Wednesday 8. January 2003
Arrival

Thursday 9. January 2003

• 9:00 Opening of the workshop by Prof. Dr. M. Wink, Institut für Pharmazie und Molekulare Biotechnologie, Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg
  Importance of secondary plant metabolites in plant-bird interactions (Abstract)
  
• 9:45 Prof. Dr. I. Izhaki, Department of Biology, University of Haifa - Oranim
  Do secondary metabolites in fruits affect plant fitness? Experimental study on the effect of emodin (anthraquinones) on seed predation and seed removal in Rhamnus alaternus (Abstract)
  
• 10:30 Coffee break
• 10:45 Prof. Dr. F. Bairlein, Institut für Vogelforschung Vogelwarte Helgoland
  Secondary plant metabolites and migration fuelling (Abstract)
• 11:30 Prof. Dr. H. Winkler, Konrad Lorenz Institut für Vergleichende Verhaltensforschung
  Secondary plant metabolites and ethoecology: Information and decision (Abstract)
• 12:15 Lunch break
• 14: 00 Prof. Dr. W.H. Karasov, Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  The intestine as a site of absorption, elimination, and action of plant secondary metabolites (Abstract)
• 14:45 J. Schabacker, Institut für Pharmazie und Molekulare Biotechnologie, Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg
  Influence of plant polyphenolics on Caco-2 cells (Abstract)
• 15:15 Prof. Dr. R. Prinzinger, Institut für Zoologie, Johann-Wolfgang Goethe Universität Frankfurt/Main
  Alcohol resorption and alcohol degradation in the European Starling Sturnus vulgaris (Abstract)
• 15:45 Coffee break
• 16:00 Round Table: Metabolism and physiology
• 18:30 Conference Dinner
  
  

Friday 10. January 2003

• 9:00 Prof. Dr. M. Cipollini, Department of Biology, Berry College
  Inter- and intra-specific variation in glycoalkaloids of solanum fruits (Abstract)
• 9:45 Dr. J. J. Tewksbury, Dept. of Zoology, University of Washington
  Why are chiles hot? An integrative exploration of secondary metabolite function in ripe fruit (Abstract)
• 10:30 Coffee break
• 10:45 Prof. Dr. K. Böhning-Gaese, Institut für Zoologie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
  Impact of frugivores on plant populations and communities (Abstract)
• 11:30 Prof. Dr. J. Kollmann, Department of Ecology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg
  Fruit preferences of frugivorous birds as inferred from seed trap data (Abstract)
• 12:15 Lunch break
• 14:00 Prof. Dr. M. Cipollini, Department of Biology, Berry College
  Seed chemistry of Sophora chrysophylla (Mamane) in relation to the diet of the specialist seed predator Loxioides bailleui (Palila) in Hawai'i.
• 15: 30 Coffee break
• 15:15 Round Table: Ecology and evolution

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Contact: Jens Schabacker and Michael Wink