U.S.-Mexico Planning Visit: Pollinator Abundance and Plant-pollinator Interactions

9602967 Dieringer该奖项将支持西伊利诺伊大学的Gregg Dieringer博士对墨西哥Xalapa生态研究所的Jose Garcia Franco博士进行短期访问，以规划研究并确定合适的物种，以研究高海拔云雾林和低地热带森林中植物物种的不同适应反应。有人认为，云雾林的特征——潮湿和雾的频繁发作严重限制了传粉昆虫的觅食活动。与其他热带低层森林类型相比，云雾林植物种群可能表现出由于传粉媒介丰度较低而导致的数量或特征。通过这次访问，调查人员打算确定出现在山地云和低地森林中的物种。这些研究物种将为在不同生境中进行传粉动态的比较研究提供一个合适的基础。＊＊＊

9602967 Dieringer This award will support a short-term visit by Dr. Gregg Dieringer of Western Illinois University to Dr. Jose Garcia Franco of the Instituto de Ecologia in Xalapa, Mexico in order to plan research and locate suitable species for a study of different adaptive responses by plant species present in high elevation cloud forests and lowland tropical forests. It has been suggested that frequent episodes of moisture and fog, characteristic of cloud forests, place severe restrictions on the foraging activity of pollinators. Compared with other lower tropical forest types, cloud forest plant populations may exhibit a number or characteristics that result from a lower pollinator abundance. With this visit, the investigators intend to identify species that occur in both montane cloud and lowland forests. These study species will then provide a suitable base from which to engage in a comparative study of pollination dynamics in different habitats. ***