Pollinator Diversity in Urban, Agricultural, and Native Landscapes

Tuesday, December 15, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:25 PM
Indiana F-G, First Floor (Marriott Hotel)
Organizer :
Marla Spivak
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
2:05 PM
The impact of ecological and historical factors on patterns of bee diversity
Robert Minckley, University of Rochester; Bryan N. Danforth, Cornell University
2:35 PM
What do we know about urban bee diversity and ecology?
Gordon W. Frankie, University of California-Berkeley; Robbin W. Thorp, University of California; J. Pawelek, University of California-Berkeley; J. Hernandez, University of California-Berkeley; M. Rizzardi, Humboldt State University; R. Coville, N/A
3:05 PM
Human disturbance and conservation of bees
Rachael Winfree, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
3:35 PM
Break
3:50 PM
Response of wild bees to landscape change and it implications for pollination services
Neal Williams, University of California; Claire Kremen, University of California, Berkeley
4:50 PM
Putting pollinator habitat on the ground: science, policy and education
Mace Vaughan, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
5:20 PM
Concluding Remarks
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