Frank Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 Check out this website about a symposium in Munich, Germany this May. http://www.sysbot.biologie.uni-muenchen.de/en/symposium.html There are some very interesting photos of the internal cavities of ant-plants and some plants from Fiji on the link. It is a symposium for ants but one speaker, Guillaume Chomicki, looks to be addressing the relationship of ants with the ant-plants on Fiji. There is an additional link to his homepage. He may have interesting things to say. I hope one or more of our members in the area can attend and give us a report. I tried to contact the venue as to whether the symposium papers will be published after the symposium but got no reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrick Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 Ensure that you scroll to the paper's end to see the domatia structures. Also, note that the taxonomy used raises some interesting questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurélien Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Thanks for this information, Frank. Moreover, some other lectures will include ant-plant mutualism: Walter Federle, Zoology, University of Cambridge, United KingdomBiomechanics of ant/plant mutualismsGuillaume Chomicki (lab of Susanne Renner), Munich University, GermanyGain and loss of specialization in various symbioses between Philidris and Rubiaceae on FijiElizabeth Pringle, currently on a research professorship in Jena, GermanyFrom micro to macro, the trophic regulation of ant-plant/hemipteran mutualismsMegan Frederickson, University of Toronto, CanadaBehavioral genetics of an ant/plant mutualismJérôme Orivel, CNRS, Kourou, French GuianaTrade-offs in mutualistic investments in a tripartite symbiosisPhil Ward, University of California, Davis, USAThe acacia-ants revisited: phylogeny and biogeography of an iconic ant/plant mutualism The lecture from the colleague of Kourou seems to be pretty interesting, as many intersting ant-plants live in Frenc Guyana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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