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DESCRIPTION:Dr. Robert Gegear\, founder of the Gegear Lab at UMass Dartmout
 h\, will be our keynote speaker. The lab studies factors influencing the 
 dynamic interplay between pollinators and the flowering plants that they s
 ervice.  Their current research projects address such questions as:  Wha
 t is the functional significance of floral display complexity? Why do fora
 ging preferences vary among pollinator species? What are the causes and co
 nsequences of global pollinator decline? How effective are different resto
 ration and conservation strategies for native pollination systems?   To 
 address these questions\, they use highly integrative experimental approac
 hes that combine concepts and methodologies from fields such as animal beh
 avior\, human psychology\, molecular biology\, community ecology\, and com
 putational biology.  They primarily use bumblebees (Bombus spp.) because 
 they have evolved the cognitive capacity to flexibly track food resources 
 (nectar and pollen) in complex multi-sensory floral environments\; they ha
 ve rich co-evolutionary relationships with many native flowering plant spe
 cies\; they are highly amenable to experimental study of behavior under la
 boratory and field conditions\; they play a critical role in maintaining e
 cosystem health and biodiversity\; and they are easily identified to the s
 pecies level under natural conditions by citizen scientists.  Don't miss 
 this fascinating talk on important research being done right here in Massa
 chusetts! Click on the link to the right to register (use GUEST if you don
 't know or don't have log in info).  ALL ARE WELCOME 
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SUMMARY:Climate Cafe: Pollinator Research at Umass
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong><span style="font-family:times new 
 roman\,times\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;">Dr. Robert Gegear\, 
 founder of the Gegear Lab at UMass Dartmouth\, will be our keynote speaker
 .</span></span></strong></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-family:times new roma
 n\,times\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-size:1
 6px\;">The lab&nbsp\;</span><font color="#2a2a2a" style="color: rgb(42\, 4
 2\, 42)\; font-family: Lato\; font-size: 18px\; text-align: justify\;">stu
 dies factors influencing the dynamic interplay between pollinators and the
  flowering plants that they service.&nbsp\; Their current research project
 s address such questions as:&nbsp\; What is the functional significance of
  floral display complexity? Why do foraging preferences vary among pollina
 tor species? What are the causes and consequences of global pollinator dec
 line? How effective are different restoration and conservation strategies 
 for native pollination systems?</font><span style="color: rgb(42\, 42\, 42
 )\; text-align: justify\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</span><span style="text-align: j
 ustify\; color: rgb(21\, 30\, 36)\;">To address these questions\, they use
  highly integrative experimental approaches that combine concepts and meth
 odologies from fields such as animal behavior\, human psychology\, molecul
 ar biology\, community ecology\, and computational biology.&nbsp\;<br />\n
 <br />\nThey primarily use bumblebees (</span><em style="position: relativ
 e\; font-family: Lato\; font-size: 18px\; text-align: justify\; color: rgb
 (21\, 30\, 36)\;">Bombus spp.</em><span style="text-align: justify\; color
 : rgb(21\, 30\, 36)\;">) because they have evolved the cognitive capacity 
 to flexibly track food resources (nectar and pollen) in complex multi-sens
 ory floral environments\; they have rich co-evolutionary relationships wit
 h many native flowering plant species\; they are highly amenable to experi
 mental study of behavior under laboratory and field conditions\; they play
  a critical role in maintaining ecosystem health and biodiversity\; and th
 ey are easily identified to the species level under natural conditions by 
 citizen scientists.&nbsp\;</span></span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="fon
 t-family:times new roman\,times\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><
 span style="text-align: justify\; color: rgb(21\, 30\, 36)\;">Don&#39\;t m
 iss this fascinating talk on important research being done right here in M
 assachusetts! </span></span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-family:tim
 es new roman\,times\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="
 text-align: justify\; color: rgb(21\, 30\, 36)\;">Click on the link to the
  right to register (use GUEST if you don&#39\;t know or don&#39\;t have lo
 g in info).&nbsp\; ALL ARE WELCOME</span></span></span></p>\n
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