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The Vertlunch page
This page is for use of participants in EEB 6480 Seminar in Vertebrate Biology a.k.a. the Vert Lunch.
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The Fall 2008 Edition
September 5
- Plath, M., S. Richter, R. Tiedemann, and I. Schlupp. 2008. Male Fish Deceive Competitors about Mating Preferences. Current Biology 18:1138-1141.
- additional, supplementary reading
- Plath, M., Blum, D., Schlupp, I., and Tiedemann, R. (2008). Audience effect alters mating preferences in Atlantic molly (Poecilia mexicana) males. Anim. Behav. 75, 21–29..
September 12
- de Lourdes Ruiz-Gomez, M. et al. 2008. Behavioral plasticity in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) with divergent coping styles: When doves become hawks. Hormones and Behavior 54: 534-538.
September 19
- Maddox J.D. and P.J. Weatherhead. 2008. Egg Size Variation in Birds with Asynchronous Hatching: Is Bigger Really Better? Am. Nat 171: 358-365.
September 26
- Wund, M.A. et al. In press. A Test of the “Flexible Stem” Model of Evolution: Ancestral Plasticity, Genetic Accommodation, and Morphological Divergence in the Threespine Stickleback Radiation. Am. Nat. 172.
October 3
Milica has chosen several papers - they are all short and very interesting. Read the 2001 paper first, then the challenge and reply, then the 2007 paper. If you can only read one, then focus on the 2007 paper. --KS
- Bat predation on nocturnal birds PNAS 2001
- Challenge: feathers in fecal pellets doesn't mean they eat birds. Funct Ecol 2003
- Reply: Oh yes it does! Funct Ecol 2003
- Told you so! PLoS 2007
October 10 http://www.bioone.org/archive/0014-3820/62/9/pdf/i0014-3820-62-9-2334.pdf
October 17
- Herrel A, Podos J, Vanhooydonck B, Hendry AP. 2008. Force-velocity trade-off in Darwin's finch jaw function: a biomechanical basis for ecological speciation? Functional Ecology online early.
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