Media Tip Sheet: Pollination as an Ecosystem Service
Presentations at the 106th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America featuring research on the role of pollinator species in ecosystem health and human livelihoods, and how best to conserve pollinator populations in a changing world.
July 28, 2021
For Immediate Release
Contact: Heidi Swanson, 202-833-8773 ext. 211, gro.asenull@idieh
ESA is offering complimentary registration at the 106th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America for press and institutional public information officers (see credential policy). The meeting will feature live plenaries, panels and Q&A sessions from August 2–6, 2021. To apply for press registration, please contact ESA Public Information Manager Heidi Swanson at gro.asenull@idieh.
All live discussion times are in Pacific Daylight Time (U.S. West Coast).
On-Demand Talks with Live Discussion
Complex responses to plant stress by bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) foragers and impacts on colonial fitness
Live discussion: Tuesday, August 3, 7:00 AM–8:00 AM
Presenter: Caleb Bryan
Reduced precipitation frequency increases pollinator resources in an Australian old-field grassland
Live discussion: Wednesday, August 4, 11:00 AM–12:00 PM
Presenter: Amber Churchill
Ways to improve wild blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium) production sustainably in New Brunswick in partnership with territorial development stakeholders
Live discussion: Tuesday, August 3, 7:00 AM–8:00 AM
Presenter: Alexandra Caissie
Super abundant, non-native honey bees (Apis mellifera) decrease the fitness of native, coastal sage scrub plants in Southern California
Live discussion: Monday, August 2, 8:30 AM–9:30 AM
Presenter: Dillon Travis
Climate change, agriculture and forest conservation: Future land use trade-offs for coffee production in Costa Rica
Live discussion: Monday, August 2, 1:30 PM–2:30 PM
Presenter: Natalia Aristizabal
Plant-pollinator networks under drought perturbation alters generality of interactions
Live discussion: Wednesday, August 4, 2:30 PM–3:30 PM
Presenter: Connor Morozumi
Fire heterogeneity promotes pollinator diversity in southeastern U.S. pine forests
Live discussion: Wednesday, August 4, 1:30 PM–2:30 PM
Presenter: Michael Ulyshen
Agro-ecological photovoltaic gardens: A green deal between sustainable energy, biodiversity and ecosystem services productions
Live discussion: Tuesday, August 3, 7:00 AM–8:00 AM
Presenter: Teodoro Semeraro
Nocturnal and diurnal contribution to pollination in urban community gardens
Live discussion: Wednesday, August 4, 1:30 PM–2:30 PM
Presenter: Nicole Elise Wonderlin
Native floral strips fill seasonal resource gaps supporting pollinators in horticultural settings
Live discussion: Wednesday, August 4, 1:30 PM–2:30 PM
Presenter: Lena Alice Schmidt
Public perceptions of pollinators: A case for more inclusive pollinator conservation initiatives
Live discussion: Monday, August 2, 2:30 PM–3:30 PM
Presenter: Katherine Burns
Experimental warming and drought diminish the ability of prairies to support pollinators at Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve
Live discussion: Wednesday, August 4, 11:00 AM–12:00 PM
Presenter: Maggie Anderson
The influence of ecological complexity on the interactions between key ecosystem services
Live discussion: Wednesday, August 4, 1:30 PM–2:30 PM
Presenter: Chatura Vaidya
Cross-scale social drivers of yard vegetative outcomes in the American residential macrosystem
Live discussion: Wednesday, August 4, 2:30 PM–3:30 PM
Presenter: Aaron Grade
Assessment of supporting services from urban lawns versus meadows: Implications of urban greenspace management for ecosystem multifunctionality
Live discussion: Tuesday, August 3, 1:30 PM–2:30 PM
Presenter: Shishir Paudel
Mapping and assessment of pollination services on crops of Citrullus lanatus and Physalis ixocarpa in the coastal region of Jalisco, Mexico
