Shuster Laboratory

Recent Presentations

2013 

 

Shuster, S. M. 2013. Allowing reality to exceed your expectations. The Center for International Education, end of semester commencement celebration, Northern Arizona University. PDF.

 

Beresic-Perrins, R., D. Rose, K. Banister, F. Govedich and S. Shuster. 2013. Helobdella blinni (Hirudinoidea: Glossiphoniidae) a new species inhabiting Montezuma Well, Arizona. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meeting, San Francisco, CA USA, January 2013. Abstract. PDF.

 

Jensen, D., A. M. Shows and S. M. Shuster. Reproduction and population dynamics in the calcareous sponge, Leucetta losangelensis. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meeting, San Francisco, CA USA, January 2013. Abstract. PDF.

 

2012

 

Banister, K., Callaway, J., Beresic-Perrins, R., and Shuster, S. 2012.  Self-Fertilization and Outcrossing in the Leech Helobdella stagnalis, Northern Arizona University Undergraduate Symposium. PDF.

 

Elliott, D., Beresic-Perrins, R., and Shuster, S. 2012. Phylogeny of an undescribed Helobdella leech species found in Montezuma Well, Arizona, Northern Arizona University Undergraduate Symposium. PDF.

 

Lopez-Oehler, D., Beresic-Perrins, R., and Shuster, S. 2012. Does Helobdella stagnalis cross foster? , Northern Arizona University Undergraduate Symposium. PDF.

Mulhern, S., Beresic-Perrins, R., and Shuster, S. 2012. Early Life History of the endemic leech Motobdella montezuma in Montezuma Well, Arizona, Northern Arizona University Undergraduate Symposium. PDF.

 

2009

 

Shuster, S. M. 2009. Sexual selection and mating systems. National Academy of Sciences Colloquium: “In the Light of Evolution III: Two Centuries of Darwin,” NAS Beckman Center, Irvine, CA. Abstract. PDF.

 

Shuster, S. M. 2009. Misconceptions about indirect genetic effects in behavioral ecology. Symposium: Interacting Phenotypes: Applying Indirect Genetic Effects to Behavioral Ecology, B. H Bleakley and S. M. Shuster, Organizers 46th Animal Behavior Society Meeting, Pirenópolis, Brazil, Abstract. PDF.

 

2008

 

 

 

2007

 

Shuster, S. M. 2007. The Operational Sex Ratio, the Potential Reproductive Rate and the Opportunity for Sexual Selection. Congress of The European Society for Evolutionary Biology,

Symposium 20: Mating competition and sex-role dynamics Organizers: Tony Wilson, University of Zürich, Switzerland Ingrid Ahnesjö, Uppsala University, Sweden. Abstract.  PDF.

 

Shuster, S. M. 2007. Community Heritability Measures the Evolutionary Consequences of Interspecific Indirect Genetic Effects on Community and Ecosystem Structure The Fifth Okazaki Biology Conference: "Speciation and Adaptation - Ecological Genomics of Model Organisms and Beyond " National Institute for Basic Biology Okazaki, Japan, March 11 – 16, 2007. Abstract. PDF.

 

Fry, D., B. Obit, J. Matson and S. M. Shuster. 2007. Laboratory survivorship of leeches from Montezuma Well, Arizona. III Undergraduate Research Expo, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff. PDF.

 

Saunders, K. M. and S. M. Shuster. 2007. Bateman gradients and alternative mating strategies. 44th Animal Behavior Society meeting, Burlington, VT. PDF.

 

Saunders, K. and S. M. Shuster. 2007. Evolutionary relationships within Paracerceis, a sphaeromatid genus with invasive populations. The Society for Integrative and Comparative    Biology 2007 Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ (USA). PDF

 

2006

Whitham, T.G. et al. 2006. A framework for community and ecosystem genetics: From genes to ecosystems. Frontiers in Biological Research (FIBR) Program, Awardee Meeting, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. PDF

 

Quarry, K., B. Bain, F. Govedich and S. M. Shuster. 2006. Sexual dimorphism in sea spiders. II Undergraduate Research Expo, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff. PDF.

 

2005

Gilliland, A, S. O’Hara, U. Riner, M. Lorentzen, R. Horenziak, E. Tataryn, R. Cota, and S. M. Shuster. 2005. Morphological variatrion in allopatric populations of Nerita gastropods in the northern Gulf of California. 49^th Arizona-Nevada Academy of Sciences meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 8-9 April 2005.  PDF

 

Lonsdorf, E. V., S. M. Shuster and T. Whitham. 2005. Effective community size: a selection-based estimate of species diversity. Center for Community Genetics 2005 Symposium, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 8 April 2995. PDF

 

Arnold, E. A. and S. M. Shuster. 2005. Use of chemical cues by marine isopods (Paracerceis sculpta) in the location and selection of mates. The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology 2005 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA (USA). PDF

 

 2004