97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012)

Thursday, August 9, 2012: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

F149, Oregon Convention Center

8:00 AM

COS 143-1

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

COS 143-2

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

COS 143-3

Old World fruit and nectar bats: Comparing the interactions of bat-pollinated plants with facultative versus obligate pollinators
Alyssa B. Stewart, University of Maryland; Michele R. Dudash, University of Maryland

9:00 AM

COS 143-4

Pollinator diversity and short-term foraging specialization
Berry J. Brosi, Emory University; Heather Mae Briggs, University of California, Santa Cruz

9:20 AM Cancelled

COS 143-5

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

COS 143-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 143-6

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

COS 143-7

Predicting the effects of flower density on pollinator species composition
Carla J. Essenberg, University of California-Riverside

10:30 AM

COS 143-8

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

COS 143-9

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

COS 143-10

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

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COS 143 - Pollination II