Scientific Programme of EOU 2011

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Invited speakers

Zoltan Barta

University of Debrecen, Hungary

Optimal annual routines of avian life

Robert G. Bijlsma

Freelance ornithologist,
The Netherlands

Timing and breeding success of European Honey-buzzards in the past century

Michaela Hau

Max-Planck Institute for Ornithology, Germany

Ecology and evolution of hormonal control mechanisms

Susanne Jenni-Eiermann

Swiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach, Switzerland

The glucocorticoid stress response: adaptive modulation and application in conservation biology

William J. Sutherland

University of Cambridge,
United Kingdom

How can we be more effective in conserving birds?

 

Symposia and Round Tables

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1  -  Ecological energetics. Symposium organized by Esa Hohtola, Jan-Åke Nilsson.  esa.hohtola@oulu.fi

2  -  Tracking small longdistance migrants throughout their annual cycle. Symposium organized by Anders P. Tøttrup, Raymond Klaassen.  aptottrup@bio.ku.dk

3  -  Lifelong individual development as an important component of life history. Symposium organized by Peter H. Becker, Kalev Rattiste.  peter.becker@ifv-vogelwarte.de

4  -  Avian brood parasitism – a model system for co-evolution. Symposium organized by Petr Procházka, Bård G. Stokke.  prochazka@ivb.cz

5  -  Bayesian analysis in avian population ecology. Symposium organized by Beth Gardner, Marc Kéry, Andy Royle, Michael Schaub.  lonepinepa@gmail.com

6  -  Impacts of environmental change on birds in alpine environments. Symposium organized by Dan Chamberlain, Niklaus Zbinden.  dan.chamberlain99@gmail.com

7  -  Impact of forestry on populations of threatened bird species, conservation strategies and methods. Symposium organized by Janis Priednieks, William Sutherland.  jpriedn@lanet.lv

8  -  Dispersal meets Biogeography – How dispersal affects range dynamic processes. Symposium organized by Jan Engler, Maria Delgado, Debora Arlt.  JEngler@gmx.de

9  -  Predictive modeling in ornithology - recent problems, novel solutions and future challenges. Symposium organized by Jan Engler, Kathrin Schidelko, Darius Stiels, Morgane Barbet-Massin, Dennis Rödder.  JEngler@gmx.de

10  -  Non-native birds in Europe: driving forces, mechanisms and consequences. Symposium organized by Diederik Strubbe, Pim Edelaar.  diederik.strubbe@ua.ac.be

11  -  Ecological immunology of birds. Symposium organized by Indrikis Krams, Peeter Hõrak.  indrikis.krams@biology.lv

12  -  Charismatic species as a tool in nature conservation: the White Stork as an example. Round Table organized by Leszek Jerzak, Jose I. Aguirre, Piotr Tryjanowski.  l.jerzak@wnb.uz.zgora.pl

13  -  Information use and adaptive habitat selection. Symposium organized by Mikko Mönkkönen, Blandine Doligez, Jukka Forsman.  mikko.monkkonen@jyu.fi

14  -  New insights in population dynamics from multi-state mark-recapture models. Symposium organized by Henk van der Jeugd, Ali Johnston.  h.vanderjeugd@nioo.knaw.nl

15  -  Bird collisions - more than meets the (human) eye. Symposium organized by Christoph Kulemeyer, Mark Desholm.  kulemeyer@ifaoe.de

16  -  Why are hormone concentrations so variable within and between species?. Symposium organized by Wolfgang Goymann, Leonida Fusani.  goymann@orn.mpg.de

17  -  Africa matters! A sub-Saharan perspective of Life History and Ecology of Palearctic migrant birds. Symposium organized by Ulf Ottosson, Kaspar Thorup, Soladoye Iwajomo.  ottosson@pt.lu

18  -  Assessing new threats to birds in agricultural landscapes and implication for conservation strategies in Europe. Round Table organized by Oskars Keišs, Kees Kofijberg, Jean Secondi.  oskars.keiss@lu.lv

19  -  Selection for urban life -from the individual to the community. Symposium organized by Davide M. Dominoni, Juan Diego Ibáñez-Álamo.  ddominoni@orn.mpg.de

20  -  Flagship at risk – large-scale monitoring of Black Stork (Ciconia nigra) populations. Round Table organized by Tamás Enikő Anna, Piotr Zieliński.  et@blackstork.hu

21  -  The applicability and usefulness of bio-logging for terrestrial ornithological studies. Symposium organized by Olivier Duriez, Giacomo Dell'Omo, Yan Ropert-Coudert.  olivier.duriez@cefe.cnrs.fr

22  -  Bad practice in field biology – what should be done? Panel Discussion organized by Tomasz Wesołowski, Rob G. Bijlsma, Andy Gosler.  tomwes@biol.uni.wroc.pl