Community and Ecosystem Ecology Group

Community and Ecosystem Genetics Group

University of Tennessee

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UT - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Lab News	Science News
04/10/08 - Congratulations to everyone in the lab for the University of Tennessee travel awards. Good luck and have a good time with research this summer. 04/07/08 - Congratulations to Emily Giles. She was accepted into the study abroad program in Costa Rica! Seven months in the tropics. 04/06/08 - Congratulations to Emily Giles. She recieved an Research Experiences for Undergraduates to do research in Costa Rica on soil- microbial interactions. 04/03/08 - Congratulations to Emmi Felker Quinn for Honorable Mention on the National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship. 03/29/08 - We had a great time with Nora Underwood and Brian Inouye as they visited UT and the lab. 03/05/08 - Kelsey Kidd has decided to join the lab and pursue a Ph.D. in the Fall of 2010 at the University of Tennessee. 02/22-25/08 - Graduate student visitation week. We had a great weekend with all the graduate students including Kelsey Kidd who is interested in our joining our lab group here at UT. 02/12-15/08 - Julia Koricheva is visiting, organizing a Meta-Analysis workshop and providing the EEB departmental seminar. 01/22-25/08 - Joe headed to Finland. 01/21-25/08 - Randy Swaty is visiting and organizing a vegetation modelling workshop for the Nature Conservancy. 01/09/08 - Field Ecology Follow up Class 12/12/07 - Holiday! 12/11/07 - Field Ecology is what you call "done". 11/29/30 - Joe off to Structural Equation Modeling workshop. 11/20/07 - Field Ecology Papers due. 11/13/07 - Field Ecology Oral Presentations due. 11/5/07 - Guy Fawkes Day Remember, remember the Fifth of November, The Gunpowder Treason and Plot, I know of no reason Why Gunpowder Treason Should ever be forgot. Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, t'was his intent To blow up King and Parli'ment. Three-score barrels of powder below To prove old England's overthrow; By God's providence he was catch'd With a dark lantern and burning match. Holloa boys, holloa boys, let the bells ring. Holloa boys, holloa boys, God save the King! A penny loaf to feed the Pope A farthing o' cheese to choke him. A pint of beer to rinse it down. A faggot of sticks to burn him. Burn him in a tub of tar. Burn him like a blazing star. Burn his body from his head. Then we'll say ol' Pope is dead. Hip hip hoorah! Hip hip hoorah hoorah! 10/24/07 - Peter Price is visiting our lab and presenting the departmental seminar for EEB. 10/20/07 - Field Ecology trip to Leatherwood in the Big South Fork. Meet in front of Dabney at 8:00 am. Tally ho! 10/17/07 - Invited Presentation at Sandy Echternachts. 10/16/07 - Great talks from Field Ecology (see teaching page). 09/29/07 - Saturday field trip to Freel's Bend for Field Ecology. 09/24-25/ 07 - Rick Lindroth and Chris Habeck will be giving a seminar at Oak Ridge National Lab on the Aspen FACE site. 09/18/07 - Field Ecology oral presentations due. 09/ 13-14 / 07 - Dr. Mike "can only turn left" Madritch, is visiting our lab and giving a departmental seminar on the frontier field of linking Genes and Ecosystems. 08 / 28/ 07 - Great field Ecology trip to Cades Cove. Saw 3 bears, a pile of deer, a ton of turkeys, and one beautiful sally (translucent burnt orange with black spots). 08 / 12-19 / 07 - Jen and Joe, deep south field collections of Populus. 08 / 07 / 07 - Jen off to ESA meetings in San Jose, CA to participate in a symposium on emergent properties of litter mixing (Chaired by Sam Chapman). 07 / 23 / 07 - Plant-insect ecologist, Brian Rehill is visiting from the USNA. 06 / 16 / 07 - The wait is over. We have officially moved in. 06 / 06 / 07 - Headed to the field for collections. 05 / 18 / 07 - We will be offering Field Ecology in the Fall of 2007. Please see the flyer for class registration information and codes. 05 / 18 / 07 - Laboratory is nearly complete. See Photos. 05 / 08 / 07 - Joe off to Arizona for friends graduation. Photos. 04 / 29 / 07 - Jen and Clara off to Soil Ecology Meetings in Moab, UT. 04 / 25 / 07 - Finished planting first common garden. 04 / 20 / 07 - Jen off to Flagstaff, AZ for committee meetings and Soil Ecology Meetings in Moab, UT. 04 / 14 / 07 - Mark Genung has agreed to join the lab as a new graduate student. 04 / 11 / 07- Much progress on the lab. The bench tops were finished today. 04 / 01 / 07 - Emmi Felker-Quinn and Clara Pregitzer have agreed to join the lab as new graduate students at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. 12 / 14 / 06 - We arrived in Knoxville, TN.	New Manuscript by Whitham et al. 2008. New Manuscript by Schweitzer et al. Ecology 2008. New Manuscript by Bangert et al. 2008 Heredity. New Manuscript by Crutsinger et al. 2008. New Manuscript by Craig et al. 2007. Evolution. Geographic mosaics of coevolution in Goldenrod. New Manuscript by Parchman et al. 2007. Evolution. Variation in Natural Selection along an elevation gradient. New Manuscript by Bailey et al. 2007 on introduced herbivores as agents of selection in Biological Invasions. New Manuscript by Tetard-Jones et al. (2007) on genotype x genotype x environment interactions among Barley and aphid genotypes. American Naturalist. New Manuscript by Adam Siepielski and Craig Benkman (2007) on geographic gradients in coevolutionary dynamics between whitebark pine and Clark's Nutcracker. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. New Manuscript by Mike Madritch et al. (2007). Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry. Indirect Genetic Effects in the context of Ecosystem dynamics. New manuscript by MJ Wade (2007). Nature Review Genetics. Indirect Genetic Effects. New manuscript by Johnson and Stinchcombe (2007). Evolution in a community context. New Manuscript by Stinchcombe and Schmitt (2006). Ecology Letters. Selection in the context of leaf litter presence. New mansucript by Madritch et al. (2006). Ecosystems. Plant genetic factors affect decomposition of aspen litter. New manuscript by Crutsinger et al. (2006). Science. Manuscript describes non-additive effects of plant genetic neighborhood on arthropod communities. New review by Whitham et al. (2006) Nature Reviews Genetics. Manuscript provides a general framework for understanding community and ecosystem level heritability. New manuscript by Shuster et al. (2006) Evolution. Manuscript provides a general theoretical and mathematical definition for the heritability of community composition.

