COS 143 - Pollination II

Thursday, August 9, 2012: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
F149, Oregon Convention Center
8:00 AM
 A guide for thwarting robbers? The possible benefits of nectar guides to plants and bees
Anne S. Leonard, University of Nevada Reno; Anna Dornhaus, University of Arizona; Daniel R. Papaj, University of Arizona
8:20 AM
 Bigger is better: Size of tropical forest patches, not total forest cover, is associated with pollination of an understory herb
Adam S. Hadley, Oregon State University; W. Douglas Robinson, Oregon State University; Sarah J. K. Frey, Oregon State University; Matthew G. Betts, Oregon State University
8:40 AM
9:00 AM
 Pollinator diversity and short-term foraging specialization
Berry J. Brosi, Emory University; Heather Mae Briggs, University of California, Santa Cruz
9:20 AM Cancelled
 Land use supplementation on the colony vigor of a tropical stingless bee
Laura Avila, University of Florida; H. Glenn Hall, University of Florida; Eduardo Herrera González, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 Microbial mediation of pollinator foraging behavior
Robert N. Schaeffer, Dartmouth College; Jessamyn S. Manson, University of Alberta; Rebecca E. Irwin, Dartmouth College
10:10 AM
 Predicting the effects of flower density on pollinator species composition
Carla J. Essenberg, University of California-Riverside
10:30 AM
 Perceptual bias in floral mimicry: Visual cues
Bitty A. Roy, University of Oregon; Aleah Davis, University of Oregon; Tobias Policha, University of Oregon; Melinda R. Barnadas, Magpie Studio: Fabrication for Art and Science; Bryn T.M. Dentinger, Jodrell Laboratory Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
10:50 AM
 Life history and resource distributions determine bee sensitivity to landuse change
Neal M. Williams, University of California; Eric Lonsdorf, University of Minnesota; Jessica Forrest, University of California, Davis
11:10 AM
 Pollinator species richness is correlated to flowering plant richness: A meta-analysis
Caroline M. Devan, New Jersey's Science and Technology University; Daniel E. Bunker, New Jersey Institute of Technology