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Bat-plant interactions: ecological processes and evolutionary implications
Organizers : Mickaël Henry (mickael.henry -at- bioguiana.org) and Kathryn E. Stoner (kstoner -at- oikos.unam.mx)
The overarching goal of the symposium is to provide concrete examples of interaction processes between bats and plants. The phenology, productivity and distribution pattern of plants influence foraging decisions of bats and the assemblage rules of bat communities. Furthermore, bat foraging strategies determine the movement of pollen and seeds over a landscape. These interactions are sometimes mutualistic, but not always. The symposium will begin with a series of papers that look specifically at the relationship between flowers and the bats that pollinate them. These papers will present information on bat nectarivore selection preferences, as well as evolutionary constrains (behavioural and physiological) on nectarivore selection. The second group of symposium papers will focus on bat-fruit interactions. Adaptative strategies of bats and plants will be discussed within an ecological and evolutionary frame.
Choeroniscus godmani. Alex Borisenko © Royal Ontario Museum