Lab News

Science News

04/10/08 - Congratulations to everyone in the lab for the University of Tennessee travel awards. Good luck and have a good time with research this summer.

04/07/08 - Congratulations to Emily Giles. She was accepted into the study abroad program in Costa Rica! Seven months in the tropics.

04/06/08 - Congratulations to Emily Giles. She recieved an Research Experiences for Undergraduates to do research in Costa Rica on soil- microbial interactions.

04/03/08 - Congratulations to Emmi Felker Quinn for Honorable Mention on the National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship.

03/29/08 - We had a great time with Nora Underwood and Brian Inouye as they visited UT and the lab.

03/05/08 - Kelsey Kidd has decided to join the lab and pursue a Ph.D. in the Fall of 2010 at the University of Tennessee.

02/22-25/08 - Graduate student visitation week. We had a great weekend with all the graduate students including Kelsey Kidd who is interested in our joining our lab group here at UT.

02/12-15/08 - Julia Koricheva is visiting, organizing a Meta-Analysis workshop and providing the EEB departmental seminar.

01/22-25/08 - Joe headed to Finland.

01/21-25/08 - Randy Swaty is visiting and organizing a vegetation modelling workshop for the Nature Conservancy.

01/09/08 - Field Ecology Follow up Class

12/12/07 - Holiday!

12/11/07 - Field Ecology is what you call "done".

11/29/30 - Joe off to Structural Equation Modeling workshop.

11/20/07 - Field Ecology Papers due.

11/13/07 - Field Ecology Oral Presentations due.

11/5/07 - Guy Fawkes Day

Remember, remember the Fifth of November,; The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,; I know of no reason; Why Gunpowder Treason; Should ever be forgot.; Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, t'was his intent; To blow up King and Parli'ment.; Three-score barrels of powder below; To prove old England's overthrow;; By God's providence he was catch'd; With a dark lantern and burning match.; Holloa boys, holloa boys, let the bells ring.; Holloa boys, holloa boys, God save the King!
A penny loaf to feed the Pope: A farthing o' cheese to choke him.; A pint of beer to rinse it down.; A faggot of sticks to burn him.; Burn him in a tub of tar.; Burn him like a blazing star.; Burn his body from his head.; Then we'll say ol' Pope is dead.; Hip hip hoorah!; Hip hip hoorah hoorah!

