Herp_Wed_583-n-Honors_2006.doc

Bonine, Dee, Hall, Cochran

Herpetology 2006

U of A, ECOL/WFSC 483/583

Wednesday Journal Club for 583, 483H, etc.

in Koffler 410 or 411, 1300-1400h (~every other Wednesday; feel free to bring your lunch):

note: time may be moved if SNR seminar is not at noon, but at 1300h instead – we would try to meet at noon in that case.

DATE	Topic	Presenter
01 Feb	Lizards at the White Sands ecotone: Rosenblum, Erica Bree. 2006. Convergent evolution and divergent selection: lizards at the White Sands ecotone. American Naturalist 167:1-15. LINK	Kevin Bonine
15 Feb	Global Climate Change and Herp Declines: Pounds et al. 2006. Widespread amphibian extinctions from epidemic disease driven by global warming. Nature 439:161-167. LINK AND Glen and Mrosovsky. 2005. Antigua revisited: the impact of climate change on sand and nest temperatures at a hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) nesting beach. Global Change Biology 10:2036–2045. LINK	David Hall
01 Mar	Biogeography and Conservation Genetics: Ciofi et al. 1999. Genetic divergence and units for conservation in the Komodo dragon Varanus komodoensis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 266:2269-2274. LINK AND Gascon et al. 2000. Riverine barriers and the geographic distribution of Amazonian species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 97:13672-13677. LINK	Chip Cochran
22 Mar	Snake Foraging and Bioenergetics Secor and Nagy. 1994. Bioenergetic correlates of foraging mode for the snakes Crotalus cerastes and Masticophis flagellum. Ecology 75:1600-1614. LINK	Kevin Baker
05 Apr	Evolution of Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination Warner and Shine. 2005. The adaptive significance of temperature-dependent sex determination: experimental tests with a short-lived lizard. Evolution 59:2209-2221. LINK AND Langkilde and Shine. 2005. Different optinal offspring sizes for sons versus daughters may favor the evolution of temperature-dependent sex determination in viviparous lizards. Evolution 59:2275-2280. LINK OPTIONAL: Webb, Shine, and Christian. 2006. The adaptive significance of reptilian viviparity in the tropics: testing the maternal manipulations hypothesis. Evolution 60:115-122. LINK	David Kahrs
26 Apr	continue discussion of papers from 05 April	David Kahrs
03 May	Anolis Radiations and Convergence Irschick, Vitt, Zani, and Losos. 1997. A comparison of evolutionary radiations in mainland and Caribbean Anolis lizards. Ecology 78:2191-2203. LINK AND Leal, Knox, and Losos. 2002. Lack of convergence in aquatic Anolis lizards. Evolution 56:785-791. LINK	Tony Dee
	To resume in Fall...