I am searching for a postdoctoral associate in the area of ecological genetics and evolutionary ecology. Funds for the postdoctoral position are provided through an NSF Population Biology grant (DEB-0614395). Funding is guaranteed for two years and is expected to be extended for a third. This is a collaborative project with Micky Eubanks (Auburn University) and examines the effects of mating-system evolution on the direct and indirect responses to selection on other characters (with a primary focus on characters involved with plant-herbivore interactions).
The current project extends our earlier work on the interactions between plant-mating systems and herbivory. Representative publications from that earlier work include: Carr, D.E., J.F. Murphy, and M.D. Eubanks. 2006. Genetic variation and covariation for resistance and tolerance to Cucumber mosaic virus in Mimulus guttatus (Phrymaceae): a test for costs and constraints. Heredity 96:29-38. Ivey, C.T., D.E. Carr. 2005. Effects of inbreeding and herbivory on the pollinators and mating system of Mimulus guttatus (Phrymaceae). American Journal of Botany 92:1641-1649. Eubanks, M.D., D.E. Carr, and J.F. Murphy. 2005. Effects of virus infection of Mimulus guttatus (Phrymaceae) on host plant quality for meadow spittlebugs, Philaenus spumarius (Hemiptera: Cercopidae). Environmental Entomology 34:891-898. Eubanks, M.D., D.E. Carr., and J.F. Murphy. 2004. Variation in the response of Mimulus guttatus (Scrophulariaceae) to herbivore and virus attack. Evolutionary Ecology 19:15-27. Ivey, C.T., D.E. Carr, and M.D. Eubanks. 2003. Inbreeding alters Mimulus guttatus tolerance to herbivory and in natural environments. Ecology 85:567-579. Carr, D.E., J.F. Murphy, and M.D. Eubanks. 2003. The susceptibility and response of inbred and outbred Mimulus guttatus to infection by Cucumber mosaic virus. Evolutionary Ecology 17: 85-103. Carr, D.E., and M.D. Eubanks. 2002. Inbreeding alters resistance to insect herbivory and host plant quality in Mimulus guttatus (Scrophulariaceae). Evolution 56:22-30. Work for the current project will be conducted at the University of Virginia's Blandy Experimental Farm, a field station in Clarke County, VA operated by the University of Virginia's Department of Environmental Sciences. Please contact David Carr ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) for further information. http://www.people.virginia.edu/%7Edec5z/decarr.html
