When Gambusia Attacks: Part 2

I.                    Review

II.                 Study 1: Dispersal behavior, boldness, and the link to invasiveness: A comparison of four Gambusia species (J. Schopf Rehage & Andrew Sih 2004)

a.       Dispersal and Boldness

                                                               i.      Female

                                                             ii.      Experiment Design

                                                            iii.      Measured

                                                           iv.      Results: Graphs

                                                             v.      Conclusion

III.               Study 2: Foraging Behavior and Invasiveness: do invasive Gambusia exhibit higher feeding rates and broader diets than their noninvasive relatives? (J. S. Rehage, B. K. Barnett & A. Sih; 2005)

a.       Foraging

                                                               i.      Female

                                                             ii.      Experiment Design

                                                            iii.      Measured

                                                           iv.      Results: Graphs

                                                             v.      Conclusion

IV.              Proposal

a.       Genetics: Aggressive Gene?

                                                               i.      Chromosomal

                                                             ii.      Mutation

                                                            iii.      Protein

                                                           iv.      Receptor