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March 26, 2007
6th European Ornithologist's Union Conference
The sixth European Ornithologist's Union Conference will take place from 24 - 29 August 2007 in Vienna, Austria.
The Conference will cover all aspects of Ornithology with participants from all over Europe. Registration and submission of abstracts for Oral Contributions and posters is open.
Snowfinch, alpine speciality, Austria, copyright Margaret Breaks
Plenary speakers include:
1. Prof. Tim Birkhead, University of Sheffield, UK Post-copulatory sexual selection in birds: sperm and eggs .
2. Prof. Hanna Kokko, University of Helsinki, Finland Make love and war: the evolutionary ecology of simultaneous competition for mates and breeding sites.
3. Prof. Alex Roulin, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Communication and the maintenance of genetic variation in colour polymorphic birds.
4. Dr. Irene Tieleman, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Physiological dynamics of birds in desert, tropical and temperate environments.
The following is a provisional list of symposia:
Nightlife of diurnal birds
Health of arctic and antarctic populations
Postcopulatory sexual selection in birds
Avian influenza risk assessment: the contribution of ornithology Heterogeneity in bird populations, causing biased samples, as a challenge for ecological field studies
Ornithology past, present and future
Dispersal behaviour: causes and consequences
Palearctic migrants threatened by environmental change in the Sahel
Should we feed birds?
Extra-pair paternity: male or female driven?
Edge effect on avian nest predation in Europe
Radar ornithology - past experiences and future challenges
Conservation
Details on the EOU website http://www.eou.at
Posted by Surfbirds at March 26, 2007 9:23 AM
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