Linking Ecological and Evolutionary Dynamics in Theory, in the Lab, and in the Field

Population genetics, quantitative genetics, life history theory and population dynamics are disparate, specialist fields.  However, they all focus on a particular aspect of population biology.  In recent work Tim Coulson has shown how these fields can be formally linked by modelling the dynamics of character distributions.  In this talk he will draw on recent research where novel theory is applied to understand the joint dynamics of population size, life histories, body size and genotypes of populations of species as mundane as the gray wolf to those as charismatic as the bulb mite, with Soay sheep somewhere in between.

Room: T175