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Back
row (l-r):
Finn Kjellberg, Rhett D. Harrison, Martine
Hossaert-McKey, Rodrigo Agusto Santinelo Pereira,
Rui-Wu Wang, Jean-Yves Rasplus, Ji-Yue Chen,
Jun-Ming Guan, Yi-Zhu Chen
4th row
(l-r):
Xiao-Bo Xie, Monika Zavodna,
Nina
Ronsted,
Yong
Chen, Priya Darsanan Dharma Rajan, Zhi-Hui Su,
Renee M. Borges, Xiao-Cheng Jia,
Motoaki Kinoshita
3rd
row (l-r):
Steve Compton, Feng-Ping Zhang, Shi-Wei Zhai, Yi Zhao, Wen-Juan Ma, Magali
Proffit, Li-Fen Bai, Chun Chen, Yan Chen, Fa-Jian Xu, Lei Xu, Zong-Bo Li
2nd
row (l-r):
Hui-Ping
Zhou,
Yaowanit Tarachai,
Chusie Trisonthi,
Lien-Siang
Chou, Yan-Qiong Peng, Shu-Ling Lin, Jin-Yan Yao, Hui Yu, Ying-Ru Chen,
Rong-Chien
Lin, Pei Yang
Front row
(l-r):
Da-Rong Yang, Edward Allen Herre |
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The Seventh International Fig Symposium
was held at Xishuangbanna
Tropical Botanical Garden from 23-26 July 2006. The symposium was
arranged to follow immediately after the annual meeting of the Association
for Tropical Biology & Conservation, which was also held at
Xishuangbanna, so that participants could easily attend both.
Venue:
Xishuangbanna
Tropical
Botanical Garden
(XTBG),
Yunnan
, China
Organizing committee:
Yan-Qiong Peng, Jean-Yves Rasplus and Rhett Harrison
General Program
23 July (Sunday): Arrival of participants, registration, and evening reception.
24 July (Monday): Opening ceremony, presentations, and afternoon tour of figs in
Green Stone forest.
25 July (Tuesday): Presentations
and evening BBQ.
26 July
(Wednesday): Presentations, discussion and closing ceremony. Afternoon tour of
figs in rainforest and Dai villages, and symposium dinner.
27 July (Thursday): Tour of local scenic spots
Dai
Garden and other sites of natural history
interest.
Stay
at JingHong city.
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Scientific
program
24 July 2006
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Opening Remarks
Da-Rong Yang
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08:00
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Keynote address:
Morphological adaptation in Agaonidae
Jean-Yves Rasplus
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09:00
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1st plenary session: Ecology of non-pollinating
fig wasps
Chaired by Jean-Yves Rasplus
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09:00
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The effect of parasitism and apparent competition on the
pollinators of Eupristina verticillata in the figs of Ficus
microcarpa
Ying-Ru Chen, Lien-Siang Chou & Wen-Jer Wu
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09:30
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Oviposition mode in parasitic fig wasps, genus Idarnes
Rodrigo A. S. Pereira & Larissa G. Elias
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10:00
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Break and poster session
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10:30
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Chemical cues, specificity and ecological niche segregation
of species parasitizing fig/pollinating wasp mutualisms
Magali Proffit, Bertrand Schatz, Renée Borges & Martine
Hossaert-McKey
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11:00
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Negative feedback prevents exploiters from destabilizing
mutualism
Zuo-dong Wei & Da-Rong Yang
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11:30
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Colonization sequence of fig wasps associated to Ficus
citrifolia in Brazil
Larissa G. Elias & Rodrigo A. S. Pereira
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12:00
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The role of non-pollinators in the mutualistic relationship
between Ficus and its pollinator
Hsy-Yu Tzeng, Li-Jung Tseng, Chern-Hsiung Ou, King-Cherng Lu &
Fu-Yuan Lu
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12:30
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Ecology of non-pollinating fig wasps: Discussion
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12:45
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Lunch
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14:00
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Tour of figs in Green Stone Forest
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19:00
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Tradition Dai style dinner
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25 July 2006
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08:00
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Keynote address: Co-evolutionary consequences of multiple
pollinator species per host
Allen Herre
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09:00
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2nd Plenary session: Evolutionary ecology of
figs and fig wasps
Chaired by Allen Herre
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09:00
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A global 5-gene phylogeny of Ficus: problems and
prospects
N. Rønsted, V. Savolainen & G. D. Weiblen
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09:30
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Breakdown of one-to-one species-specificity between figs
and their pollinators inferred from molecular phylogenetic analyses of
Mexican fig-pollinating wasps
Zhi-Hui Su, Hitoshi Iino, Ken Oyama & Keiko Nakamura
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10:00
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Break and poster session
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10:30
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Evolutionary and ecological perspectives on species
specificity, host switching, and coevolution among New World pollinating
and non-pollinating fig wasps
Wendy A. Marussich & Carlos A. Machado
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11:00
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Molecular phylogenetic analysis of figs and fig-pollinating
wasps in Japanese islands: Test for the specificity-breakdown hypothesis
Hiroshi Azuma, Keiko Nakamura & Zhi-Hui Su
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11:30
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Population dynamics of two pollinators on Ficus
altissima in Xishuangbanna, Southwestern China
