ADVANCED ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY

...This paper is longer than our usual. I chose it because it is an experimental test of neutral vs. niche dynamics, and has a particularly interesting and readable discussion of the issues. Since most of you have probably not been exposed to neutral theory before this class, this discussion should be very useful, particularly as it clarifies predictions of neutral vs. niche series. You may ignore the models on pages 848, 849, and 854.

For another takeon neutral theory (and the most common types of tests) I have also included a recent paper testing neutral theory and the heated set of comments that are generated. See Ricklefs & Renner 2012: Tropical tree species richness and abundance reject neutrality.

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Critiquing a paper and leading a discussion

Checklist for critiquing a research article

READINGS RITA MEHTA LECTURE THURS NOV 8

Do reefs drive diversification in teleost fish?

READINGS LYON SECTION

Tuesday November 6:

(Any resemblence between these papers and Tuesdays election is purely coincidental!)

Social conflict within species paper (ICE) Rice and Holland

Greenbeard killing ants paper Keller et al.

Tuesday October 30:

Cuckoo chick vocal mimicry paper

Kin selected leks in turkeys paper

Tuesday October 23: Gould and Lewontin Spandrels of San Marco

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Readings Costa Section

Physiological Constraint and Life History Tradeoffs

Tuesday Oct 2

Dayton, G. H. and L. A. Fitzgerald. 2011. The advantage of no defense: predation enhances cohort survival in a desert amphibian. Aquatic Ecology 45:325-333.

Thursday Oct 4

Chapin III, F. S., K. Autumn, and F. Pugnaire. 1993. Evolution of Suites of Traits in Response to Environmental Stress. The American Naturalist 142:S78-S92.

Ecological Implications of Body SizeTuesday Oct 9

Wikelski, M. 2005. Evolution of body size in Galapagos marine iguanas. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 272:1985-1993.

Temperature Adaptation

Thursday Oct 11

Gilbert, C., S. Blanc, Y. Le Maho, and A. Ancel. 2008. Energy saving processes in huddling emperor penguins: from experiments to theory. Journal of Experimental Biology 211:1-8Gi

Lenski, R. E. and A. F. Bennett. 1993. Evolutionary Response of Escherichia coli to Thermal Stress. The American Naturalist 142:S47-S64.

Linking Proximate to Ultimate

Tuesday Oct 16

Wikelski, M. and S. J. Cooke. 2006. Conservation physiology. Trends Ecol. Evol. 21:38-46.

Saraux, C., C. Le Bohec, J. M. Durant, V. A. Viblanc, M. Gauthier-Clerc, D. Beaune, Y. H. Park, N. G. Yoccoz, N. C. Stenseth, and Y. Le Maho. 2011. Reliability of flipper-banded penguins as indicators of climate change. Nature 469:203-206

Additional Readings

Brown, J. H. and P. F. Nicoletto. 1991. Spatial Scaling of Species Composition: Body Masses of North American Land Mammals. The American Naturalist 138 :1478-1512.