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

表型可塑性是指单一基因在不同环境条件下产生不同行为和体型(表型)的能力。作为进化变化的驱动力，表型可塑性正在迅速获得吸引力。这个研讨会将在2012年动物行为学会会议上举行，有两个主要目标。首先是聚集研究行为可塑性在进化中的作用的资深科学家，年轻的科学家采取新的方法进入该领域。第二个目标是开始一项关于行为可塑性在人群对人类诱导的快速环境变化(HIREC)的早期反应中所起作用的主要讨论。因此，研讨会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和那些对应用感兴趣的人，并应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的进展。在这笔资金产生的更广泛的影响中，将包括(和资助)博士和博士后学者在研讨会参与者以及相关的主旨和全体演讲者参加的链接海报会议上进行行为可塑性研究。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踪演讲者，包括他们在讨论中。研讨会还应该产生新的想法，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--特别关注行为可塑性在这一过程中的作用。目标是能够预测干预对于防止脆弱物种灭绝至关重要的情况，并避免/防止导致独特种群表型丧失而不灭绝的进化过渡。

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.