miércoles, 27 de mayo de 2009

7th International Conference on Behaviour, Physiology and Genetics of Wildlife

21 - 24 September 2009
Berlin, Germany

Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW)
European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA)

Please be remind that THE DEADLINE FOR THE EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION AND ABSTRACT SUBMISSION ENDSON 1st OF JUNE 2009 !

The main topics of the conference are:
  • Life History & Maternal Effects (Pat Monaghan, Universtity of Glasgow, UK)
  • Stress & Disturbance (Marco Apollonio, Universita Sassari, Sardinien, Italy)
  • Reproduction Biology (David Wildt, Smithsonian National Zoological Park, USA)
  • Evolutionary Genomics in Conservation (Pierre Taberlet, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France)
  • Conservation Biology (Eric Dinerstein, Director of science WWF-USA, Washington, USA)
The Conference offers several workshops:
  1. Evolutionary Genomics in Conservation (Pierre Taberlet, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France & Simone Sommer, IZW, Berlin, Germany)
  2. Communication in Mammals and Birds (Francesco Bonnadonna, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Montpellier, France & Martin Dehnhard, IZW, Berlin, Germany)
  3. Welfare and Conservation (Eric Dinerstein, senior scientist WWF-USA, Washington, USA & Marion East, IZW, Berlin, Germany)
  4. Stable Isotopes, Nutrition and Energetics (Carlos Martinez del Rio, University of Wyoming, USA; Sylvia Ortmann, IZW, Berlin, Germany & Christian Voigt, IZW, Berlin, Germany)
  5. Behavioural Rhythms (Serge Daan, University of Groningen, the Netherlands & Anne Berger, IZW, Berlin, Germany)
  6. Research by, in, with and for zoos, aquaria and other ex situ-institutions (Kirstin Leus, EAZA & IUCN/SSC:CBSG Europe, Antwerpen, Belgium)
A practical training workshop on non-invasive monitoring of hormones will also take place at the IZW/Berlin during the week preceding the conference; Martin Dehnhard, IZW.

The conference dinner will take place at a beautiful setting in the city center overlooking the river "Spree".

You will find more information about the conference on our homepage at: http://www.izw-berlin.de/de/flink/7thIZW-Conference.html

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you require any further information: symposium@izw-berlin.de, IZW, Berlin, Germany.