{"id":13,"date":"2011-07-26T19:00:05","date_gmt":"2011-07-26T19:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2017-04-04T20:09:03","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T20:09:03","slug":"pollination-ecology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/research\/pollination-ecology","title":{"rendered":"Pollination Ecology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The lab is working closely on the ecology and <a href=\"http:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sjha-Micaff-inflores.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1040 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sjha-Micaff-inflores.jpg\" alt=\"sjha-Micaff-inflores\" width=\"310\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/wp-content\/uploads\/sjha-Micaff-inflores.jpg 1615w, https:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/wp-content\/uploads\/sjha-Micaff-inflores-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/wp-content\/uploads\/sjha-Micaff-inflores-1024x974.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/a>dispersal\u00a0processes of\u00a0 <em>Miconia affinis <\/em>(Melastomataceae), a \u2018buzz-pollinated\u2019 understory tree found within forest fragments and shade coffee plantations in the Neotropics. Buzz-pollinated plants are fascinating study subjects because vibration is required in order to remove pollen from their tube-shaped poricidal anthers, and only select species of bees are capable of this movement\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0both Africanized and European honeybees are incapable of buzz-pollination. Thus the reproductive success of <em>M. affinis<\/em> can serve as a \u2018natural bio-indicator\u2019 of native bee abundance and pollination services. This system allows us to\u00a0investigate the role of individual traits (e.g., tree, pollinator size) and landscape-level traits (e.g., spatial genetic structure, local density) in mediating pollen and seed dispersal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Tfulvi-cropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1041\" src=\"http:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Tfulvi-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"Tfulvi-cropped\" width=\"272\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tfulvi-cropped.jpg 325w, https:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tfulvi-cropped-300x278.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><\/a>We are currently investigating pollination and seed dispersal processes for <em>M. affinis<\/em> in shade coffee and forest habitats in Chiapas, Mexico, and in primary and secondary forests of Central Panama.\u00a0 Thus far we have found pronounced differences in pollinator and seed-disperser communities between habitat types, translating to distinct pollen and seed dispersal patterns and resulting pollen- and seed-mediated gene flow\u00a0processes across the landscape mosaic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The lab is working closely on the ecology and dispersal\u00a0processes of\u00a0 Miconia affinis (Melastomataceae), a \u2018buzz-pollinated\u2019 understory tree found within forest fragments and shade coffee plantations in the Neotropics. Buzz-pollinated plants are fascinating study subjects because vibration is required in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/research\/pollination-ecology\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":5,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1171,"href":"https:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/1171"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}