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Updated: January 26, 2008Monday 4-5pm in Sequoia 38, Everyone Welcome
Spring 2008
Date Presenter Paper Jan 28 Jamie? Feb 4 Feb 11 Feb 18 Feb 25 Mar 3 Mar 10 Mar 17 Mar 24 Mar 31 Spring Break Apr 7 Apr 14 Apr 21 Apr 28 May 5 May 12 May 19 Fall 2007
Date Presenter Paper Sep 12 Sarah Saltonstall, Kristin (2002) Cryptic invasion by a non-native genotype of the common reed, Phragmites australis, into North America. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99: 2445-2449 (PDF available from rcoleman@csus.edu) Sep 19 Jamie Sep 26 Katie Oct 3 Clara Larsen, F.W., J. Bladt & C. Rahbek (2007) Improving the Performance of Indicator Groups for the Identification of Important Areas for Species
Conservation. Conservation Biology 21:731-740.(PDF available from rcoleman@csus.edu)Oct 10 Carrie Downing, A.L. and M.A. Leibold (2002) Ecosystem consequences of species richness and composition in pond food webs. Nature 416:837-841. (PDF available from rcoleman@csus.edu) Oct 17 Chris Bailey, R.C., R.H. Norris, and T.B. Reynoldson (2001) Taxonomic Resolution of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities in Bioassessments. Journal of North American Benthological Society 20:280-286. (PDF available from rcoleman@csus.edu) Oct 24 Conlin Oct 31 May, R. (2007) Parasites, people and policy: infectious diseases and the Millennium Development Goals. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. Nov 7 Katy Nov 14 OPEN Nov 21 none this week Nov 28 OPEN Dec 5 Mikkelson, G.M, A. Gonzalez and G.D. Peterson. (2007) Economic Inequality Predicts Biodiversity Loss
PLoS ONE 2: e444Dec 12 Open
Spring 2007
Date Presenter Paper Feb 6 Zach Simmons Lima, S (1992) Strong preferences for apparently dangerous habitats? A Consequence of differential escape from predators. Oikos 64:597-600. (PDF available from rcoleman@csus.edu) Feb 13 Carrie Lessin Burley, N. and R. Symanski (1998) "A Taste for the Beautiful": Latent aesthetic mate preferences for white crests in two species of Australian grassfinches. Am. Nat. 152:792-802 Feb 20 Katy Washburn McCann, K.S. (2000) The diversity-stability debate. Nature 405:228-233.
Feb 27 Clara Matallana Fullera, T., M. Munguı´ab, M. Mayfielda, V. Sanchez-Corderob and S. Sarkara (2006) Incorporating connectivity into conservation planning: A multi-criteria case study from central Mexico. Biological Conservation 133:131-142. Mar 6 Jamie Kneitel Johnson, M.T.J. & J.R. Stinchcombe. (2007)An emerging synthesis between community ecology and evolutionary biology. Trends Ecol. Evol.
Mar 13 Chris Carr Cripps, M.G., M. Schwarzlander, J.L. McKenney, H.L. Hinz and H.J. Price. (2006) Biogeographical comparison of the arthropod herbivore communities associated with Lepidium draba in its native, expanded and introduced ranges. J. Biogeography 33:2107-2119. Mar 20 TBA Mar 27 Spring break no meeting Apr 3 Carrie Lessen Scheu, S. and M. Schaefer (1998) Bottom-Up Control of the Soil Macrofauna Community in a Beechwood on
Limestone: Manipulation of Food Resources. Ecology 79: 1573-1585Apr 24 Clara Matallana Urbina-Cardona, J.N. et al. (2006) Herpetofauna diversity and microenvironment correlates across a pasture–edge–interior ecotone in tropical rainforest fragments in the Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve of Veracruz, Mexico. Bio. Cons. 132: 61-75 May 8 Elif Fehm-Sullivan Griffiths, D. (2006) Pattern and process in the ecological biogeography of European freshwater fish J. Anim. Ecol. 75:734-751 Fall 2006
Date Presenter Paper Sept 15 Jamie Kneitel Liess, A. and S. Diehl (2006) Effects of enrichment on protist abundance and bacterial composition in simple microbial communities. Oikos 114: 15-26. Sept 22 Katy Washburn Schreiber, E.S.G.. Lake, P.S., and G.P. Quinn (2002) Facilitation of native stream fauna by an invading species? Experimental investigations of the interaction of the snail, Potamopygrus antipodarum (Hydrobiidae) with native benthic fauna. Biological Invasions 4:317-325 Sept 29 Sarah Estrella Pe'er, G, Saltz, D and K. Frank (2005) Virtual Corriders for Conservation Management. Conservation Biology 19: 1997-2003 (PDF available from rcoleman@csus.edu)
Oct 6 Chris Carr Haddad, N.M., Tilman, D., Haarstad, J., Ritchie, M. and J.M.H. Knops (2001) Contrasting Effects of Plant Richness and Composition on Insect Communities: A Field Experiment. American Naturalist 158:17-35 Oct 13 Lovette, I.J. and W.M. Hochachka (2006) Simultaneous effects of phylogenetic niche conservatism and competition on an avian community structure. Ecology Suppl. 87:S14-S28.
