The American Naturalist 1992 - Abstracts

The American Naturalist 1992
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Acquisition and allocation of resources: genetic (co)variances, selection, and life histories. (includes appendixes)Earth sciencesG. De Long, J. Van Noordwijk
A genetic polymorphism in the swordtail Xiphophorus nigrensis: testing the prediction of equal fitnesses.Earth sciencesMichael J. Ryan, Molly R. Morris, Craig M. Pease
Aggregation and stability in metapopulation models.Earth sciencesCheryl J. Briggs, Roger M. Nisbet, William W. Murdoch, William S.C. Gurney, Allan Stewart-Oaten
Aggregation and the population dynamics of parasitoids and predators.Earth sciencesH.C.J. Godfray, S.W. Pacala
A meta-analysis of competition in field experiments.Earth sciencesJessica Gurevitch, Laura L. Morrow, Alison Wallace, Joseph Walsh
A model of dietary fiber utilization by small mammalian herbivores, with empirical results for Neotoma.Earth sciencesKeith E. Justice, Felisa A. Smith
Aphally versus euphally in self-fertile hermaphrodite snails from the species Bulinus truncatus (Pulmonata: Planorbidae)Earth sciencesPhillipe Jarne, Luc Finot, Christian Bellec, Bernard Delay
A revision of Lack's brood reduction hypothesis.Earth sciencesBryan C. Pijanowski
Assessing functional explanations of host-specificity.Earth sciencesS.A. Ward
A temporal-threshold model of polygynous mating in cyclical environments.Earth sciencesMarvin M.F. Lutnesky
Auditory tuning and call frequency predict population-based mating preferences in the cricket frog, Acris crepitans.Earth sciencesMichael J. Ryan, Stephen A. Perrill, Walter Wilczynski
Bobolink polygyny in a homogeneous habitat: a test of the asynchronous settlement model. (Notes and Comments)Earth sciencesJ. Timothy Wootton, Eric K. Bollinger
Body mass, structural size, and life-history patterns of the Columbian ground squirrel.Earth sciencesF. Stephen Dobson
Body size and consumer-resource dynamics.Earth sciencesP. Yodzis, S. Innes
Can the variation in samara mass and terminal velocity on an individual plant affect the distribution of dispersal distances?Earth sciencesE.A. Johnson, D.F. Greene
Clinal variation in cold adaptation in Mus domesticus: verification of predictions from laboratory populations.Earth sciencesCarol Becker Lynch
Comparative analyses of phylogenetic effects in the life-history patterns of iguanid reptiles. (includes appendixes)Earth sciencesDonald B. Miles, Arthur E. Dunham
Confidence of paternity and male parental care. (birds)Earth sciencesRaleigh J. Robertson, Linda A. Whittingham, Peter D. Taylor
Constant connectance in community food webs.Earth sciencesNeo D. Martinez
Constraints on phenotypic evolution. (Behavioral Mechanisms in Evolutionary Ecology: A Symposium Organized by Leslie A. Real)Earth sciencesStevan J. Arnold
Contextual analysis of models of group selection, soft selection, hard selection, and the evolution of altruism.Earth sciencesCharles J. Goodnight, Lori Stevens, James M. Schwartz
Cost-benefit model for the induction of an antipredator defense.Earth sciencesHoward P. Riessen
Deep-sea species richness: regional and local diversity estimates from quantitative bottom samples.Earth sciencesJ. Frederick Grassle, Nancy J. Maciolek
Demographic and genetic evidence for cyclical changes in queen number in a neotropical wasp, Polybia emaciata.Earth sciencesJoan E. Strassmann, David C. Queller, Karin R. Gastreich, Colin R. Hughes
Density dependence, frequency dependence, and alternative nesting strategies in goldeneyes.Earth sciencesJohn M. Eadie, John M. Fryxell
Disease and community structure: the importance of host self-regulation in a host-host-pathogen model.Earth sciencesMichael Begon, Roger G. Bowers, Nikos Kadianakis, David E. Hodgkinson
Dispersal mode as a selective force in shaping the chemical composition of seeds.Earth sciencesR. Lokesha, S. G. Hegde, R. Uma Shaander, K. N. Ganeshaiah
Diving birds in cold water: do Archimedes and Boyle determine energy costs?Earth sciencesRory P. Wilson, Alan E. Burger, Kit Hustler, Peter G. Ryan, E. Christian Noldeke
Ecological character displacement and speciation in sticklebacks.Earth sciencesDolph Schluter, John Donald McPhail
Evolutionary precursors of long-distance migrations: resource availability and movement patterns in neotropical landbirds.Earth sciencesDouglas J. Levey, F. Gary Stiles
