau, Michigan State University; Jay T. Lennon, Indiana University

PS 51-108

Survival and reproduction of glyphosate-resistant (GR) and –susceptible (GS) Conyza canadensis (L.) Cronq. (Asteraceae)
Karla L. Gage, Southern Illinois University Carbondale; David J. Gibson, Southern Illinois University Carbondale; Bryan G. Young, Southern Illinois University

PS 51-109

Positive correlation between victim abundance and intensity of exploiter consumption in a tritrophic plant-seed predator-parasitoid interaction
Johnattan Hernández-Cumplido, Facultad de Cielcias Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Juan Fornoni, Instituto de Ecología. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

PS 51-110

Agricultural practices alter selection on weeds at the population and community level
Elizabeth H. Schultheis, Michigan State University; Jen A. Lau, Michigan State University; Todd M.P. Robinson, Michigan State University

PS 51-111

Selection on floral traits across variable plant and pollinator communities: A generalist plant and its specialist pollinator
Anne M. Royer, Michigan State University; Jeffrey K. Conner, Michigan State University

PS 51-112

Contractile roots: Their evolutionary linkages and hormonal regulation in agaves and yuccas
Erin Brinton, Occidental College; Shana Goffredi, Occidental College; Gretchen North, Occidental College

PS 51-113

The evolution of novel traits: Adaptation in milkweed floral traits
Raffica J. La Rosa, Michigan State University; Jeffrey K. Conner, Michigan State University

PS 51 - Evolution: Selection and Adaptation