XIII International Pollination Course

• Grant number: 19/11983-1
• Support Opportunities: Organization Grants - Organization of Scientific Meeting
• Start date: September 28, 2019
• End date: October 05, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology
• Principal Investigator: Kayna Agostini
• Grantee: Kayna Agostini
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Agrárias (CCA). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). Araras , SP, Brazil
• City of the host institution: Araras

Abstract

September 28th to October 06th 2019 - Parque Estadual do Rio Preto MG. DAY 28/Sep Travel to Diamantina. DAY 29/Sep Class 1. Study systems in Parque Estadual do Rio Preto; Class 2. History of Pollination Biology and the continuum of specializations (André Rech); Class 3. Floral Attraction & Cognitive Ecology (Vinicius L. G. Brito) - Teórico-Prática; Class 4. Floral Rewards 1 (Leonardo Galetto) - Theory/Practice; Class 5. Flower Rewards 2 - (André Rech) - Theory/Practice; Class 6. Floral Rewards 3- Pollen (Mario Vallejo-Marin) - Theory/Practice; Class 7. Digitalization of data in pollination biology (Antônio Mauro Saraiva). DAY 30/Sep Class 8. Plant Reproduction: mating and reproductive system (Marina Wolowski); Class 9. Heterospecific pollen deposition (Tia-Lynn); Class 10. Pollination Systems (Leandro Freitas/Pietro Maruyama); Class 11. Questions and Experimental Design in Pollination Studies (Leonardo Galetto); Talk A. The role of fire on pollination interactions (Theodora Petanidou); Talk B Integration of pollinators in ecological interaction communities (Ana Traveset). DAY 01/Oct Talk C. Pollination and Landscape Ecology (Patricia Alves Ferreira); Field/Laboratory I. Practical classes in the field and laboratory, including demonstration of methods for pollination studies (All Professors); Project Planning: choice, hypothesis formulation and experimental design - All Professors. DAY 02/Oct Talk D. Buzz pollination: Integrating bee behavior and floral evolution (Mario Vallejo-Marin); Students presentations I. Methods for Pollination Studies. DAY 03/Oct Research project I. Student supervised data collection in the field; Talk E. Pollen limitation from individuals to ecosystem functioning (Tia-Lynn Ashmann). DAY 04/Oct Research project II. Student supervised data collection in the field; Talk F. Crop Pollination and Economy of Pollination Services (Kayna Agostini). DAY 05/Oct Abstract Writing; Final presentations. DAY 06/Oct Travel by bus to Confins Airport (AU)