Selection and Evolution of Performance in Nature

Selection and Evolution of Performance in Nature

Organized by
Joel Kingsolver (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) and
Ray Huey (University of Washington, Seattle)

 

Participants and titles:

Steve Arnold: Performance Landscapes and Fitness Landscapes

Department of Zoology

3029 Cordley Hall

Oregon State University 97331-2914

phone: 541 737-4362

email: arnolds@bcc.orst.edu

website: http://www.onid.orst.edu/~arnoldst/

Martin Wikelski: Morphology, performance and fitness in Galapagos marine iguanas

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Princeton University

Princeton NJ 08544

609-258-6133
wikelski@princeton.edu
http://www.princeton.edu/~wikelski/

 

Ray Huey: Mutation acumulation, performance and fitness

Department of Zoology, NJ-15

University of Washington

Seattle WA 98195

206-543-1505

rbhuey@u.washington.edu

 

Duncan Irschick: Studying locomotory performance in nature: Implications for fitness variation within populations

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

310 Dinwiddie Hall

Tulane University

New Orleans, LA 70118

Office Phone: 504-862-8295

E-mail: irschick@tulane.edu

http://www.tulane.edu/~irschick/

 

Butch Brodie: Reciprocal selection at the phenotypic interface of coevolution

Department of Biology

Indiana University

Bloomington IN 47405

812 856 4572

edb3@bio.indiana.edu

http://sunflower.bio.indiana.edu/~bbrodie

Barry Sinervo: Ontogenetic conflict between the sexes and selection on life history and performance traits

Department of Ecology and Evolution

Earth and Marine Sciences

University of California

Santa Cruz, CA 95064

831-459-3425

sinervo@biology.ucsc.edu

 

Bob Podolsky: Integrating environment and development to model reproductive performance in natural populations

Biology, Coker Hall, CB#3280

University of North Carolina

919-962-9247

Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280

podolsky@unc.edu

www.bio.unc.edu/faculty/podolsky/

 

Cameron Ghalambor: Multi-trait selection, adaptation, and constraints on the evolution of performance: An empirical example using Trinidadian guppies

Department of Biology

University of California

Riverside CA 92521

Phone: 909-787-4754 (office)

camerong@citrus.ucr.edu

 

Annie Schmitt: Adaptive evolution of light responses in natural plant populations

Department of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology

Brown University

Providence RI 02912

(401) 863-3435

Johanna_Schmitt@brown.edu

http://www.brown.edu/Departments/EEB/faculty/Schmitt.html

Carol Lee: Selection and physiological evolution during biological invasions
Department of Zoology
University of Wisconsin, Madison
430 Lincoln Drive
Birge 426
Madison WI 53706
Phone: 608-262-2675
E-mail: carollee@facstaff.wisc.edu

Joel Kingsolver: Environmental variation and selection on performance curves

Department of Biology, CB-3280

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill NC 27599-3280

919 843-6291 (phone)

jgking@bio.unc.edu

http://www.bio.unc.edu/faculty/kingsolver/

Proposed schedule

 

850-900 Joel Kingsolver: Introduction to the symposium

900-930 Steve Arnold: Performance Landscapes and Fitness Landscapes

930-1000 Martin Wikelski: Morphology, performance and fitness in Galapagos marine iguanas

1000-1030 break

 

1020-1050 Ray Huey: Mutation accumulation, performance and fitness

1050-1120 Duncan Irschick: Studying locomotory performance in nature: Implications for fitness variation within populations

1120-1150 Butch Brodie: Reciprocal selection at the phenotypic interface of coevolution

1150-100p lunch

 

100-130 Barry Sinervo: Ontogenetic conflict between the sexes and selection on life history and performance traits

130-200 Bob Podolsky: Integrating environment and development to model reproductive performance in natural populations

200-230 Cameron Ghalambor: Multi-trait selection, adaptation, and constraints on the evolution of performance: An empirical example using Trinidadian guppies

230-300p break

 

300-330 Annie Schmitt: Adaptive evolution of light responses in natural plant populations

330-400 Carol Lee: Selection and physiological evolution during biological invasions

400-430 Joel Kingsolver: Environmental variation and selection on performance curves

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