Evolutionary Ecology -- EEOB 514
(Anne Bronikowski, 237 Bessey Hall, 294-7170, abroniko@iastate.edu,)
Fall , odd years - Tuesday, Thursday 11 - 12
Text –
Evolutionary Ecology: Concepts and Case Studies (C. Fox, D. Roff, D. Fairbairn, editors).
Oxford University Press. 2001
Date
23 Aug
Topic
Reading
Course Overview
25 Aug
Population Ecology: Population Parameters and Growth
S. C. Stearns. 2002. Evolution of Life Histories (Ch. 2). Oxford Univ. Press
30 Aug
Population Ecology: Population Regulation
Sibly et al. 2005. Science 309: 607-610.
1 Sept
Units and mechanisms of evolution
E. R. Pianka. 2000. Evolutionary Ecology (Chs.6&7). Benjamin-Cummings
6 Sept
Discussion: Human Evolutionary Ecology
Balter 2005. Science 309: 234 - 237
Enard et al. 2002. Nature 418: 869 - 872
I. Life Histories:
8 Sept
Life History Evolution (Reproduction and Survival)
Ch 8, 9, 10
13 Sept
Discussion: Is menopause adaptive?
Packer et al. 1998. Nature 392: 759 – 761
Lahdenpera et al. 2004. Nature 428: 178 - 181
15 Sept
Life History Evolution (Dispersal)
Ch 19
20 Sept
Discussion: Costs of reproduction and delayed growth
Reznick et al. 2000, TREE 15: 421-425.
Emlen & Wrege1994. Nature 367: 129-132
Hatchwell & Komdeur 2000. Animal Behaviour 59: 1079-86
22 Sept
Evolutionary Stable Strategies
Hamilton & May 1977 Nature 269: 578 – 581.
Maynard Smith 1978 Ann Rev Ecol Syst 9: 31 – 56.
27 Sept
Discussion: Random vs. Adaptive Evolution
Reznick & Ghalambor 2001 Genetica 112: 183-198
Gould & Lewontin 1979Proc Royal Soc B 205: 581 – 598.
Queller 1995 Q Rev Biol 70: 485 – 489.
Mitchel & Valone 1990 Q Rev Biol 65: 43 – 52.
29 Sept
Life History Evolution (Evolution of Sex)
A. Cockburn. 1991.An Introduction to Evolutionary Ecology (Ch7). Blackwell Scientific
4 Oct
Discussion: Is Environmental Sex Determination Adaptive
Valenzuela et al. 2003. Am Nat 161:676 - 683
Robert 2001 Nature 412: 698 – 699
Janzen 1994 PNAS 7487 - 7490
Shine et al. 2002. Ecol Letters 5: 486 - 489
6 Oct
Specialization and Generalization
Ch 14
E. R. Pianka. 2000. Evolutionary Ecology (Ch. 13). Benjamin-Cummings
11 Oct
Discussion: Habitat specialization and the evolution of trade offs: do trade-offs evolve?
Rausher 1988 Ecology 69: 898-901
Joshi and Thompson 1995 Evol Ecol 9: 82-92
Kelley & Farrell. 1998. Evolution 52: 1731-1743
II. Species Interactions and Communities:
13 Oct.
Species interactions
Ch. 22, 23, 24
18 Oct
Discussion: Conflicting Interests in Mutualisms
S. Cozzolino & A. Widmer 2005. TREE 20: 487 - 502
J.N. Thompson. 1986 TREE 1: 105-107.
Nilsson L.A.1988 Nature 334: 147-149.
20 Oct
Evolution of Communities
Diamond et al. 1989, AmNat 134: 675 - 708
Moulton & Pimm 1983,AmNat 121: 669 – 690
Moulton 1993, AmNat141: 105-119
Connell 1980 Oikos 35: 131-138
25 Oct
Discussion: Character Displacement, Competition, and the Evolution of Communities
Schluter, D. 2001 Ecological Character Displacement. In Evolutionary Ecology (Fox,
Roff, and Fairbairn, eds.) Oxford University Press, NY
Grant, P. R. 1986. Interspecific competition in fluctuating environments. In Community
Ecology (Diamond & Case, eds.) Harper & Row, New York
Losos J. et al. In Press. Annals of the Missouri Botantical Garden
27 Oct
Evolution of Biodiversity
A. Cockburn. 1991.An Introduction to Evolutionary Ecology (Ch9). Blackwell Scientific
Hubbell. 2001. Ch 1 in The unified neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography
(Princeton Univ. Press)
1 Nov
Discussion: Does natural selection shape biodiversity?
Latimer et al. 2005 Science 309: 1722 – 1725
Wilson 1987 Journal of Animal Ecology 56: 1-9.
III. Behavior
3 Nov
Mating Systems
Ch 15
AG Jones et al. 2000. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 267: 677-680.
8 Nov
Discussion: Is there a unifying concept of sexual selection that applies to both plants and
animals?
Arnold, SJ 1994. Am Nat 144: S1-S12
Willson, MF 1994. Am Nat 144: S13 – S39.
Arnold, SJ 1994. Am Nat 144: S126 – S149
10 Nov
Cooperation and Altruism
Ch. 17 in Evolutionary Ecology (Fox, Roff, Fairbairn, eds)
Ch 15 in Trivers 1985. Social Evolution. Benjamin/Cummings
15 Nov
Discussion: Is deception an adaptation? What about self-deception?
Excerpts from J. Roughgarden. 2004. Evolution’s Rainbow. University of California Press
Ch 16 in Trivers 1985 Social Evolution. Benjamin/Cummings
17 Nov
Foraging Behavior
Ch. 18
Pyke, GH, 1984. AnnRevEcSyst 15:523- 575.
29 Nov
Discussion: Optimal Foraging, Mating systems, and habitat selection: what are the links?
Frey-Roos, F et. al 1995 Behav Ecol. 6:287 – 295.
Smith EA, 1983 Current Anthropology 24: 625 – 651.
Srivastava & Dunbar. 1996 BES39: 219 – 226.
Tilman & Cowan. 1989Func Ec. 3: 425 – 438.
1 Dec
Speciation
A. Cockburn. 1991.An Introduction to Evolutionary Ecology (Ch8). Blackwell Scientific
6 Dec
Discussion: Can behavioral plasticity result in speciation
West-Eberhard1986
West-Eberhard 1989
Wcislo 1989
8 Dec
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