PLANT – INSECT INTERACTIONS GROUP (PIIG) SEMINAR

PLANT – INSECT INTERACTIONS GROUP (PIIG) SEMINAR
Monday, 4:30 – 5:30 PM
Room: BioPharm 2nd floor 203 (2nd floor fishbowl)

 Jan 23
Organizational meeting – The little and big things that run the world

Papers for discussion:

Wilson, Edward O. “The little things that run the world (the importance and conservation of invertebrates)”. Conservation Biology (1987): 344-346.

Terborgh, John. “The big things that run the world—a sequel to EO Wilson.” Conservation Biology 2.4 (1988): 402-403.

 Jan 30
The assembly of plant – insect interactions
Ehrlich, Paul R., and Peter H. Raven. “Butterflies and plants: a study in coevolution.” Evolution (1964): 586-608.

Agosta, Salvatore J., and Jeffrey A. Klemens. “Ecological fitting by phenotypically flexible genotypes: implications for species associations, community assembly and evolution.” Ecology Letters 11, no. 11 (2008): 1123-1134.

 Complementary paper ( Response of Janzen to Ehrlich and Raven)
Janzen, Daniel H. “When is it coevolution.” Evolution 34, no. 3 (1980): 611-612.

Discussion by: Katie and Kristen

Concepts to keep in mind for the discussion:
Coevolution, resource tracking, ecological fitting

 Feb 6

Herbivory
Plant defense (plant perspective)

Coley, Phyllis D., John P. Bryant, and F. Stuart Chapin III. “Resource availability and plant antiherbivore defense.” Science 230 (1985): 895-900.

Fine, P. V., Mesones, I., & Coley, P. D. (2004). Herbivores promote habitat specialization by trees in Amazonian forests. science, 305(5684), 663-665.

 Concepts to keep in mind for the discussion:
Theory of the escape, Resource availability theory

Discussion by: Kristen and Amy

Feb 13

Animal offense (what is a generalist?)

Barrett, L. G., & Heil, M. (2012). Unifying concepts and mechanisms in the specificity of plant–enemy interactions. Trends in plant science, 17(5), 282-292.

Discussion by: Cera and Carlos

Feb 20 (President’s day)

Multitrophic interactions

Schemske, D. W., & Horvitz, C. C. (1988). Plant-animal interactions and fruit production in a neotropical herb: a path analysis. Ecology, 69(4), 1128-1137.

García-Robledo, C., Kattan, G., Murcia, C., & Quintero-Marín, P. (2005). Equal and opposite effects of floral offer and spatial distribution on fruit production and predispersal seed predation in Xanthosoma daguense (Araceae). Biotropica, 37(3), 373-380.

Discussion by: Katie and Carlos

Concepts to keep in mind for the discussion:
Path analysis, structural equation modeling

Feb 27

The day of the weird (overview of plant-insect herbivore systems)

Heil, Martin, et al. 2014 “Partner manipulation stabilises a horizontally transmitted mutualism.” Ecology letters 17.2 (2014): 185-192. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/11/131106-ants-tree-acacia-food-mutualism/

And contributions by all of us

Discussion by: Nora

March 6

Pollination

Evolution of insect pollination (From generalization to specialization?)

Armbruster, W.S., 2016. The specialization continuum in pollination systems: diversity of concepts and implications for ecology, evolution and conservation. Functional Ecology. 31, 88–100

Discussion by: Jacob and Tanner

March 13 Spring break

March 20

Pollination from the plant perspective

Lunau, K., & Wester, P. (2016). Mimicry and Deception in Pollination. Advances in Botanical Research.
 

Discussion by: Lauren

March 27

Pollination from the pollinator perspective

Van der Niet, T., Peakall, R. and Johnson, S.D., 2014. Pollinator-driven ecological speciation in plants: new evidence and future perspectives. Annals of Botany, 113(2), pp.199-212.

Discussion by: John and Tanner

April 3

The day of the weird (overview of plant-insect pollination systems)

O’Hanlon, James C., Gregory I. Holwell, and Marie E. Herberstein. 2013. Pollinator deception in the orchid mantis. The American Naturalist 183, no. 1: 126-132.

Discussion by: Liz

April 10

Seed dispersal by insect

Handel, S.N. and Beattie, A.J., 1990. Seed dispersal by ants. Scientific American, 263, pp.76-83A.

Andresen, E. and Feer, F., 2005. The role of dung beetles as secondary seed dispersers and their effect on plant regeneration in tropical rainforests. Seed fate: Predation, dispersal and seedling establishment, pp.331-349.
 

Discussion by: Liz and Lauren

April 17

The use as misuse of network theory

Thébault, E. and Fontaine, C., 2010. Stability of ecological communities and the architecture of mutualistic and trophic networks. Science, 329(5993), pp.853-856.

Discussion by: Nora

April 24

TBA

Discussion by: Amy and John

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