[QSB-grads] Meet with QSB Speaker, Sharon Strauss, Apr. 27th

[Jason Sexton]

Dear Colleagues,

Next week, I am pleased to host my PhD co-advisor, Prof. Sharon Strauss, as
our QSB speaker. Sharon is an evolutionary ecologist who addresses a broad
set of questions, most often related to biological interactions and
specialization. See her research profiles below:

https://sharonstrauss.wordpress.com/
https://biology.ucdavis.edu/people/sharon-strauss

If you would like a one-on-one meeting with Sharon please sign up on this
google sheet:

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Below is Sharon's talk title and abstract:

*Coexistence in close relatives: a nexus of historical and ecological
processes*

Coexistence of close relatives, e.g., many congeners, lies at the nexus
where evolutionary processes like speciation and ecological challenges like
competition affect local coexistence. These processes are especially strong
in close relatives, owing to recent speciation history and shared
ecological and physical similarity. Here, I explore mechanisms influencing
coexistence in California plant communities, including trait evolution,
reproductive interference and competition/facilitation.


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I will be hosting a potluck for Sharon at our house in Mariposa Friday
evening. Please let me know If you are interested in joining!

Cheers,

Jay
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Jason Sexton
Assistant Professor
Life and Environmental Sciences
School of Natural Sciences
University of California, Merced
231 Science and Engineering Building 1
jsexton2 at ucmerced.edu
(209) 228-2426
http://sextonlab.ucmerced.edu/
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