Seminar and Discussion 3 / Metapopulations, WS10/11

Instructor Prof. Dr. Dirk Metzler

Topics of presentations given in the seminar

Oct 25, Chair: Jeannine

Allen, M. R. Measuring and modeling dispersal of adult zooplankton. Oecologia, 153(1):135-43, 2007.
short presentation by Andres

Aars, J., J. F. Dallas, S. B. Piertney, F. Marshall, J. L. Gow, S. Telfer and X. Lambin. Widespread gene flow and high genetic variability in populations of water voles Arvicola terrestris in patchy habitats. Mol Ecol, 15(6):1455-66, 2006.
short presentation by Hsuan-Ju

Nov 8, Chair: Amanda

Wilson, R. J., Z. G. Davies and C. D. Thomas. Modelling the effect of habitat fragmentation on range expansion in a butterfly. Proc Biol Sci, 276(1661):1421-7, 2009.
short presentation by Yusuf

Cote, J., J. Clobert and P. S. Fitze. Mother-offspring competition promotes colonization success. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 104(23):9703-8, 2007.
short presentation by Sinem

Murphy, M. A., R. Dezzani, D. S. Pilliod and A. Storfer. Landscape genetics of high mountain frog metapopulations. Mol Ecol, 19(17):3634-49, 2010.
short presentation by Adriana

Nov 15, Chair: Adriana

Leibold, M. A., E. P. Economo and P. Peres-Neto. Metacommunity phylogenetics: separating the roles of environmental filters and historical biogeography. Ecol Lett, 2010.
long presentation by Patricia

Sanchez-Vilas, J. and J. R. Pannell. Differential niche modification by males and females of a dioecious herb: extending the Jack Sprat effect. J Evol Biol, 23(10):2262-6, 2010.
short presentation by Monica

Nov 22, Chair: Yusuf

Telfer, S., S. B. Piertney, J. F. Dallas, W. A. Stewart, F. Marshall, J. L. Gow and X. Lambin. Parentage assignment detects frequent and large-scale dispersal in water voles. Mol Ecol, 12(7):1939-49, 2003.
long presentation by Sinem

Keeling, M. J., L. Danon, M. C. Vernon and T. A. House. Individual identity and movement networks for disease metapopulations. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 107(19):8866-70, 2010.
short presentation by Amanda

Nov 29, Chair: Andres

Ross, J. V., D. J. Sirl, P. K. Pollett and H. P. Possingham. Metapopulation persistence in a dynamic landscape: more habitat or better stewardship? Ecol Appl, 18(3):590-8, 2008.
long presentation by Hsuan-Ju

Wegmann, D., M. Currat and L. Excoffier. Molecular diversity after a range expansion in heterogeneous environments. Genetics, 174(4):2009-20, 2006.
short presentation by Francisco

Dec 6, Chair: Amanda

Garcia-Verdugo, C., A. D. Forrest, M. F. Fay and P. Vargas. THE RELEVANCE OF GENE FLOW IN METAPOPULATION DYNAMICS OF AN OCEANIC ISLAND ENDEMIC, OLEA EUROPAEA SUBSP. GUANCHICA. Evolution, 2010.
long presentation by Yusuf

Kankare, M., S. van Nouhuys, O. Gaggiotti and I. Hanski. Metapopulation genetic structure of two coexisting parasitoids of the Glanville fritillary butterfly. Oecologia, 143(1):77-84, 2005.
short presentation by Patricia

Dec 13, Chair: Monica

Shima, J. S., E. G. Noonburg and N. E. Phillips. Life history and matrix heterogeneity interact to shape metapopulation connectivity in spatially structured environments. Ecology, 91(4):1215-24, 2010.
long presentation by Andres

Urban, M. C. and L. De Meester. Community monopolization: local adaptation enhances priority effects in an evolving metacommunity. Proc Biol Sci, 276(1676):4129-38, 2009.
short presentation by Abhijeet

Dec 20, Chair: Sinem

Dufay, M. and J. R. Pannell. The effect of pollen versus seed flow on the maintenance of nuclear-cytoplasmic gynodioecy. Evolution, 64(3):772-84, 2010.
long presentation by Jeannine

Jan 10, Chair: Abhijeet

Wakeley, J. and N. Aliacar. Gene genealogies in a metapopulation. Genetics, 159(2):893-905, 2001.
long presentation by Amanda

Pannell, J. R. Mating-system evolution: succeeding by celibacy. Curr Biol, 19(21):R983-5, 2009.
short presentation by Jeannine

Jan 17, Chair: Jeannine

Ovaskainen, O. and I. Hanski. How much does an individual habitat fragment contribute to metapopulation dynamics and persistence?. Theor Popul Biol, 64(4):481-95, 2003.
long presentation by Monica

Jan 24, Chair: Hsuan-Ju

Hanski, I. and O. Ovaskainen. Metapopulation theory for fragmented landscapes. Theor Popul Biol, 64(1):119-27, 2003.
long presentation by Adriana

Jan 31, Chair: Francisco

Woodford, D. J. and A. R. McIntosh. Evidence of source-sink metapopulations in a vulnerable native galaxiid fish driven by introduced trout. Ecol Appl, 20(4):967-77, 2010.
long presentation by Abhijeet

Feb 7, Chair: Patricia

Wakeley, J. Metapopulation models for historical inference. Mol Ecol, 13(4):865-75, 2004.
long presentation by Francisco

Other selected literature about metapopulations

Books

Ilkka Hanski

Metapopulation Ecology, Oxford University Press, 1999.

