U.S.-Mexico Workshop on Evolution, Ecology and Conservation of Columnar Cacti and Their Mutualists; Tehuacan City, MX, June 28-July 3, 1998

9802627弗莱明这一美国-墨西哥奖项将支持在墨西哥特瓦坎举行的关于柱状仙人掌及其共生者的进化、生态和保护的研究研讨会，该地区靠近仙人掌密度和多样性高的地区。研讨会由迈阿密大学的Theodore Fleming教授和墨西哥国立自治大学(UNAM)的Alfonso Valiente-Banuet教授组织，将有美国、墨西哥、委内瑞拉和哥伦比亚研究柱状仙人掌及其互助者的主要研究人员参加，并将以口头陈述、海报会议以及正式和非正式讨论为特色。柱状仙人掌通常是美国西南部、墨西哥、南美洲北部和安第斯山脉以及加勒比海地区广大干旱地区的优势植物和最重要的生态植物。这些植物为许多种类的动物提供食物和栖息地，包括候鸟和受保护的蝙蝠。讲习班的参加者将介绍他们的研究成果，并为一本书作贡献，这本书将由讲习班会议的两个组织者编辑。***

9802627 Fleming This US-Mexico award will support a research workshop on the evolution, ecology, and conservation of columnar cacti and their mutualists to be held in Tehuacan, Mexico, near an area of high cactus density and diversity. Organized by Prof. Theodore Fleming of the University of Miami and Prof. Alfonso Valiente-Banuet of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the workshop will involve major researchers studying columnar cacti and their mutualists in the United States, Mexico, Venezuela, and Colombia, and will feature oral presentations, poster sessions, and formal and informal discussions. Columnar cacti often are the dominant and ecologically most important plants over vast areas in arid regions of the southwestern United States, Mexico, northern and Andean South America, and the Caribbean. These plants provide food and shelter for many species of animals, including migratory birds and bats of conservation concern. Participants at the workshop will present results of their research and contribute to a book to be edited by the two organizers of the workshop proceedings. ***