Evolutionary rates in partially self-fertilizing species.Earth sciencesBrian Charlesworth
Evolution in organisms that change their niches during the life cycle.Earth sciencesBo Ebenman
Experimental assessment of male attractiveness: female choice or Hobson's choice?Earth sciencesOna T. Wang
Field experimental evidence for diffuse competition among southwestern riparian birds.Earth sciencesMichael C. Grant, Carl E. Bock, Alexander Cruz Jr., Charles S. Aid, Thomas R. Strong
Foraging on prey that are modified by parasites.Earth sciencesKevin D. Lafferty
Frequency of female copulations with multiple males and sexual selection.Earth sciencesAnders Pape Moller
Genetics, epigenetics, and flexibility: a reply to Crozier. (response to R.H. Crozier, 139 American Naturalist 218, 1992)Earth sciencesMary Jane West-Eberhard
Herbivores and plant diversity.Earth sciencesM.J. Crawley, S.W. Pacala
Herbivory and 'Ipomopsis aggregata': the disadvantages of being eaten.Earth sciencesJoy Bergelson, Michael J. Crawley
Historical effects and sorting processes as explanations for contemporary ecological patterns: character syndromes in Mediterranean woody plants.Earth sciencesCarlos M. Herrera
Hormones and life histories: an integrative approach. (Behavioral Mechanisms in Evolutionary Ecology: A Symposium Organized by Leslie A. Real)Earth sciencesEllen D. Ketterson, Val Nolan Jr.
Independent versus nonindependent mate choice: do females copy each other?Earth sciencesStephen Pruett-Jones
Individual behavior and higher-order species interactions. (Behavioral Mechanisms in Evolutionary Ecology: A Symposium Organized by Leslie A. Real)Earth sciencesEarl E. Werner
Inference of pair bonds from capture data based on low variation of the sex ratio among catches.Earth sciencesCarlo Matessi, Luciano Brocchieri, Guglielmo Marin
Information collection and spread by networks of patrolling ants.Earth sciencesFrederick R. Adler, Deborah M. Gordon
Information processing and the evolutionary ecology of cognitive architecture. (Behavioral Mechanisms in Evolutionary Ecology: A Symposium Organized by Leslie A. Real)Earth sciencesLeslie A. Real
Intercontinental correlation of geographical ranges suggests stasis in ecological traits of relict genera of temperate perennial herbs.Earth sciencesRobert E. Ricklefs, Roger Earl Latham
Interspecific competition for tree holes: consequences for mating systems and coexistence in neotropical damselflies.Earth sciencesOla M. Fincke
Is extinction rate related to temporal variability in population size? An empirical answer for orb spiders.Earth sciencesThomas W. Schoener, David A. Spiller
Learning and foraging: individuals, groups, and populations. (Behavioral Mechanisms in Evolutionary Ecology: A Symposium Organized by Leslie A. Real)Earth sciencesJohn R. Krebs, Alastair J. Inman
Lekking and the evolution of sexual dimorphism in birds: comparative approaches.Earth sciencesE.J. Oakes
Lunglessness in plethodontid salamanders is consistent with the hypothesis of a mountain stream origin: a response to Ruben and Boucot. (comment on J.A. Ruben and A.J. Boucot, American Naturalist, vol. 134, p. 161, 1989)Earth sciencesChristopher King Beachy, Richard C. Bruce
Marginal value theorem with exploitation time costs: diet, sperm reserves, and optimal copula duration in dung flies.Earth sciencesG.A. Parker
Masking of mutations and the evolution of sex.Earth sciencesRichard E. Michod, Todd W. Gayley
Measuring temporal variability of population density: a critique.Earth sciencesRudy Boonstra, Xuhua Xia
Mechanisms of foraging in mammalian herbivores: new models of functional response.Earth sciencesN. Thompson Hobbs, Donald E. Spalinger
Multispecies interactions affect cytoplasmic incompatibility in Tribolium flour beetles.Earth sciencesLori Stevens, Donald T. Wicklow
Mycophagous 'Drosophila' and their nematode parasites.Earth sciencesJohn Jaenike
Nest placement relative to food and its influence on the evolution of avian coloniality.Earth sciencesCharles R. Brown, Mary Bomberger Brown, Anthony R. Ives
Nonequilibrium population structure in forked fungus beetles: Extinction, colonization, and the genetic variance among populations.Earth sciencesMichael C. Whitlock
Null models and fish communities: evidence of non-random patterns.Earth sciencesDonald A. Jackson, Keith M. Somers, Harold H. Harvey
