COS 128 - Evolution: Selection And Adaptation 2

Presentations:

• 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM PDT

  Will microbiomes affect host evolution?
  

  Presenting Author: Anna M. O'Brien – University of New Hampshire

  Coauthor: Jason Laurich – University of Toronto

  Coauthor: Megan E. Frederickson – University of Toronto
• 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM PDT

  Exploring the Ecological and Evolutionary Impacts of Sustained Invasive Species Suppression
  

  Presenting Author: Liam Zarri – Cornell University

  Coauthor: Alexander S. Flecker – Cornell University

  Coauthor: Diana Baetscher – NOAA Fisheries

  Coauthor: Peter B. McIntyre – Cornell University

  Coauthor: Nina O. Therkildsen – Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Cornell University

  Coauthor: Clifford Kraft – Cornell University
• 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM PDT

  Has domestication affected the ability of peas to sanction poor-quality rhizobia?
  

  Presenting Author: Niall S. Millar – WSU

  Coauthor: Stephanie S. Porter, Associate Professor – Washington State University, Vancouver

  Coauthor: Camille Wendlandt – WSU
• 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM PDT

  CANCELLED - Phenotypic plasticity and natural selection shape the niche breadth of the invasive salt marsh grass Spartina alterniflora in China
  

  Presenting Author: Wenwen Liu – Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University

  Coauthor: Lin Li – Xiamen University

  Coauthor: Congting Ye – Xiamen University

  Coauthor: Xincong Chen – Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University

  Coauthor: Yihui Zhang – Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University
• 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM PDT

  Local adaptation to soil microbial communities increases the probability of establishment for widely translocated big sagebrush populations
  

  Presenting Author: Allison B. Simler-Williamson – Boise State University, Department of Biological Sciences

  Coauthor: Leonora S. Bittleston – Boise State University

  Coauthor: Trevor Trevor Caughlin – Boise State University

  Coauthor: Kaitlyn Opland – Boise State University

  Coauthor: Grace-Ann Myers – Boise State University

  Coauthor: Matthew Germino – USGS

  Coauthor: Marie-Anne deGraaff – Boise State University