Yan-Qiong Peng, Zhu-Biao Duan, Da-Rong Yang & Jean-Yves Rasplus
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12:00
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The evolution of active and passive pollination of Ficus
Finn Kjellberg
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12:30
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Fig-fig wasp evolutionary ecology: Discussion
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12:45
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Lunch
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25 July 2006
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14:00
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3rd Plenary session: Stability of the fig–fig
pollinator interactions
Chaired by Finn Kjellberg
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14:00
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Pollinator attraction and intersexual mimicry in dioecious
fig species
Martine Hossaert-McKey, Jean-Marie Bessière, Magali Proffit, Chen Chun
& Renée M. Borges
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14:30
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Additional stabilising mechanism in the fig-wasp mutualism:
variable offspring quality and variable styled-flower
Xiao-cheng Jia, Ying-qiang Wang, Liu-yuan Zeng & Yi-zhu Chen
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15:00
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Functional relationships between a fig tree and its
pollinators
Yaowanit Tarachai, Stephen G. Compton & Chusie Trisonthi
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15:30
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The trade-off between altruists: A non-linear model
examined against the fig/fig wasp mutualism
Rui-Wu Wang, Lei Shi, Tiao-Jun Xiao, Douglas W Yu & Shi-Meng Ai
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16:00
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Stability of fig-fig pollinator interactions: Discussion
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16:15
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Break and poster session
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16:30
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4th Plenary session: Population genetics of fig
and fig wasps
Chaired by Rhett D. Harrison
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16:30
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Genetic structure of island and mainland populations of Ficus
pumila, a functionally dioecious species
Jin-Min Gu & Xiao-Yong Chen
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17:00
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Pollinating fig wasps: genetic consequences of island
recolonization
Monika Zavodna, Paul Arens, Peter J. Van Dijk,
Tukirin Partomihardjo & Ben Vosman
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17:30
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Experimental studies of hybrid fig trees
Steve Compton, Yaowanit Tarachai & Liz Collins
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18:00
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Population genetics of fig and fig wasps: Discussion
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19:00
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BBQ in XTBG
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26 July 2006
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08:30
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5th Plenary session: Fig phenology
Chaired by Steven Compton
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08:30
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Diverse phenological strategies among hemi-epiphytic figs
in Borneo
Rhett D. Harrison
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09:00
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Within-tree flowering phenology of two monoecious fig
species and its implications on fig pollination and pollinator survival,
in Townsville, Australia
Jinyan Yao, Yizhu Chen, Yuen Ching Crozier, Xiaocheng Jia, James M Cook
& Ross H. Crozier
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09:30
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The relation between phenology and the production of seeds
and fig wasps in Ficus microcarpa
Shuling Lin, Nanxian Zhao & Yizhu Chen
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10:00
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Fig phenology: Discussion
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10:15
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Break and poster session
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10:30
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6th Plenary session: Diversity of fig
interactions
Chaired by Martine Hossaert-McKey
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10:30
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Bird- versus mammal-dispersed figs: do they differ in
dispersal-phase volatile organic compounds?
Renee M. Borges, Martine Hossaert-McKey & Jean-Marie Bessiere
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11:00
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Structure and ecological characteristics of insect
communities on figs at Xishuangbanna, China
Da-rong Yang, Yan-qiong Peng, Pei Yang & Jun-Ming Guan
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11:30
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Diversity of fig interactions: Discussion
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11:45
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Concluding remarks
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12:00
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Lunch
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14:00
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Tour of figs in tropical rain forest and Dai villages
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19:00
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Symposium dinner
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Posters
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Female-male association in fig wasp species with
accentuated sexual dimorphism with the use of sperm morphology
Rodrigo A. S. Pereira, Angelo P.
Prado & José Lino Neto
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Pollinating wasp release mechanisms: is there a general
pattern?