Ilkka Hanski, Oscar Gaggiotti (Eds.)

Ecology, Genetics, and Evolution of Metapopulations, Elsevier Academic Press, 2004.

Articles

Brooks, C. P., J. Antonovics and T. H. Keitt. Spatial and temporal heterogeneity explain disease dynamics in a spatially explicit network model.. Am Nat, 172(2):149-59, 2008.

Bolker, B. M., S. W. Pacala and C. Neuhauser. Spatial dynamics in model plant communities: what do we really know?. Am Nat, 162(2):135-48, 2003.

Colizza, V. and A. Vespignani. Epidemic modeling in metapopulation systems with heterogeneous coupling pattern: theory and simulations.. J Theor Biol, 251(3):450-67, 2008.

Gavrilets, S., R. Acton and J. Gravner. Dynamics of speciation and diversification in a metapopulation.. Evolution, 54(5):1493-501, 2000.

Gravel, D., N. Mouquet, M. Loreau and F. Guichard. Patch dynamics, persistence, and species coexistence in metaecosystems.. Am Nat, 176(3):289-302, 2010.

Gaggiotti, O. E. Population Genetic Models of Source-Sink Metapopulations. Theor Popul Biol, 50(2):178-208, 1996.

Lehmann, L. and N. Perrin. On metapopulation resistance to drift and extinction.. Ecology, 87(7):1844-55, 2006.

Martcheva, M. and B. M. Bolker. The impact of the allee effect in dispersal and patch-occupancy age on the dynamics of metapopulations.. Bull Math Biol, 69(1):135-56, 2007.

Moilanen, A. and B. A. Wintle. The boundary-quality penalty: a quantitative method for approximating species responses to fragmentation in reserve selection.. Conserv Biol, 21(2):355-64, 2007.

North, A., J. Pennanen, O. Ovaskainen and A. L. Laine. LOCAL ADAPTATION IN A CHANGING WORLD: THE ROLES OF GENE-FLOW, MUTATION, AND SEXUAL REPRODUCTION.. Evolution, 2010.

Ovaskainen, O. and I. Hanski. From individual behavior to metapopulation dynamics: unifying the patchy population and classic metapopulation models.. Am Nat, 164(3):364-77, 2004.

Ovaskainen, O. and B. Meerson. Stochastic models of population extinction.. Trends Ecol Evol, 2010.

Pannell, J. R. and G. Korbecka. Mating-system evolution: rise of the irresistible males.. Curr Biol, 20(11):R482-4, 2010.

Pujol, B., S. R. Zhou, J. Sanchez Vilas and J. R. Pannell. Reduced inbreeding depression after species range expansion.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 106(36):15379-83, 2009.

Oliver, M. K., X. Lambin, T. Cornulier and S. B. Piertney. Spatio-temporal variation in the strength and mode of selection acting on major histocompatibility complex diversity in water vole (Arvicola terrestris) metapopulations. Mol Ecol, 18(1):80-92, 2009.

Shpak, M., J. Wakeley, D. Garrigan and R. C. Lewontin. A structured coalescent process for seasonally fluctuating populations. Evolution, 64(5):1395-409, 2010.

Ter Braak, C.J.F. and R.S. Etienne. Improved Bayesian analysis of metapopulation data with an application to a tree frog metapopulation. Ecology, 84:231-241, 2003.

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. The evolutionary ecology of metacommunities.. Trends Ecol Evol, 23(6):311-7, 2008.

Vuilleumier, S., B. M. Bolker and O. Leveque. Effects of colonization asymmetries on metapopulation persistence.. Theor Popul Biol, 2010.

Vuilleumier, S., J. M. Yearsley and N. Perrin. The fixation of locally beneficial alleles in a metapopulation.. Genetics, 178(1):467-75, 2008.

Wade, M. J. and J. R. Griesemer. Populational heritability: empirical studies of evolution in metapopulations.. Am Nat, 151(2):135-47, 1998.

Whitlock, M. C. Selection, load and inbreeding depression in a large metapopulation.. Genetics, 160(3):1191-202, 2002.

Whitlock, M. C. Fixation probability and time in subdivided populations.. Genetics, 164(2):767-79, 2003.

Zheng, C., O. Ovaskainen and I. Hanski. Modelling single nucleotide effects in phosphoglucose isomerase on dispersal in the Glanville fritillary butterfly: coupling of ecological and evolutionary dynamics.. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 364(1523):1519-32, 2009.

Zhou, S. R. and J. R. Pannell. Inbreeding depression and genetic load at partially linked loci in a metapopulation.. Genet Res, 92(2):127-40, 2010.

Zheng, C., W. W. Weisser, S. A. Harri and O. Ovaskainen. Hierarchical metapopulation dynamics of two aphid species on a shared host plant.. Am Nat, 174(3):331-41, 2009.

Zhou, S., C. Zhou and J. R. Pannell. Genetic load, inbreeding depression and heterosis in an age-structured metapopulation.. J Evol Biol, 2010.

Announcement in official LMU course overview

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