Coevolve

Palouse Coevolution Discussion Group

We meet weekly to discuss papers and current research in coevolution. We adhere to a strict sense of coevolution (reciprocal selection) and are interested in both empirical research and theory work. The group of regular attendees includes faculty, post-docs, and graduate students from Washington State University and the University of Idaho.

Comming soon: Species Interactions Podcast (SIP)
A semi-weekly podcast based on this discussion group. Two versions will be put online. One version will include a summary of the paper (based on the introduction prepared by the paper’s leader). A second version will include an edited discussion from the hour long meeting.

Last year, we published a review of the Geographic Mosaic Theory of Coevolution for Heredity. This was a very exciting collaborative effort by the group and a significant accomplishment for a "journal club." Working on such a project together for several months forced us to examine critically our own opinions of coevolution and how they fit with other perspectives.

Gomulkiewicz R, Drown DM, Dybdahl MF, Godsoe W, Nuismer SL, Pepin KM, Ridenhour BJ, Smith CI, and Yoder JB. 2007. Do’s and Don’ts of testing the geographic mosaic theory of coeveolution. Heredity 98(5): 249-258.

Below is a list of our current readings. The list will be updated as the semester proceeds.

If you're looking for past semesters, then click here.

Schedule of Readings

Summer 2008

Date	Reference	Leader	Forward Links
2008 08 27 8:30 am One World	Urban, M. C., M. A. Leibold, P. Amarasekare, L. De Meester, R. Gomulkiewicz, M. E. Hochberg, C. A. Klausmeier, N. Loeuille, C. de Mazancourt, J. Norberg, J. H. Pantel, S. Y. Strauss, M. Vellend, and M. J. Wade. 2008. The evolutionary ecology of metacommunities. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 23:311-317.	Jeremiah	18
2008 09 03 8:30 am One World	Yang, J., W. Wu, and J. Zhu. 2008. Mapping Interspecific Genetic Architecture in a Host-Parasite Interaction System. Genetics 178:1737-1743.	Scott
2008 09 10 8:30 am One World	Smith, M. A., J. J. Rodriguez, J. B. Whitfield, A. R. Deans, D. H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs, and P. D. N. Hebert. 2008. Extreme diversity of tropical parasitoid wasps exposed by iterative integration of natural history, DNA barcoding, morphology, and collections. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105:12359-12364.	Jeremy
2008 09 17 8:30 am One World	Thompson, J. N. and K. F. Merg. 2008. Evolution of polyploidy and the diversification of plant-pollinator interactions. Ecology 89(8): 2197-2206.	Benji
2008 09 24 8:30 am One World	Forde, S. E., R. E. Beardmore, I. Gudelj, S. S. Arkin, J. N. Thompson, and L. D. Hurst. 2008. Understanding the limits to generalizability of experimental evolutionary models. Nature 455:220-223.	Devin	19
2008 10 01 8:30 am One World	Internal paper review
2008 10 08 8:30 am One World	Gavrilets, S., and Y. Michalakis. 2008. Effects of environmental heterogeneity in victim-exploiter coevolution. Evolution.	Chad
2008 10 15 8:30 am One World	Currano, E. D., P. Wilf, S. L. Wing, C. C. Labandeira, E. C. Lovelock, and D. L. Royer. 2008. Sharply increased insect herbivory during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105:1960-1964.	William
2008 10 22 8:30 am One World	Gandon, S., A. Buckling, E. Decaestecker, and T. Day. 2008. Host-parasite coevolution and patterns of adaptation across time and space. J Evolution Biol 21:1861-1866.	Bryan
2008 10 29 8:30 am One World
2008 11 05 8:30 am One World

Forward links mentioned during discussions

Urban, MC. 2006. Maladaptation and mass effects in a metacommunity: consequences for species coexistence. The American Naturalist 168(1): 28-40.
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