Symposium: Behavioral Plasticity and Evolution: Animal Behavior Society Symposium at Albequerque New Mexico, June 12-14, 2012

表型可塑性是指单个基因型在暴露于不同环境条件下产生不同行为和身体形态（表型）的能力。表型可塑性作为进化变化的驱动因素正迅速获得关注。这次研讨会将在2012年动物行为学会会议上举行，有两个主要目标。第一个是把研究行为可塑性在进化中的作用的资深科学家聚集在一起，年轻的科学家在这个领域采取新的方法。第二个目标是开始关于行为可塑性在人群对人类引起的快速环境变化（HIREC）的早期反应中的作用的主要讨论。因此，研讨会将包括那些对理解行为可塑性在进化中的作用的基本理论方法感兴趣的人，以及那些对应用感兴趣的人，并将从理论和应用的角度促进对可塑性在进化中的作用的理解。这项资助产生的更广泛的影响将包括（和资助）博士和博士后学者在一个由研讨会参与者参加的链接海报会议上进行行为可塑性研究，以及相关的主题演讲和全体会议演讲。特纳学者（由NSF支持的ABS会议的本科生参与者）也将在链接的海报会议期间跟随演讲者，包括他们在讨论中。研讨会还应产生新的想法，以提高我们预测和理解HIREC可能迫使物种进化或灭绝的方式的能力，并特别关注行为可塑性在这一过程中的作用。目标是能够预测在哪些情况下干预是必要的，以防止脆弱物种的灭绝，并避免/防止进化过渡导致独特的种群表型丧失而不灭绝。

Phenotypic plasticity is the ability of a single genotype to produce different behaviors and body forms (phenotypes) when exposed to different environmental conditions. Phenotypic plasticity is rapidly gaining traction as a driver of evolutionary change. This symposium, to take place at the 2012 Animal Behavior Society meeting, has two major goals. The first is to bring together senior scientists studying the role of behavioral plasticity in evolution, with younger scientists taking new approaches to the field. A second goal is to begin a major discussion about the role of behavioral plasticity in the early responses of populations to Human Induced Rapid Environmental Change (HIREC). The symposium therefore includes those interested in basic, theoretical approaches to understanding the role of behavioral plasticity in evolution and those interested in applications and should facilitate advances in understanding of the roles of plasticity in evolution from both theoretical and applied perspectives. Among the broader impacts stemming from this funding will be the inclusion (and funding) of doctoral and post-doctoral scholars conducting research on behavioral plasticity in a linked poster session to be attended by symposium participants, and related keynote and plenary address speakers. Turner Scholars (undergraduate participants at the ABS meeting supported by NSF) will also shadow the speakers during the linked poster session, including them in discussions. The symposium should also result in the generation of new ideas that will enhance our ability to predict and understand the ways in which HIREC is likely to force the evolution or extinction of species - with a particular focus on the role of behavioral plasticity in this process. The goal is to be able to anticipate situations in which intervention is essential to prevent the extinction of vulnerable species, and to avoid/prevent evolutionary transitions that result in loss of unique population phenotypes without extinction.