Live discussion: Tuesday, August 3, 1:30 PM–2:30 PM
Presenter: Oliverio Delgado-Carrillo
Species pool influences on the stochasticity of local community assembly: An experimental test with nectar microbes
Live discussion: Thursday, August 5, 7:00 AM–8:00 AM
Presenter: Leslie Decker
Land use and climate change interact to drive steep insect declines
Live discussion: Wednesday, August 4, 11:00 AM–12:00 PM
Presenter: Tim Newbold
Genotype, herbivory, and mycorrhizae interact to shape plant functional traits
Live discussion: Thursday, August 5, 1:30 PM–2:30 PM
Presenter: Mary Jamieson
Desert bee and rodent assemblages track climate variability
Live discussion: Tuesday, August 3, 7:00 AM–8:00 AM
Presenter: Melanie Kazenel
Linking plant-pollinator networks with traits to understand interaction variation
Live discussion: Tuesday, August 3, 1:30 PM–2:30 PM
Presenter: Laura Burkle
Engaging Citizens in Butterfly Science in Tennessee
Live discussion: Thursday, August 5, 11:00 AM–12:00 PM
Presenter: Steve McGaffin
Can photosurveys track bee diversity? The successes and challenges of an urban community science program: Shutterbee
Live discussion: Thursday, August 5, 11:00 AM–12:00 PM
Presenter: Nicole Miller-Struttmann
On-Demand Posters with Live Discussion
Nectar bacteria stimulate pollen germination and bursting to enhance their fitness
Live discussion: Monday, August 2, 9:30 AM–10:30 AM
Presenter: Shawn Christensen
On their best behavior: Does conservation weaken effects of urbanization on bee visitation networks?
Live discussion: Wednesday, August 4, 3:30 PM–4:30 PM
Presenter: Jessica Clones
Can powerline corridors provide pollinator habitat in a suburban landscape matrix?
Live discussion: Tuesday, August 3, 9:30 AM–10:30 AM
Presenter: Sheryl Hosler
Bee communities throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area: Time, area and management
Live discussion: Tuesday, August 3, 9:30 AM–10:30 AM
Presenter: Emily Morris
Recent climate change is creating hotspots of butterfly increase and decline across North America
Live discussion: Monday, August 2, 9:30 AM–10:30 AM
Presenter: Lauren Berry
Oleander aphid dynamics affect monarch butterfly egg abundance on milkweed host plants
Live discussion: Monday, August 2, 3:30 PM–4:30 PM
Presenter: Katie LaPlante
Are temporal trends in bee and non-bee abundance similar in Plymouth County, MA?
Live discussion: Tuesday, August 3, 3:30 PM–4:30 PM
Presenter: Wes Walsh
Lethal collection of bumble bees (Bombus spp.) accelerates despite conservation concern
Live discussion: Thursday, August 5, 9:30 AM–10:30 AM
Presenter: Zachary Miller
Genera-specific analysis of wild bees in an urban ecosystem
Live discussion: Wednesday, August 4, 3:30 PM–4:30 PM
Presenter: Matthew Healy
How does landscape context influence pollination by wild bees in coffee farming landscapes?
Live discussion: Thursday, August 5, 11:00 AM–12:00 PM
Presenter: Leslie Spencer
Effects of small-scale habitat restoration on genetic diversity and connectivity in bee populations
Live discussion: Thursday, August 5, 1:30 PM–2:30 PM
Presenter: Hannah Hayes
Earlier snowmelt and reduced summer precipitation alter floral traits important to pollination
Live discussion: Thursday, August 5, 7:00 AM–8:00 AM
Presenter: John Powers
Restoration of bee communities in coastal sand ecosystem in Israel
Live discussion: Thursday, August 5, 12:00 PM–1:00 PM
Presenter: Karmit Levy
Predicted thresholds for natural vegetation cover to safeguard pollination services to crops in agricultural landscapes
Live discussion: Thursday, August 5, 1:30 PM–2:30 PM
Presenter: Arnob Chatterjee
Cacao pollination services are driven by pollen deposition, shade management and forest proximity
Live discussion: Thursday, August 5, 1:30 PM–2:30 PM
Presenter: Justine Vansynghel
Exploring effects of arthropod-infecting pathogens on pollination: A meta-analysis
Live discussion: Thursday, August 5, 3:30 PM–4:30 PM
Presenter: Rover Bernhard
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