Conceptual Breakthroughs in Evolutionary Ecology

Laurence Mueller is a Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Irvine. His research includes the development of theoretical models to guide research and experimental evolutionary approaches to the study of adaptation. Dr. Mueller’s specific research interests include the evolution of life-history phenotypes at different population density and the evolution of population stability. More recently Dr. Mueller’s research has focused on the evolution of age-specific patterns of aging and physiological decline that occurs prior to death. He is the author of three books and over 120 research articles.

• 1 1859 AND IN THE BEGINNING..2 1894 MEASURING SELECTION IN NATURE3 1920 A THEORY OF DENSITY-DEPENDENT POPULATION GROWTH IS FORMULATED4 1928 SELECTION IN AGE-STRUCTURED POPULATIONS5 1930 THE FUNDAMENTAL THEOREM OF NATURAL SELECTION6 1930 EVOLUTION OF MIMICRY7 1930 FLUCTUATION IN NUMBERS AND GENOTYPES8 1934 COMPETITIVE EXCLUSION9 1940 THE COMMON GARDEN EXPERIMENT10 1943 SEASONAL CHANGES OF GENE REGIONS IN NATURAL POPULATIONS11 1947 THE ROLE OF PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY AS AN AGENT FOR ADAPTATION TO VARIABLE ENVIRONMENTS IS PROPOSED12 1947 MEASURING SELECTION AND DRIFT IN A NATURAL POPULATION13 1954 COLE’S PARADOX14 1954 LACK’S PRINCIPLE15 1956 CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT16 1958 NICHE PARTITIONING BY WARBLER BIRDS17 1961 POPULATION REGULATION AND GENETIC FEEDBACKS18 1962 ECOLOGICAL MEASURES OF FITNESS19 1962 GROUP SELECTION20 1964 COMMUNITY EVOLUTION21 1964 KIN SELECTION AND THE EVOLUTION OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR22 1965 EVOLUTION OF PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY IN PLANTS23 1965 FITNESS ESTIMATION24 1966 THE CONCEPT OF ENERGETIC TRADE-OFFS25 1966 EVOLUTION OF DEMOGRAPHIC PARAMETERS26 1966 OPTIMAL FORAGING BASED ON TIME AND ENERGY27 1966 EVOLUTION OF A PLANT ANIMAL MUTUALISM28 1967 EVOLUTION FOLLOWING COLONIZATION29 1968 COLE’S PARADOX RESOLVED BY ENVIRONMENTAL VARIATION30 1968 EVOLUTION IN CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS31 1969 THE POLYGYNY THRESHOLD MODEL32 1970 REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT AND THE LIFE HISTORY SCHEDULE33 1970 THE PRICE EQUATION34 1971 POPULATION GENETIC THEORY OF DENSITY-DEPEDENT NATURAL SELECTION35 1971 THE EVOLUTION OF HEAVY METAL TOLERANCE36 1973 THE RED QUEEN HYPOTHESIS37 1973 THE EVOLUTION OF MELANISM38 1975 SEX AND EVOLUTION39 1975 GENETICS OF MIMICRY40 1976 EVOLUTION OF RESOURCE PARTITIONING41 1977 LIFE HISTORY THEORY CHALLANGED42 1977 NATURAL SELECTION FAVORS REDUCED VARIANCE IN FITNESS43 1978 MAINTENANCE OF PROTEIN POLYMORPHISMS IN A VARIABLE ENVIRONMENT44 1979 A CRITIQUE OF THE ADAPTATIONIST PROGRAM45 1980 EVOLUTION OF PHILOPATRY46 1981 TESTING DENSITY-DEPENDENT NAURAL SELECTION47 1981 EVOLUTION OF POPULATION STABILITY: THEORY48 1982 LIFE HISTORY EVOLUTION IN NATURE49 1982 EVOLUTION OF VIRULENCE50 1984 EVOLUTION OF AGE-SPECIFIC PATTERNS OF SURVIVAL AND FECUNDITY51 1985 EVOLUTION OF PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY THEORY52 1985 COEVOLUTION OF BACTERIA AND PHAGE53 1986 EVOLUTION OF DARWIN’S FINCHES54 1986 EVOLUTION ACROSS THREE TROPHIC LEVELS55 1988 EVOLUTION OF COMPETITIVE ABILITY56 1990 A PREDATOR-PREY ARMS RACE57 1990 REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT AND THE BALANCE BETWEEN EGG NUMBER AND EGG SIZE58 1991 EXPERIMENTAL EVOLUTION OF COOPERATION59 1994 EXPERIMENTAL TEST OF THE ROLE OF NATURAL SELECTION IN THE PROCESS OF CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT60 1994 THE GEOGRAPHIC MOSAIC THEORY OF COEVOLUTION61 1996 COMMUNITY EVOLUTION DUE TO INDIRECT EFFECTS62 1996 TESTS OF ADAPTIVE PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY IN PLANTS63 1997 EVOLUTION OF SPECIES’RANGE - THEORY64 2000 EVOLUTION OF POPULATION STABILITY: EXPERIMENTS65 2004 COEVOLUTION OVER SPACE AND TIME