[Pollinator] Fwd: Symposium re Pollination Down Under

[Peter Bernhardt]

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From: Graham Pyke <Graham.Pyke at uts.edu.au>
Date: Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 9:26 PM
Subject: Symposium re Pollination Down Under
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 Dear Colleague,



I am writing to you now to see if you, or someone you know, might be
interested in participating in a Symposium on Pollination Down Under during
an Annual Conference of the Australian Ecological Society.



I am sure you would agree that pollination is an essential and major
ecosystem function for the Australian region and elsewhere. However, the
current level of down-under research in this area seems relatively low
compared with previously and with the rest of the world, and there is no
longer an active collective of Australasian pollination ecologists. A
symposium could reveal the extent of current pollination research in this
area, how important it is, and where it might be headed.



Potential topics include:

·        Pollination as an ecosystem function

·        Pollinator declines

·        Effects of introduced honeybees and bumblebees

·        Effects of climate change

·        Plant-pollinator co-evolution

·        Pollination mechanisms



Such a symposium has been approved for the 2015 ESA Annual Conference, but
I have realised that I really left it too late to get going with rounding
up potential participants.



I am therefore now seeking interest in the 2016 ESA Annual Conference.



So please let me know if you, or someone you know, possibly a student or
colleague, might be interested in participating in such a symposium.



Please also look at the distribution list for this email and get back to me
if you notice that I have omitted anyone.



Regards,



Graham





Dr Graham H. Pyke

Distinguished Professor

School of Life Sciences

University of Technology Sydney

e: Graham.Pyke at uts.edu.au



Co-founder (with Prof Paul Ehrlich, Stanford University) of UTS-based
Sustainability Central

Website: sustainabilitycentral.com.au

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