Nutrient element limitation of zooplankton production.Earth sciencesDag O. Hessen
On the determinants of extinction.Earth sciencesT. Luke George, C. Richard Tracy
On the evolution of masting behavior in trees: predation or weather?Earth sciencesR.G. Lalonde, B.D. Roitberg
Optimal fat loads in migrating birds: a test of the time-minimization hypothesis.Earth sciencesAke Lindstrom, Thomas Alerstam
Optimal resource allocation and the marginal value of organs. (includes appendices)Earth sciencesN. Perrin
Parasitism and the dynamics of ungulate grazing systems.Earth sciencesB.T. Grenfell
Paternal effects of offspring quality in Campis radicans.Earth sciencesRobert I. Bertin, Paul J. Peters
Path analysis of local adaptation in two ecotypes of the annual plant Diodia teres Walt (Rubiaceae).Earth sciencesNicholas Jordan
Patterns and consequences of interspecific competition in natural communities: a review of field experiments with plants.Earth sciencesDeborah E. Goldberg, Andrew M. Barton
Patterns of survival, growth, and maturation in snakes and lizards. (includes appendix)Earth sciencesRichard Shine, Eric L. Charnov
Phenological aspects of male and female function in hermaphroditic plants.Earth sciencesMartin Burd, Graham Head
Physiological responses of plant populations to herbivory and their consequences for ecosystem nutrient flow.Earth sciencesElisabeth A. Holland, William J. Parton, James K. Detling, D. Layne Coppock
Plant allocation and the multiple limitation hypothesis. (includes appendices)Earth sciencesDavid Tilman, Scott K. Gleeson
Predation risk affects mate choice in a Gobiid fish. (Notes and Comments)Earth sciencesElisabet Forsgren
Predator-mediated plasticity of prey life history and morphology: Chaoborus americanus predation on Daphnia pulex. (includes appendices)Earth sciencesKen Spitze
Predators that benefit prey and prey that harm predators: unusual effects of interacting foraging adaptations.Earth sciencesPeter A. Abrams
Prey uncertainty and the balancing of antipredator and feeding needs.Earth sciencesAndrew Sih
Rapidly evolving associations among oviposition preferences fail to constrain evolution of insect diet.Earth sciencesC.D. Thomas, M.C. Singer, D. Ng, D. Vasco
Rate tests for phenotypic evolution using phylogenetically independent contrasts.Earth sciencesTheodore Garland Jr.
Recruitment near conspecific adults and the maintenance of tree and shrub diversity in a neotropical forest.Earth sciencesRichard Condit, Stephen P. Hubbell, Robin B. Foster
Regulation of "momentary" diversity by dominant species in exceptionally rich ant communities of the Australian seasonal tropics.Earth sciencesAlan N. Andersen
Relations among assemblage size, host specialization, and climatic variability in North American parasitoid communities.Earth sciencesBradford A. Hawkins, Mark R. Shaw, R.R. Askew
Resilience and resistance of a lake phosphorus cycle before and after food web manipulation.Earth sciencesStephen R. Carpenter, Clifford E. Kraft, Russell Wright, Xi He, Patricia A. Sorrano, James R. Hodgson
River boundaries and species range size in Amazonian primates.Earth sciencesJ. M. Ayres
Roamers and stayers: a model on male mating tactics and mating systems.Earth sciencesMikael Sandell, Olof Liberg
Rules of thumb for predation assessment: predictions from a dynamic model.Earth sciencesDaniel T. Blumstein, Amos Bouskila
Selection for overcompensatory plant responses to herbivory: a mechanism for the evolution of plant-herbivore mutualism.Earth sciencesStephen G. Vail
Selective foraging and ecosystem processes in boreal forests.Earth sciencesRobert J. Naiman, John Pastor
Sex ratio in the social hymenoptera: a population-genetics study of long-term evolution. (includes appendix)Earth sciencesCarlo Matessi, Ilan Eshel
Sexual selection and imitation: females copy the mate choice of others.Earth sciencesLee Alan Dugatkin
Simultaneous versus sequential settlement in territorial species.Earth sciencesJ.A. Stamps
Size-number trade-offs and the variation of seed size with plant resource status.Earth sciencesD. Lawrence Venable
Social subordinance and a resource queue. (social hierarchy in animals)Earth sciencesWolf U. Blanckenhorn, Thomas Caraco
Spatial aggregation and neutral models in fractal landscapes.Earth sciencesBruce T. Milne
Species richness and population limitation in insect parasitoid-host systems.Earth sciencesBradford A. Hawkins, Paul Gross
