Annual Arizona Botany Meeting

Meeting Details

When

• Saturday, February 12, 2011 from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.
  • A social hour will follow the afternoon sessions that includes a cash bar.
  • Dinner can be purchased for an additional $20 with meeting registration, but payment must be received by Feb. 4th. Please note: dinner tickets cannot be purchased at the time of the event.

Where

Additional Activities

• Friday, February 11, 2011: Arizona Native Plant Society Board meeting. All are welcome. 
• Field trip on February 13th to Mesquite Wash (S of Sunflower off hwy 87), led by Michael Plagens. Field trip will leave from the Garden's main entrance at 9 a.m. and return by 1 p.m.; car-pool.
  

Presenting at the Meeting

Space will  be available for relevant poster presentations and tables will be available for display of relevant literature and books or organizations.

Invited Speakers and Presentation Titles

• John Alcock (Arizona State University)
  • “Desert Plants and Insect Mating Systems”
• Ted Flemming (University of Miami, FL)
  • “Cactus Pollination Biology: Secrets that would have Tickled Charles Darwin”
• Neil Cobb (University of Northern Arizona)
  • “The Role of Drought and Insects on Regional Tree Mortality”
• Richard Bailowitz (Arizona Entomological Society)
  • “Butterflies are Herbivores too”
• John Palting (Sky Island Alliance)
  • “Spectacular Insects of Sonora, and their Plant Associations”

Register

Early registration is due by January 28th. Late registration fee (after Jan. 29) is $45 ($30 students). Registration will not be accepted after Feb. 4th.

Registration is now Closed.

Fee Includes:

• An entrance pass to Desert Botanical Garden
• Continental breakfast, lunch, refreshments (coffee & tea)
• 10% discount at the Garden Gift Shop

Thank you to the Arizona Botany 2011 Organizing Committee:

• Wendy Hodgson (Desert Botanical Garden)
• Barbara Phillips (USFS)
• Andrew Salywon (Desert Botanical Garden)
• Tom Van Devender (SIA)