[Pollinator] ESA 2016 Symposium on Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of Pollination by Vertebrates

[Peter Bernhardt]

Dear Dave:

Sorry but I can't attend this one.  My sabbatical in Australia ended 5
weeks ago.  However, there are enough members in the following two list
serves that it's likely you may pick up some North American hummingbird,
bat and passerine people.  Let me say to the members of these list serves
that Fremantle is a delightful place and you have not lived until you've
seen Western Australia in early summer and had a good look at the native
flora and bird life.  I'm sure my research partner, Dr Retha Edens-Meier
agrees.

Peter

On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 9:36 PM, Dave Roberts <dave.roberts at uwa.edu.au>
wrote:

> Dear colleague,
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> I write to inform you that a Symposium on *‘Ecological and Evolutionary
> Consequences of Pollination by Vertebrates’* has been approved as part of
> the scientific program for the *Ecological Society of Australia Annual
> Conference (Diversity: Pattern, Process and Prospects), 28 November – 2
> December 2016, Fremantle, Western Australia*.  If you, or someone you
> know, might be interested in participating in such a meeting, abstracts can
> be submitted up until July 15th 2016.  Please refer to the ESA website for
> further information (http://www.esa2016.org.au/).
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> *Symposium details:*
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> The spectacular diversity of colours, morphologies, and arrangement of
> flowers are an evolutionary response by plants to the foraging of animals
> and the outcome of selection for optimal pollination. Plant-pollinator
> interactions are dynamic in space and time and the outcomes of pollination
> are context dependent. Different insects, birds, mammals, lizards and bats
> all vary in their ability to pollinate and disperse pollen. The outcome for
> plant mating is influenced by pollinator foraging behaviour versus resource
> allocation by plants to achieve pollination. Multidisciplinary research
> that combines traditional observational studies, capture-mark-recapture and
> pollen load analysis with ecological genetic studies involving field
> experimentation provides the most powerful approach to study
> plant-pollinator interactions. In this symposium, ecological geneticists,
> animal behaviourists, and pollination biologists will proffer new research
> findings that (i) highlight the role of pollinator behaviour for plant
> mating and the generation of genetically diverse progeny arrays; (ii) use
> plant phylogenies together with assessment of pollination guild to
> highlight the frequency of occurrence of transitions from ancestral insect
> pollinators to vertebrate pollinators; (iii) employ on-ground survey,
> tracking, or behavioural observations of interactions of vertebrate
> pollinators that may be of consequence for the plants on which they feed
> and pollinate. Our goal is to showcase (with 5 - 15 minute presentations) a
> new integration between genetic studies of plants and behavioural studies
> of their pollinators to expand knowledge about the eco-evol dynamics of
> plant-pollinator interactions, and initiate renewed enthusiasm for
> pollination research, and opportunities for collaboration.
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> Please let me or A/Prof Siegy Krauss (Kings Park and Botanic Gardens) know
> if you or someone you know might be interested in participating in such a
> meeting, or simply upload your abstract for consideration.  Please also
> forward this email to students or colleagues that, if you notice, I have
> omitted from the distribution list.
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> I look forward to seeing you in Fremantle.
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> Cheers,
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> Dave
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> Dr David G. Roberts BM
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