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Monday, July 25th

Monday, July 25th, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm · Idlughet (Eklutna) Exhibit Hall/Dena'ina Center
Session P: Contributed Posters: Macroevolution Posters
PMC001July 25th 5:30 pmIdlughet (Eklutna) Exhibit Hall/Dena'ina CenterExploring the role of habitat fragmentation in Caryophyllaceae alpine-arctic plant evolutionPoster: MacroevolutionFeng, Keyi; Smith, Stephen.Caryophyllaceae
alpine
arctic
speciation rate
habitat fragmentation
PMC002July 25th 5:30 pmIdlughet (Eklutna) Exhibit Hall/Dena'ina CenterA Closer Look at the Diversification and Evolution of the Silphium GenusPoster: MacroevolutionRoot, Connor; Cook, Tyson; Roy, Tilottama.
PMC003July 25th 5:30 pmIdlughet (Eklutna) Exhibit Hall/Dena'ina CenterA study of floral evolution in Lonicera (Caprifoliaceae) while looking through an interactive lensPoster: MacroevolutionShah, Ria B.; Bergen, Anna T; Srivastav, Mansa; Donoghue, Michael; Wright, Haley; Merklee, Patrick; Ault, Chris; Clement, Wendy.phylogeny
floral evolution
Lonicera
honeysuckle
Science communication
Outreach
Caprifoliaceae

