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  • Connecting microevolutionary processes with macroevolutionary patterns across space and time

    Creator:
    Uyeda, Josef C.
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    Whether microevolutionary processes can explain macroevolutionary patterns has long been a matter of contentious debate. The debate has persisted largely because of the challenging task of connecting microevolutionary theory, which examines population-level phenomena on the generation scale, to data collected across larger spatial and temporal scales. My dissertation research broadly...
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    notice. Much of my research was inspired by the great contributions of Dr. Thomas F. Hansen, who has

  • On the evolution of correlated color traits in garter snakes

    Creator:
    Westphal, Michael F.
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    How complex traits evolve continues to be a major focus of evolutionary investigation. A current topic of debate is the hypothesis that the phenotypic integration of complex traits gives rise to evolutionary constraints. I studied two color traits in the common garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis, that show a high level...
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    . Adam Jones, Dr. Michael Pfrender, Josef Uyeda, Dr. Leslie Dyal, Dr. Mollie Manier, Sarah Eddy, Elyse

  • Population genetics, ecology and evolution of a vertebrate metacommunity

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    Manier, Mollie Kim
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    Population genetic structure is widespread in many organisms and can be found at small spatial scales. Fine-scale differentiation is the result of ecological and evolutionary processes working together to produce an overall pattern, but the relative importance of these factors in population differentiation is poorly understood. The goals of my...
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    season. They include Steve Arnold, Jonathan Feder, Daniel Hanken, Anne Bronikowski, Tim Knight, Karen

  • An Integrated Approach to Gauge the Effects of Global Climate Change on Headwater Stream Ecosystems

    Creator:
    Bury, Gwendolynn W.
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    Climate change is predicted to affect ecosystems, including systems already stressed by human impacts. One ecosystem that is already highly impacted by human land use is the cold headwater stream system of the Pacific Northwest. One method of assessing the function of an ecosystem is by using an indicator species....
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    giggling over beers. Sarah Eddy, Josef Uyeda, and Adam Chouinard, we had a lot of fun times and deep