- Contributed Oral Session 101: Biogeochemistry
Wednesday, August 10, 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM, Meeting Room 520 A, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal
ESA Public Affairs Committee Meeting
Tuesday, August 9, 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM, Meeting Room 512 B, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal
ESA Vegetation Classification Panel Business Meeting
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Ecology / Ecological Monographs Editors Meeting
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ESA Research Committee Meeting
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ESA International Relations Committee Meeting
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ESA Biogeosciences Section Grad Student Breakfast
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Federation of the Americas
Wednesday, August 10, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM,
VIP awards Recipient / Governing Board Reception (Invitation Only)
Monday, August 8, 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM, Belvedere Patio 715, Level 7, Palais des congrès de Montréal
Contributed Oral Session 87: Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Species: Flora; Habitat
Wednesday, August 10, 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM, Meeting Room 522 A, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal
FT - 13: Charlevoix, an ecotouristic visit (Three nights)
, 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM, Viger Bus Terminal, Palais des congrès de Montréal
Contributed Oral Session 67: Fire Ecology: Restoration and Dynamics
Tuesday, August 9, 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM, Meeting Room 520 C, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal
WK - 11: Tidball: Ecology education: Global cooperation and perspectives
Sunday, August 7, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Meeting Room 511 C, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal
WK - 2: Krasny: Teaching ecology in urban gardens
Saturday, August 6, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Meeting Room 513 C, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal
Variation in pollinator service to restored experimental wildflower patches differing in species richness.
Forup, Mikael*,1, Handel, Steven1, 1 Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
ABSTRACT- Individual species of pollinators vary in response to landscape patchiness. This has implications for ecological restoration projects, which must reinstate adequate levels of pollination for the target plant community to persist. Here we investigate how pollinator service is affected by the planting design in the ecological restoration of a woodland wildflower community. Keeping patch size constant, we compared three planting treatments: 1) monocultures, 2) mixes of 3 plant species, and 3) mixes of 6 plant species. We recorded pollinator activity across all treatments and obtained voucher specimens, which were identified and sampled for pollen. Monocultures flowered copiously for a short time, whereas mixed plots offered fewer floral resources but for a longer time. As a consequence, patterns of insect visitation and pollen movement were markedly different across the treatments. We discuss the practical implications for ecological restoration.
Key words: Restoration, Pollination, Flower visitation, Pollen transport