Spring 2021
This semester, we will be using the following zoom meeting:
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February 5
Main reading:
Gougherty, A.V., et al. 2021. Maladaptation, migration and extirpation fuel climate change risk in a forest tree species. Nature Climate Change. PDF / SM
Optional reading:
Rellstab, C. 2021. Genomics helps to predict maladaptation to climate change. Nature Climate Change. PDF
Leading discussion: Ivan Jimenez
Main reading:
Gougherty, A.V., et al. 2021. Maladaptation, migration and extirpation fuel climate change risk in a forest tree species. Nature Climate Change. PDF / SM
Optional reading:
Rellstab, C. 2021. Genomics helps to predict maladaptation to climate change. Nature Climate Change. PDF
Leading discussion: Ivan Jimenez
February 12
Main reading:
Stacy, E.A., Sakishima, T., Tharp, H. and Snow, N., 2020. Isolation of Metrosideros (ʻOhiʻa) Taxa on Oʻahu Increases with Elevation and Extreme Environments. Journal of Heredity, 111(1), pp.103-118. PDF / SM
Leading discussion: Alex Linan
Main reading:
Stacy, E.A., Sakishima, T., Tharp, H. and Snow, N., 2020. Isolation of Metrosideros (ʻOhiʻa) Taxa on Oʻahu Increases with Elevation and Extreme Environments. Journal of Heredity, 111(1), pp.103-118. PDF / SM
Leading discussion: Alex Linan
February 19
Main reading:
Leopold, D.R. and Fukami, T. 2020 Greater local diversity under older species pools may arise from enhanced competitive equivalence. Ecology Letters. PDF / SM
Leading discussion: Sebastian Tello
Main reading:
Leopold, D.R. and Fukami, T. 2020 Greater local diversity under older species pools may arise from enhanced competitive equivalence. Ecology Letters. PDF / SM
Leading discussion: Sebastian Tello
February 26
Main reading:
Padial J.M. and Ignacio De la Riva, I. 2021. A paradigm shift in our view of species drives current trends in biological classification. Biological Reviews. PDF
Leading discussion: Juan Moreira
Main reading:
Padial J.M. and Ignacio De la Riva, I. 2021. A paradigm shift in our view of species drives current trends in biological classification. Biological Reviews. PDF
Leading discussion: Juan Moreira
March 5
Main reading:
Hoyal Cuthill, J.F. et al. 2020. Impacts of speciation and extinction measured by an evolutionary decay clock. Nature. PDF / SM
Leading discussion: Adam Smith
Main reading:
Hoyal Cuthill, J.F. et al. 2020. Impacts of speciation and extinction measured by an evolutionary decay clock. Nature. PDF / SM
Leading discussion: Adam Smith
March 12
Main reading:
Wei, X. and Jiang, M., 2021. Meta‐analysis of genetic representativeness of plant populations under ex situ conservation in contrast to wild source populations. Conservation Biology, 35: 12-23. PDF / SM
Optional reading:
Hoban, S., Callicrate, T., Clark, J., Deans, S., Dosmann, M., Fant, J., Gailing, O., Havens, K., Hipp, A.L., Kadav, P. and Kramer, A.T., 2020. Taxonomic similarity does not predict necessary sample size for ex situ conservation: A comparison among five genera. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: 287: 20200102. PDF / SM
Leading discussion: Georgia Thomas
Main reading:
Wei, X. and Jiang, M., 2021. Meta‐analysis of genetic representativeness of plant populations under ex situ conservation in contrast to wild source populations. Conservation Biology, 35: 12-23. PDF / SM
Optional reading:
Hoban, S., Callicrate, T., Clark, J., Deans, S., Dosmann, M., Fant, J., Gailing, O., Havens, K., Hipp, A.L., Kadav, P. and Kramer, A.T., 2020. Taxonomic similarity does not predict necessary sample size for ex situ conservation: A comparison among five genera. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: 287: 20200102. PDF / SM
Leading discussion: Georgia Thomas
March 19
Main reading:
Stevens, J.T., et al. 2020. Biogeography of fire regimes in western U.S. conifer forests: A trait-based approach. Global Ecology and Biogeography. PDF / SM
Leading discussion: Eli Kallison
Main reading:
Stevens, J.T., et al. 2020. Biogeography of fire regimes in western U.S. conifer forests: A trait-based approach. Global Ecology and Biogeography. PDF / SM
Leading discussion: Eli Kallison
March 26
Main reading:
Benning, J. W., & Moeller, D. A. 2021. Microbes, mutualism, and range margins: testing the fitness consequences of soil microbial communities across and beyond a native plant's range. New Phytologist, 229(5), 2886-2900. PDF / SM
Leading discussion: Amanda Wu
Main reading:
Benning, J. W., & Moeller, D. A. 2021. Microbes, mutualism, and range margins: testing the fitness consequences of soil microbial communities across and beyond a native plant's range. New Phytologist, 229(5), 2886-2900. PDF / SM
Leading discussion: Amanda Wu
April 2 - No Discussion - Spring Break!
April 9
Main reading:
Brooks, D.R. and Boeger, W.A. 2019. Climate change and emerging infectious diseases: Evolutionary complexity in action. Systems Biology. PDF
Optional reading:
Sanderson, C.E. and Kathleen A. Alexander, K.A. 2020. Uncharted waters: Climate change likely to intensify infectious disease outbreaks causing mass mortality events in marine mammals. Global Change Biology. PDF / SM1 / SM2
Leading discussion: Patricia Mendoza
Main reading:
Brooks, D.R. and Boeger, W.A. 2019. Climate change and emerging infectious diseases: Evolutionary complexity in action. Systems Biology. PDF
Optional reading:
Sanderson, C.E. and Kathleen A. Alexander, K.A. 2020. Uncharted waters: Climate change likely to intensify infectious disease outbreaks causing mass mortality events in marine mammals. Global Change Biology. PDF / SM1 / SM2
Leading discussion: Patricia Mendoza
April 16
Main reading:
Carvalho, M. R., et al. 2021Extinction at the end-Cretaceous and the origin of modern Neotropical rainforests. Science 372, 63–68. PDF / SM
Optional reading:
Jacobs, B.F. and Ellen D. Currano, E.D. 2021.The impactful origin of neotropical rainforests. Science 372, 28-29. PDF
Leading discussion: William Farfan-Rios
Main reading:
Carvalho, M. R., et al. 2021Extinction at the end-Cretaceous and the origin of modern Neotropical rainforests. Science 372, 63–68. PDF / SM
Optional reading:
Jacobs, B.F. and Ellen D. Currano, E.D. 2021.The impactful origin of neotropical rainforests. Science 372, 28-29. PDF
Leading discussion: William Farfan-Rios
April 23
Main reading:
Sandstedt, G. D., C. A. Wu, and A. L. Sweigart. 2021. Evolution of multiple postzygotic barriers between species of the Mimulus tilingii complex. Evolution 75:600–613. PDF / SM
Optional reading:
Joffard, N., W. T. A. F. Silva, and A. D. Twyford. 2021. Digest: The role of postzygotic isolation in Mimulus speciation. Evolution 75:756–758. PDF
Leading discussion: Jason Paul Joines
Main reading:
Sandstedt, G. D., C. A. Wu, and A. L. Sweigart. 2021. Evolution of multiple postzygotic barriers between species of the Mimulus tilingii complex. Evolution 75:600–613. PDF / SM
Optional reading:
Joffard, N., W. T. A. F. Silva, and A. D. Twyford. 2021. Digest: The role of postzygotic isolation in Mimulus speciation. Evolution 75:756–758. PDF
Leading discussion: Jason Paul Joines