Where: Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, CZ
When: 25-27 January 2010
Organisers: Jana Jersáková (1) and Sílvia Castro (2)
(1) Faculty of Science, Univ. of South Bohemia, České Budějovice; Institute of System Biology and Ecology ASCR, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
(2) Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
In the first two days the course will cover topics related to main concepts in plant pollination biology such as pollination syndromes, mating strategies and sexual systems, pollinator effectiveness, visual, olfactory and tactile cues used in pollinator attraction. On the third day we will present two more specialized topics based specific examples of studies dealing with Deception and floral mimicry in plants and sexual polymorphisms. The course will be accompanied by discussions of review papers, student’s presentations of case studies and practical sessions showing some techniques widely used in pollination studies.