Static, ontogenetic, and evolutionary allometry: a multivariate comparison in nine species of water striders.Earth sciencesChristian Peter Klingenberg, Manfred Zimmermann
Studying the dynamics of structured population models: a versatile technique and its application to Daphnia.Earth sciencesA.M. De Roos, O. Diekmann, J.A.J. Metz
Temperature-dependent production of marine copepods: a global synthesis.Earth sciencesMark E. Huntley, Mai D.G. Lopez
"Terminal investment" and a sexual conflict in the collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis).Earth sciencesTomas Part, Lars Gustafsson, Juan Moreno
Testosterone and avian life histories: effects of experimentally elevated testosterone on behavior and correlates of fitness in the dark-eyed junco (junco hyemalis).Earth sciencesEllen D. Ketterson, Val Nolan Jr., Charles Ziegenfus, Licia Wolf
The branching habits and life history of woody plants.Earth sciencesGeorge C. Stevens, Anjeanette L. Perkins
The coexistence of species in fractal landscapes.Earth sciencesMichael W. Palmer
The difficulty of deducing behavior from resource use: an example from hilltopping in checkerspot butterflies.Earth sciencesC.D. Thomas, M.C. Singer
The effect of nutrients and enriched CO2 environments on production of carbon-based allelochemicals in Plantago: a test of the carbon/nutrient balance hypothesis.Earth sciencesE.D. Fajer, M.D. Bowers, F.A. Bazzaz
The effect of stochastic variation on kin selection in a budding-viscous population.Earth sciencesKeith F. Goodnight
The effect of wolf predation and snow cover on musk-ox group size.Earth sciencesDouglas C. Heard
The elevational gradient in altitudinal range: an extension of Rapoport's latitudinal rule to altitude.Earth sciencesGeorge C. Stevens
The evolutionary maintenance of alternative phenotypes.Earth sciencesNancy A. Moran
The evolution of dispersal in spatially and temporally varying environments.Earth sciencesRobert D. Holt, Mark A. McPeek
The evolution of traits influencing male and female fertility in outcrossing plants. (includes appendixes)Earth sciencesMartin T. Morgan
The genetic evolution of flexible strategies. (comment on Mary Jane West-Eberhard)Earth sciencesR.H. Crozier
The genetics of adaptation: a reassessment.Earth sciencesH. Allen Orr, Jerry A. Coyne
The Janzen-Connell model for tropical tree diversity: population implications and the importance of spatial scale.Earth sciencesEugene W. Schupp
The North American latitudinal gradient in species richness and geographical range of freshwater crayfish and amphipods.Earth sciencesRobert France
Theoretical implications for the evolution of postsegregational killing by bacterial plasmids.Earth sciencesJudith A. Mongold
The problem of temporal scale in optimization: three contrasting views of hummingbird visits to flowers.Earth sciencesClifton Lee Gass, W. Mark Roberts
The riddle of the sands: why are shorebird densities so high in southern estuaries? (includes appendix)Earth sciencesPhilip A.R. Hockey, Rene A. Navarro, Bozena Kalejta, Claudio R. Velasquez
The role of neighborhood competition in the spacing and diversity of ant communities.Earth sciencesTed J. Case, Randall T. Ryti
The spatial scale of genetic differentiation in a hummingbird-pollinated plant: comparison with models of isolation by distance.Earth sciencesDiane R. Campbell, James L. Dooley
The time-scale problem in exploiter-victim models: does the solution lie in ratio-dependent exploitation?Earth sciencesLauri Oksanen, Jon Moen, Peter A. Lundberg
Thinning and clearing of prey by predators.Earth sciencesDavid C. Schneider
To grow or not to grow: optimal resource allocation for Daphnia. (includes appendix)Earth sciencesBarbara E. Taylor, Wilfried Gabriel
Trophic interactions in temperate lake ecosystems: a test of food chain theory.Earth sciencesGunnar Andersson, Lennart Persson, Sebastian Diehl, Lars Johansson, Stellan F. Hamrin
Uncertainty of paternity can select against paternal care. (animals)Earth sciencesXuhua Xia
Using paternity analysis to measure effective pollen dispersal in plant populations.Earth sciencesW.T. Adams, A.R. Griffin, G.F. Moran
Vertical distribution of a colonial ascidian on a coral reef: the roles of larval dispersal and life history variation.Earth sciencesDouglas S. Stoner
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