U.S.-French Joint Seminar: The Reproductive Biology of the Genus Ficus in Seasonal Environments, University of Miami, April, 1988

该奖项将支持美国-法国关于季节环境中无花果属繁殖生物学的联合研讨会。研讨会将由迈阿密大学科勒尔盖布尔斯分校的Doyle McKey教授和法国蒙彼利埃国家科学研究中心的Unite de Biologie des Popular et des Peuements的Finn Kjellberg博士组织。榕属独特的生殖生物学与特定物种的无花果黄蜂授粉有关，将其大多数代表限制在植物和黄蜂都可以全年繁殖活跃的地区，不受寒冷季节的限制。因此，大多数物种都位于热带环境中。然而，在地中海地区和亚热带的佛罗里达州南部，尽管是一个明显的寒冷季节，但仍然可以找到无花果属的边远物种。本次研讨会将探讨这些物种对季节性环境的适应之间的相似之处和差异。主题还将包括生殖物候的调整与无花果和无花果-黄蜂生物学的其他方面之间的关系。这次研讨会将是协调全世界无花果/无花果黄蜂互惠共生研究工作的重要一步，这一系统对种群生物学的理论和实证研究做出了重大贡献。

This award will support a U.S.-France Joint Seminar on the Reproductive Biology of the Genus Ficus in Seasonal Environments. The seminar will be organized by Prof. Doyle McKey of the University of Miami, Coral Gables, and Dr. Finn Kjellberg of the Unite de Biologie des Populations et des Peuplements, National Center for Scientific Research, Montpellier, France. The peculiar reproductive biology of the genus Ficus, tied to pollination by species-specific fig wasps, limits most of its representatives to regions where both the plant and wasps can be reproductively active year-round, unrestricted by cold seasons. Most of the species are therefore located in tropical environments. However, in areas of the Mediterranean and in subtropical southern Florida, outlying species of Ficus can be found, despite a marked cold season. This seminar will explore parallels and contrasts between adaptations of these species to seasonal environments. Topics will also include the relationships between adjustments in reproductive phenology and other aspects of fig and fig-wasp biology. This seminar will be an important step in coordinating research efforts worldwide on fig/fig wasp mutualism, a system that has contributed significantly to theoretical and empirical studies in population biology.