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

9602967 Dieringer该奖项将资助西伊利诺伊大学的Gregg Dieringer博士对墨西哥哈拉帕生态研究所的Jose Garcia Franco博士的短期访问，以便规划研究并找到合适的物种，以研究高海拔云雾森林和低地热带森林中存在的植物物种的不同适应反应。有人认为，云雾森林的特点是频繁的潮湿和雾气，这对传粉者的觅食活动施加了严格的限制。与其他低热带森林类型相比，云雾森林植物种群可能表现出一些或一些特征，这是传粉者丰度较低的结果。通过这次访问，研究人员打算确定同时出现在山地云层和低地森林中的物种。然后，这些研究物种将提供一个合适的基础，在此基础上进行不同生境下授粉动态的比较研究。***

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. ***