Tuesday, July 26th

Tuesday, July 26th, 8:00 am to 9:45 am · Tikahtnu Ballroom E/Dena'ina Center
Session MACRO I: Contributed Papers: Macroevolution I
Presiding: Agnes Dellinger, University Of Colorado Boulder; Jacob Watts, University of Cambridge
MACRO I001July 26th 8:00 amTikahtnu Ballroom E/Dena'ina CenterInvestigating the Root Economic Spectrum hypothesis and plant-fire dynamics using a macroevolutionary common gardenOral PaperWatts, Jacob; Pellegrini, Adam.Evolution
fine roots
common garden
disturbance ecology
economic spectrum
MACRO I002July 26th 8:15 amTikahtnu Ballroom E/Dena'ina CenterRapid diversification of vascular architecture underlies the Carboniferous fern radiationOral PaperSuissa, Jacob; Friedman, William.macroevolution
 morphology
Anatomy
vascular tissues
Ferns
stelar morphology
MACRO I003July 26th 8:30 amTikahtnu Ballroom E/Dena'ina CenterColonization of the Andes triggered pollinator shifts and a burst in speciation rate in Neotropical Merianieae (Melastomataceae)Oral PaperDellinger, Agnes; Lagomarsino, Laura; Smith, Stacey.plant-pollinator interactions
Diversification
Neotropical biogeography
vegetative traits
Climatic niche
morphospace
disparity
Andean uplift
MACRO I004July 26th 8:45 amTikahtnu Ballroom E/Dena'ina CenterIs the floral shape of Impatiens capensis influenced by urbanization?Oral PaperBurkiewicz, Jérôme; Carvalho, Julie; Joly, Simon.floral evolution
Geometric Morphometrics
Pollinators
common garden
Generalists
MACRO I005July 26th 9:00 amTikahtnu Ballroom E/Dena'ina CenterStructural color, cell walls, and the evolution of Viburnum fruitsOral PaperSinnott-Armstrong, Miranda; Middleton, Rox; Ogawa, Yu; Jacucci, Gianni; Moyroud, Edwige; Glover, Beverley; Rudall, Paula; Vignolini, Silvia; Donoghue, Michael.fruit color
seed dispersal
endozoochory
structural color
MACRO I006July 26th 9:15 amTikahtnu Ballroom E/Dena'ina CenterConvergence without divergence in North American red-flowering SileneOral PaperBerardi, Andrea.adaptation
Evolution
pigments
Anthocyanins
carotenoids
Floral morphology
Silene
target-capture
herbaria
MACRO I007July 26th 9:30 amTikahtnu Ballroom E/Dena'ina CenterHow does the level of pollination specialization affect the evolution of flower shape?Oral PaperJoly, Simon; Faure, Julie; Martén-Rodríguez, Silvana; Clark, John L..Pollinators
morphometry
Geometric Morphometrics
Phylogenetic comparative methods
Gesneriaceae
Generalists
Tuesday, July 26th, 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm · Tikahtnu Ballroom E/Dena'ina Center
Session MACRO II: Contributed Papers: Macroevolution II
Presiding: Chelsea Specht, Cornell University; Yanni Chen, Texas Tech University
MACRO II001July 26th 1:30 pmTikahtnu Ballroom E/Dena'ina Centerhe Buffalograss-Salmacisia pathosystem as a potential driving force for dioecious host sex evolutionOral PaperTaylor, Anthony; Sheltra, Matthew; Huff, David.Dioecy
Evolution
Sex
Parastite
Parasitic
Buffalograss
Fungi
Fungus
Host-parasite
Red Queen Hypothesis
Dioecious
Induced Hermaphroditism
MACRO II002July 26th 1:45 pmTikahtnu Ballroom E/Dena'ina CenterPhylogenomics, patterns of species diversity and co-occurrence in the mariposa lilies (Calochortus; Liliaceae)Oral PaperKarimi, Nisa; Hernandez, Adriana; Rodriguez Contreras, Aaron; Eifler, Evan; Chan, Patricia; Landis, Jacob; Lemmon, Alan; Lemmon, Emily; Strickler, Susan; Specht, Chelsea; Givnish, Thomas.Calochortus
Phylogeography
species richness
Diversity
California
environmental heterogeneity
MACRO II003July 26th 2:00 pmTikahtnu Ballroom E/Dena'ina CenterGenetic mechanisms underlying the convergent evolution of pollination syndromes in the Neotropical radiation of Costus LOral PaperSpecht, Chelsea; Landis, Jacob; Valderrama, Eugenio; Andre, Thiago; Skinner, David; Maas, Paul J.M.; Maas-van de Kamer, Hiltje; Almeida, Ana Maria.Costaceae
Zingiberales
Pollination syndrome
selection
floral evolution
genetic mechanisms
correlated trait evolution
Costus L.
MACRO II004July 26th 2:15 pmTikahtnu Ballroom E/Dena'ina CenterUncertain timescales in plant macroevolutionOral PaperCarruthers, Tom.divergence time estimation
macroevolution
Diversification
uncertainty
MACRO II005July 26th 2:30 pmTikahtnu Ballroom E/Dena'ina CenterFilament curtains, didynamous stamens, asymmetric stigmas, and the evolution of reproductive floral whorls in Ruellia (Acanthaceae)Oral PaperRose, Jeffrey; Manzitto-Tripp, Erin.Acanthaceae
Lamiales
Ruellia
floral evolution
breeding system
herkogamy
MACRO II006July 26th 2:45 pmTikahtnu Ballroom E/Dena'ina CenterSpecies’ life history traits interact to predict island colonization in a global dataset of >3000 speciesOral PaperZell, Anne; Grady, Erin; Miranda, Charlotte; Igic, Boris; Grossenbacher, Dena.breeding system
Self-compatibility
correlated trait evolution
biogeography
MACRO II007July 26th 3:00 pmTikahtnu Ballroom E/Dena'ina CenterCauses of delayed angiosperm diversification: the photosynthetic revolution, increased opportunity costs of anti-herbivore defenses, selection for low-cost qualitative toxins, and acceleration of plant-herbivore coevolutionOral PaperGivnish, Thomas.mesangiosperms
opportunity costs
quantitative vs. qualitative toxins
net rate of species diversification
July 26th 3:15 pmTikahtnu Ballroom E/Dena'ina CenterBreak
MACRO II009July 26th 3:45 pmTikahtnu Ballroom E/Dena'ina CenterInvestigating the role of environment, ploidal level, and symbiotic partner in the diversification of the Mimosoid clade (Leguminosae)Oral PaperSiniscalchi, Carolina; Barros-Souza, Yago; Doby, Joshua; Belitz, Michael; Kates, Heather; Yi, Ting-Shuang; Soltis, Pamela; Soltis, Douglas; Guralnick, Robert; Borges, Leonardo; Folk, Ryan.nitrogen-fixing plants
speciation rate
Fabaceae
MACRO II010July 26th 4:00 pmTikahtnu Ballroom E/Dena'ina CenterFloral adaptation to climate and pollinators during Silene diversification across two continentsOral PaperMiladin, Jenna; Steven, Janet; Collar, David.macroevolution
Pollination
 ecological niche modelling
Phylogenetic comparative methods
MACRO II011July 26th 4:15 pmTikahtnu Ballroom E/Dena'ina CenterRetrieving and managing large datasets from REFLORA and other databases to obtain information about taxa occurring in the campos rupestresOral PaperCortez, Maria Beatriz; Shimizu, Gustavo; Barve, Vijay; Gitzendanner, Matt; Guralnick, Robert; Soltis, Douglas; Soltis, Pamela.campos rupestres
REFLORA
evolutionary patterns
large datasets
R
Python
Checklist
MACRO II012July 26th 4:30 pmTikahtnu Ballroom E/Dena'ina CenterThe Macroevolution of a Smoke-induced Seed Germination TraitOral PaperChen, Yanni; Latvis, Maribeth; Perkins, Lora; A. Joshua, Leffler; Johnson, Matt.smoke induced seed germination
macroevolution
phylogenetic signal
Ancestral state reconstruction
trait evolution
MACRO II013July 26th 4:45 pmTikahtnu Ballroom E/Dena'ina CenterPlant-pollinator relationships, biogeography, and climatic niche shape the evolution of florally diverse, Neotropical Hillieae (Rubiaceae)Oral PaperBall, Laymon; Lagomarsino, Laura.biogeography
niche evolution
Neotropics
Pollination syndromes
Rubiaceae
targeted sequencing
MACRO II014July 26th 5:00 pmTikahtnu Ballroom E/Dena'ina CenterDealing with correlated observations in regularized regression: a phylogenetic elastic net approach for predicting leaf traits using leaf reflectance spectraOral PaperGoolsby, Eric; Richardson, Andrew.Phylogenetic comparative methods
hyperspectral imaging
Phenotype Prediction
Machine Learning
MACRO II015July 26th 5:15 pmTikahtnu Ballroom E/Dena'ina CenterThe influence of chromosome evolution on diversification rates in Carex (Cyperaceae)Oral PaperTribble, Carrie; José Ignacio, Márquez Corro; Mike R., May; Escudero Lirio, Antonio Marcial; Hipp, Andrew; Rosana, Zenil-Ferguson.Aneuploidy
state-dependent speciation and extinction
RevBayes
Cyperaceae
hidden states

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