10/24/07 - Peter Price is visiting our lab and presenting the departmental seminar for EEB.

10/20/07 - Field Ecology trip to Leatherwood in the Big South Fork. Meet in front of Dabney at 8:00 am. Tally ho!

10/17/07 - Invited Presentation at Sandy Echternachts.

10/16/07 - Great talks from Field Ecology (see teaching page).

09/29/07 - Saturday field trip to Freel's Bend for Field Ecology.

09/24-25/ 07 - Rick Lindroth and Chris Habeck will be giving a seminar at Oak Ridge National Lab on the Aspen FACE site.

09/18/07 - Field Ecology oral presentations due.

09/ 13-14 / 07 - Dr. Mike "can only turn left" Madritch, is visiting our lab and giving a departmental seminar on the frontier field of linking Genes and Ecosystems.

08 / 28/ 07 - Great field Ecology trip to Cades Cove. Saw 3 bears, a pile of deer, a ton of turkeys, and one beautiful sally (translucent burnt orange with black spots).

08 / 12-19 / 07 - Jen and Joe, deep south field collections of Populus.

08 / 07 / 07 - Jen off to ESA meetings in San Jose, CA to participate in a symposium on emergent properties of litter mixing (Chaired by Sam Chapman).

07 / 23 / 07 - Plant-insect ecologist, Brian Rehill is visiting from the USNA.

06 / 16 / 07 - The wait is over. We have officially moved in.

06 / 06 / 07 - Headed to the field for collections.

05 / 18 / 07 - We will be offering Field Ecology in the Fall of 2007. Please see the flyer for class registration information and codes.

05 / 18 / 07 - Laboratory is nearly complete. See Photos.

05 / 08 / 07 - Joe off to Arizona for friends graduation. Photos.

04 / 29 / 07 - Jen and Clara off to Soil Ecology Meetings in Moab, UT.

04 / 25 / 07 - Finished planting first common garden.

04 / 20 / 07 - Jen off to Flagstaff, AZ for committee meetings and Soil Ecology Meetings in Moab, UT.

04 / 14 / 07 - Mark Genung has agreed to join the lab as a new graduate student.

04 / 11 / 07- Much progress on the lab. The bench tops were finished today.

04 / 01 / 07 - Emmi Felker-Quinn and Clara Pregitzer have agreed to join the lab as new graduate students at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

12 / 14 / 06 - We arrived in Knoxville, TN.

New Manuscript by Whitham et al. 2008.

New Manuscript by Schweitzer et al. Ecology 2008.

New Manuscript by Bangert et al. 2008 Heredity.

New Manuscript by Crutsinger et al. 2008.

New Manuscript by Craig et al. 2007. Evolution. Geographic mosaics of coevolution in Goldenrod.

New Manuscript by Parchman et al. 2007. Evolution. Variation in Natural Selection along an elevation gradient.

New Manuscript by Bailey et al. 2007 on introduced herbivores as agents of selection in Biological Invasions.

New Manuscript by Tetard-Jones et al. (2007) on genotype x genotype x environment interactions among Barley and aphid genotypes. American Naturalist.

New Manuscript by Adam Siepielski and Craig Benkman (2007) on geographic gradients in coevolutionary dynamics between whitebark pine and Clark's Nutcracker. Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

New Manuscript by Mike Madritch et al. (2007). Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry. Indirect Genetic Effects in the context of Ecosystem dynamics.

New manuscript by MJ Wade (2007). Nature Review Genetics. Indirect Genetic Effects.

New manuscript by Johnson and Stinchcombe (2007). Evolution in a community context.

New Manuscript by Stinchcombe and Schmitt (2006). Ecology Letters. Selection in the context of leaf litter presence.

New mansucript by Madritch et al. (2006). Ecosystems. Plant genetic factors affect decomposition of aspen litter.

New manuscript by Crutsinger et al. (2006). Science. Manuscript describes non-additive effects of plant genetic neighborhood on arthropod communities.

New review by Whitham et al. (2006) Nature Reviews Genetics. Manuscript provides a general framework for understanding community and ecosystem level heritability.

New manuscript by Shuster et al. (2006) Evolution. Manuscript provides a general theoretical and mathematical definition for the heritability of community composition.

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