Alison G. Nazareno & Rodrigo A. S. Pereira
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Maintenance of specificity in different fig species
in Borneo
Rhett D. Harrison
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Sympatric pollinating wasps of Ficus septica
Rong-Chien Lin & Shou-Hsien Li
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Assessing chemical attraction of host figs to their
pollinating wasps: Responses of Ceratosolen solmsi marchali to
odors of Ficus hispida and their components in Y-tube
olfactometer
Chun Chen
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Impact of non-pollinating fig wasps during prefemale and
interfloral phases of Ficus racemosa on fig-pollinating wasp
mutualism
Fa-Jian Xu, Guo-Hua Chen, Yan-Qiong Peng, Xiao-Bo Xie & Da-Rong
Yang
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The Apocrypta wasps on Ficus racemosa Linn.
in Southwest China
Xulei & Da-rong Yang
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The reproductive strategies of two species of Philotrypesis
on Ficus hispida
Shu-Wei Zhai, Da-Rong Yang, Yan-Qiong Peng, Zhang-Hong Shi &
Li-Fen Bai
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The reproductive strategies of non-pollinating fig wasps in
Ficus cyrtophylla and their effects on the fig-wasp mutualism
Zhang-Hong Shi, Da-Rong Yang & Yan-Qiong Peng
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Pyrene Morphology of Ficus
and Its Taxonomic Significance
Hsy-Yu Tzeng,
Juei-Chun Chuang, Fu-Yuan Lu,
Chern-Hsiung Ou & King-Cherng Lu
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Pollen morphology of Ficus
(Moraceae)
Hsy-Yu Tzeng,
Chern-Hsiung Ou , Lu King-Cherng,
Fu-Yuan Lu & Wu Shu-Hui
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Registration
Registration fee: US$ 300 (Students US$ 150; partners not attending the meeting
US$ 200), covers your all costs in Xishuangbanna, including conference
materials, accommodation in the facilities of XTBG, all meals, symposium dinner,
and conference tours. Participants
are requested to register with us by sending an email to Yan-qiong
Peng (pengyq@xtbg.a.cn)
with your
name, affiliation, address, and email address, by 31th March 2006. The
registration fee will be collected in cash
at the start of the meeting. We are currently applying for funds to provide
travel bursaries for a limited number of participants from developing countries.
Please
contact Yan-qiong Peng (pengyq@xtbg.a.cn)
for further information.
Guidelines
for oral & poster presentations
We
invite all colleagues to submit a presentation. For oral presentations
participants are advised to prepare a 30 minute PowerPoint presentation,
including approximately 5 minutes for questions and discussion. Oral
presentations can be submitted on a specific symposium topic or independently.
Posters should be
120 cm
wide x
80 cm
tall, or smaller. Abstracts
for both oral and poster presentations should include title, author(s),
institute(s), corresponding address(es), and keywords, and should be 300-500
words long. Please submit abstracts to Rhett
Harrison (rhett@chikyu.ac.jp)
by 30th
April 2006. Anyone interested in organizing a special session please contact
Rhett Harrison with your suggested topic and a list of speakers.
Symposium
proceedings
We will
be arranging the publication of the proceedings of the symposium as a special
issue in a suitable journal. Anyone interested in assisting with the production
of the proceedings should contact Rhett Harrison (rhett@chikyu.ac.jp)
or Da-Wei Huang (huangdw@ioz.ac.cn).
Travel
Visas
The visa entry requirements for
China
vary according to your country of origin. Please contact the Embassy or
consulate of
China
in your respective country for further details. If you require a letter of
invitation please inform Yan-Qiong Peng (pengyq@xtbg.ac.cn) and we will arrange
to have one sent.
Travel
information
You can fly to Xishuangbanna
International
Airport
,
4 km
south of
JingHong
City
and
70 km
from XTBG either via
Bangkok
or Chiang Mai in
Thailand
, or via a domestic flight from airports in
China.
Kunming
is a 40 minutes flight or
750 km
by road (10 hours by bus) from Xishuangbanna.
Please
make your own travel arrangements and inform Yan-Qiong Peng (pengyq@xtbg.ac.cn)
of your arrival details. We will arrange transport from Xishuangbanna
International
Airport
or the bus station in
JingHong
City
to XTBG.
Please also note that we will arrange your accommodation at XTBG.
It
is possible to change money at banks (cash or travelers checks), US dollars are
accepted in
JingHong City,
and major credit cards are accepted at mostgood hotels, restaurants, and travel
services.
For
independent travel before or after the symposium we recommend you contact Travel
Services (www.kunmingtravel.net) or
inquire at the Travel Service at XTBG
during the meeting.
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