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)

http://www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/izw7/

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.