Oct 20 Carrie Schmitz, O.J. (2003) Top predator control of plant biodiversity and productivity in an old-field ecosystem. Ecology Letters 6:156-163 Oct 27 Claire Hannah, L., Midgley, G.F., and D. Millar (2002) Climate change-integrated conservation strategies. Global Ecology & Biogeography. 11:485-495. Nov 3 Nov 10 no meeting Nov 17 Crist, T.O., S.V. Pradhan-Devare and K.S. Summerville (2006) Spatial variation in insect community and species responses to habitat loss and plant community composition. Oecologia 147:510-521. Nov 24 Thanksgiving -- no meeting Dec 1 Dec 8 Watling, J.I. and M.A. Donnelly. (2006) Fragments as islands: a synthesis of faunal response to habitat patchiness. Conservation Biology 20: 1016-1025. Dec 15 Spring 2005
Date Presenter Paper Jan 24 Ron Coleman Introduction to the Journal Club Jan 31 Sam Hilber Jackson et al. (2004) Trail geometry gives polarity to ant foraging networks. Nature 432: 907-909 Feb 7 Shelly Amrhein Jonsell, M. (2004) Old park trees: A highly desirable resource for both history and beetle diversity. Journal of Arboriculture 30:238-244.
Feb 14 Elif Fehm-Sullivan Couzin, I.D. et al. (2005) Effective leadership and decision-making in animal groups on the move. Nature 433:513-516 Feb 21 Winston Lancaster Catania, K.C. and Remple, F.E. (2005) Asymptotic prey profitability drives star-nosed moles to the foraging speed limit. Nature 433: 519- 522. Feb 28 DJ Eichenberger Dial, K.P. 2003. Wing-assisted incline running and the evolution of flight. Science 299:402-404. Mar 7 no meeting Mar 14 Winston Lancaster Dumbacher et al. 2004. Melyrid beetles (Choresine): A putative source for the batrachotoxin alkaloids found in poison-dart frogs and toxic passerine birds. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101:15857-15860 Mar 21 Spring Break
Mar 28 Apr 4 Apr 11 Fall 2004
Date Presenter Paper Aug 29 Ron Coleman Introduction to the Journal Club Sep 6 Labor Day -- no meeting Sep 13 Ron Coleman Fine, PVA., Mesones, I., and P.D. Coley (2004) Herbivores promote habitat specialization by trees in Amazonian forests. Science 305:663-665 Sep 20 Elif Fehm-Sullivan Deecke, V.B., Slater, PJ.B. and JKB Ford (2002) Selective habituation shapes acoustic predator recognition in harbour seals. Nature 420:171-173 Sep 27 Brett Holland Lim, M.M., Wang, Z., Olazzabal, D.E., Ren, X., Terwilliger, E.F. and L.J. Young (2004) Enhanced partner preference in a promiscuous species by manipulating the expression of a single gene. Nature 429: 754-757. Oct 4 Winston Lancaster Oct 11 Shannon Datwyler Oct 18 Brett Holland Evans, P.D. et al. (2004) Adaptive evolution of ASPM, a major determinant of cerebral cortical size in humans. Human Molecular Genetics 13:489-494. Oct 25 Ron Coleman Stuart, A.J. et al. (2004) Pleistocene to Holocene extinction dynamics in giant deer and woolly mammoth. Nature 431:684-689. Nov 1 Ron Coleman Foster, K.R. et al. (2004) Pleiotropy as a mechanism to stabilize cooperation. Nature 431:693-696 Nov 8 Ron Coleman Lahr, M.M. and R. Foley (2004) Human evolution writ small. Nature 431:1043-1044 Nov 15 Ron Coleman Reznick, D.N. et al. (2004) Effect of extrinsic mortality on the evolution of senescence in guppies. Nature 431:1095-1099 Spring 2004
Date Presenter Paper Jan 26 Ron Coleman Introduction to the Journal Club Feb 2 Ron Coleman Cheney, K.L. & I.M. Cote (2003) The ultimate effect of being cleaned: does ectoparasite removal have reproductive consequences for damselfish clients? Behavioral Ecology 14:892-896 Feb 9 Rob Grasso Martin, O.Y and D.J. Hosken. (2003) Costs and benefits of evolving under experimentally enforced polyandry or monogamy. Evolution 57:2765-2772. Feb 16 Rob Grasso Marsh, D.M. and P.C. Trenham. (2001) Metapopulation dynamics and amphibian conservation. Conservation Biology 15:40-49. Feb 23 Shelly Amrhein McGraw, K.J. and D.R. Ardia. (2003) Carotenoids, immunocompetence, and the information content of sexual colors: an experimental test. American Naturalist 162:704-712. Mar 1 Rachel Barnett Wiens, J.J. (2004) Speciation and ecology revisited: Phylogenetic niche conservatism and the Origin of Species.. Evolution 58:193-197. Mar 8 Lesley Hamamoto Tissot, B.N. and L.E. Hallacher (2003) Effects of Aquarium Collectors on Coral Reef Fishes n Kona, Hawaii. Conservation Biology 17:1759-1768. Mar 15 Danielle Delaporte Stoner, C.J., T.M. Caro and C.M. Graham (2003) Ecological and behavioral correlates of coloration in artiodactyls: systematic analyses of conventional hypotheses. Behavioral Ecology 14:823-840. Mar 22 Elif Akaaboune Gaston, K.J., S.L. Chown and R.D. Mercer (2001) The animal species-body size distribution of Marion Island. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98:14493-14496. Mar 29 Rachel Barnett Gaume, L., P. Perret, E. Gorb, S. Gorb, J.-J. Labat, and N. Rowe (2003) How do plant waxes cause flies to slide? Experimental tests of wax-based trapping mechanisms in three pitfall carnivorous plants. Arthropod Structure & Development 33:103-111. Apr 5 Spring Break Apr 12 -- no paper -- Apr 19 Ron Coleman Choosy males in a haplochromine cichlid: first experimental evidence for male mate choice in a lekking species. Animal Behaviour 66:293-298. Apr 26 Samantha Hilber Ferns diversified in the shadow of angiosperms. Nature 428:553-557. May 3 Ron Coleman Adaptation to natural facial categories. Nature 428:557-561.
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