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Testing Drosophila life-history theory in the field

Local adaptation in body size, development time and starvation resistance

Ph.D. thesis Kim van der Linde

Cite this thesis as:
Kim van der Linde (2005). Testing Drosophila life-history theory in the field: local adaptation in body size, development time and starvation resistance. Ph.D. thesis, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, The Netherlands.

Links center:

• Korte nederlandse samenvatting (copie van Wetenschapsagenda Universiteit Leiden)
• Interview VPRO Noorderlicht 14 januari 2005

• Project outline
• Online publication of thesis by Leiden University
• Complete thesis as PDF (5 MB!)
• Content thesis and PDF's per chapter
• Chapter 2 as journal article (in press)

Posters:

• April 2005: Poster: "Life-history evolution in a Drosophila community along a deforestation gradient." Center for Community Genetics 2005 Symposium, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

Presentations:

• Januari 2005: "Drosophila levensloop theorie getest in het veld: locale aanpassing in lichaamsgrootte, ontwikkelingstijd en hongerresistentie." Leken praatje Leiden University voorafgaand aan openbare verdediging proefschrift.


• April 2004: "Testing Drosophila life-history theory in the field." Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.


• November 2003: "Interspecific variation in genetic correlations in Drosophila." 3 ^rd Annual Dutch fly meeting, Utrecht, The Netherlands.


• August 2003: "Genetic differences on a local scale." IX ^th congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Leeds, United Kingdom.


• November 2002: "Measuring starvation resistance in the field?" Stress symposium at Rønbjerg, University of Århus, Denmark.


• January 2002: "Deforestation and local adaptation of life-history traits." Verwey-PhD meeting, Texel, the Netherlands.