Life-history seminar on thu 28.1.2010 at 9-16, Tauno Nurmela Auditorium (main building, T1)
Welcome to Section of Ecology at the University of Turku seminar on LIFE-HISTORY EVOLUTION on Thursday January 28th 2010 at Tauno Nurmela Auditorium. Main Building T1)
Ways of breeding: parental tactics and trade-offs
9.00-9.50 Dr. Ben Hatchwell, University of Sheffield: Kin selection and the role of dispersal in cooperatively breeding birds
9.50–10.10 M.Sc. Päivi Sirkiä, University of Turku: Plumage coloration has temperature dependent effects on breeding performance in pied flycatcher
10.10.-10.30 M.Sc. Suvi Ruuskanen, University of Turku: Geographic variation in maternal effects in the eggs of the pied flycatcher
10.30- 11.20 Dr. Andrew Russell, University of Sheffield: Causes and consequences of altruism: From selfish mothers to cooperative gene
11.20-11.50 Coffee Break
To keep yourself to yourself or to try new territories: Inbreeding and Invasion.
11.50-12.10 Dr. Satu Ramula, University of Turku: A demographic approach to plant invasions and life-history evolution
12.10-12.30 M.Sc. Anne Muola, University of Turku: Resistance and tolerance in Vincetoxicum hirundinaria
12.30-12.50 Dr. Jenni Pettay, University of Turku: Once upon time in Lapland: Life-history and fitness differences of agriculturalist Finns and nomadic Sami
12.50–14.00 Lunch Break
We experience it too: Life-history evolution in humans
14.00-14.50 Dr. Virpi Lummaa, University of Sheffield: Measuring evolutionary fitness in humans
14.50-15.10 Dr. Ian Rickard, University of Sheffield: Early feeding and later breeding: Long-term effects of maternal food access on offspring reproduction in historical Finland
15.10-15.30 Dr. Markus Rantala, University of Turku: Facial attractiveness and immune defence in men
15.30-15.50 Dr. Markus Jokela, University of Helsinki: Searching for offspring quality/quantity trade-offs in modern humans