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Supplementary Reading
Assignments for Lecture
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Aug 24
Evolutionary Ecology: A Historical Perspective
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Orians, G.H. 1962. Natural Selection and Ecological
Theory. The American Naturalist 96:257-263.[PDF]
Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron. 2004. The Evidence for Evolution. (read pp.
35-64; 3rd edition) (read pp.37-67; 4th edition).
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Aug 27
Evolution, Natural Selection, Fitness and Adaptation
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Dawkins, R. 1982. The
Extended Phenotype. W.H. Freeman (read pp.179-194).
Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron. 2004. Darwinian Natural Selection. (read
pp. 69-103; 3rd edition) (read pp.73-105; 4th
edition).
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Aug 31
Adaptationists Program / Constraints on Selection
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Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron. 2004. Flower color change
in Fuchsia: A Constraint and The Adaptationist Program Applied to Humans.
(read pp. 354-355, 521-528; 3rd edition) (read pp. 385-388,
550-555; 4th edition).
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Sept 5
Units of Selection
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Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron. 2004. Selection Operates on Different
Levels. (read pp. 358-367; 3rd edition) (read pp. 392-395; 4th
edition).
Williams, G.C. 1966. Adaptation and Natural Selection. Princeton University Press, Princeton,
NJ (read pp.92-124).
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Sept 10
Scaling Effects
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Gould, S.J. 1974. Size and shape. Natural History
83:20-26.
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Sept 12
Measuring Selection
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Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron. 2004. Measuring Heritable
Variation and Measuring Differences in Survival and Reproductive Success
(read pp. 303-308, 308-317; 3rd edition) (read pp. 333-346,
333-346, 4th edition).
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Sept 17-26
Genetic Basis of Evolutionary Change
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Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron. 2004. Mutation and Genetic Variation. (read
pp.109-136, 141-190, 195-247; 3rd edition) (read pp. 141-165,
169-218, 223-275; 4th edition).
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Oct 3
Reproductive Tradeoffs
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Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron. 2004. How many Offspring should an
Individual Produce in a Given Year? And How big should each Offspring be? (read pp. 474-486; 3rd
edition) (read pp. 502-514; 4th edition).
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Oct. 8
Semelparity versus Iteroparity
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Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron. 2004. Life Histories in a Broader
Evolutionary Context. (read pp.490-491; 3rd edition) (read pp.
517-519; 4th edition).
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Oct 10
Aging & Senescence
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Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron. 2004. Aging and Other life History
Characteristics. (read pp. 455-474; 3rd edition) (read pp.
483-502; 4th edition).
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Oct 12
Phenotypic Plasticity
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Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron. 2004. Phenotypic Plasticity. (read pp.
350-351; 3rd edition) (read pp. 380-383; 4th
edition).
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Oct 17
Evolution of Sex
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Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron. 2004. The Adaptive Significance of Sex.
(read pp. 274-285; 3rd edition) (read pp. 302-312; 4th
edition).
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Oct 22
Sex Ratio Variation
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Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron. 2004. The Evolution of the
Sex Ratio. (read pp. 434; 3rd edition) (read pp. 462; 4th
edition).
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Oct 24-29
Sexual Selection
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Krebs, J.R. and N.B. Davies. 1993. An Introduction to
Behavioural Ecology. (read Chapter 8)
Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron. 2004. Sexual Selection.
(read pp. 373-412; 3rd edition) (read pp. 401-440; 4th
edition).
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Oct 31
Coevolution
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Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron. 2004. When Different
Species Interact Over Time, Do They Evolve Together? (read pp. 574-576; 3rd
edition) (read pp. 135-136; 4th edition).
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Nov 12
Evolution by Individuals
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Whitham, T.G. and C.N. Slobodchikoff. 1981. Evolution by
individuals, plant-herbivore interactions, and mosaics of genetic
variability: the adaptive significance of somatic mutations in plants.
Oecologia 49:287-292.
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Nov 14
Plant Signals
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Bruin, J., M.W. Sabelis, and M. Dicke. 1995. Do plants
tap SOS signals from their infested neighbours? Trends in Ecology and
Evolution 10:167-170.
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Nov 26
Speciation
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Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron. 2004. Mechanisms of Speciation. (read pp.
583-611; 3rd edition) (read pp. 605-633; 4th
edition).
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Nov 28
Applied Evolution
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Futuyma, D.J. 1995. The uses of evolutionary biology. Science 267:41-42.
Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron. 2004. A Case for Evolutionary Thinking:
Understanding HIV. (read pp. 3-30).
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