Examples of articles appropriate for the short paper assignment.

All choices, including those from this list, must be approved by your W instructor.  You are encouraged to find an article on a topic of interest to you using the electronic search techniques discussed at the required meeting.  If you are having difficulty finding a paper, below is a small sampling of articles that would be appropriate for this assignment.

Aisenberg, A., C. Viera, and F. G. Costa.  2007.  Daring females, devoted males and reversed sexual size dimorphism in the sand-dwelling spider Allocosa brasiliensis (Araneae, Lycosidae). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 62:29-35. [abstract]

Blumenthal, D. M., and R. A. Hufbauer.  2007.  Increased plant size in exotic populations: a common-garden test with 14 invasive species.  Ecology 88:2758-2765. [abstract]

Crespi B., K. Summers, and S. Dorus.  2007.  Adaptive evolution of genes underlying schizophrenia.  Proc. Biol. Sci. Ser. B 274:2801-2810. [abstract]

Franks, S. J., S. Sim S, and A. E. Weis.  2007.  Rapid evolution of flowering time by an annual plant in response to a climate fluctuation.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104:1278-1282. [abstract]

Lailvaux, S. P., and D. J. Irschick.  2007.  The evolution of performance-based male fighting ability in Caribbean Anolis lizards. Am. Nat. 170:573-586. [abstract]

Latta, L. C. 4th, J. W. Bakelar, R. A. Knapp, and M. E. Pfrender.  2007.  Rapid evolution in response to introduced predators II: the contribution of adaptive plasticity.  BMC Evol. Biol. 7:21. [abstract]

Nudds, R. L., and S. A. Oswald.  2007.  An interspecific test of Allen's rule: evolutionary implications for endothermic species.  Evolution 61:2839–2848. [abstract]

Palkovacs, E. P., K. B. Dion, D. M. Post DM, and A. Caccone.  2008.  Independent evolutionary origins of landlocked alewife populations and rapid parallel evolution of phenotypic traits.  Mol. Ecol. 17:582–597. [abstract]

Pijpe, J., P. M. Brakefield, and B. J. Zwaan.  2008.  Increased life span in a polyphenic butterfly artificially selected for starvation resistance.  Am. Nat. 171:81-90. [abstract]

Pizzolon, M., M. B. Rasotto, and C. Mazzoldi.  2007.  Male lagoon gobies, Knipowitschia panizzae, prefer more ornamented to larger females. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 62:521-528. [abstract]

Soler J. J., C. Navarro, T. Pérez Contreras, J. M. Avilés and J. J. Cuervo.  2008.  Sexually selected egg coloration in Spotless Starlings.  Am. Nat. 171:183–194. [abstract]