Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology

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March 2002

 
FIWI 13th Eberhard Gwinner
Forschungsstelle für Ornithologie, Max-Planck-Ges., Erling, D
Endogenous annual rhythms as clocks for all seasons: mechanisms and functions      
KLIVV 20th Eulalia Moreno
CSIC,Almeria, E
Ecological plasticity due to morphology. An alternative hypothesis for explaining habitat selection and species distribution      
     

April 2002

 
KLIVV 10th Péter Batáry
Univ. Budapest, H
Edge effect of nest predation: literature review and a case study at reedbeds of Lake Neusiedl      
KLIVV 17th Staffan Andersson
Univ. Göteborg, S
Carotenoid colour signalling; biochemistry, reflectance and honesty      
FIWI 19th Tim Clutton-Brock
Univ. Cambridge, UK
Comparative stability of ungulate populations      
FIWI 24th Dustin Penn
Univ. Utah, USA
Infection and odour: parasite mediated sexual selection      
     

May 2002

 
FIWI 3rd Walter Bodemer
Dt. Primatenzentrum, Göttingen, D
Wirts- und erregerspezifische Komponenten der Übertragung von Prionerkrankungen      
KLIVV 8th Gernot Segelbacher
TU München, D
Effects of habitat fragmentation on capercaillie: evidence from microsatellites      
KLIVV 16th Michael Wink
Univ. Heidelberg, D
Vögel und Sekundärstoffe      
KLIVV 29th Vaclav Radovan
SAV Bratislava, SK
Socio-ecological factors influencing the genetic mating system of house sparrows      
     

June 2002

 
FIWI 5th Eva Millesi
Univ. Wien
Reproduktionsstrategien bei winterschlafenden Nagern: Sind Ziesel Sklaven ihrer cirannualen Rhythmik      
FIWI 12th Randy Nelson
Ohio State Univ., USA
Seasonal cycles in sex and death: photoperiodic effects on reproductive and immune function      
FIWI 19th Walter Arnold
FIWI, Wien
Selektive Aufnahme mehrfach ungesättigter Fettsäuren durch Murmeltiere und ihre Bedeutung für den Winterschlaf      
     

October 2002

 
KLIVV 9th Sonia Hohl-Kleindorfer
KLIVV, Wien
Breeding ecology of Darwin’s finches      
KLIVV 16th Gyula Gajdon
Universität Wien
Social and physical competence in keas, Nestor notabilis      
KLIVV 23rd Christian Schlötterer
University of Veterinary Medicine, Wien, A
Towards a molecular characterization of adaptation in local populations      
KLIVV 30th Dolores Schütz
KLIVV, Wien
Selection on small animals living in water: sexual size dimorphism in the water spider, Argyroneta aquatica      
     

November 2002

 
KLIVV 6th Katharina Foerster
Max Planck Research Centre for Ornithology, Seewiesen, D
Heterozygosity and extra-pair mate choice: why it may be better to have affairs with strangers than with neighbours      
KLIVV 13th Andres Barbosa
CSIC, Almeria, E
Immune response in birds outside the breeding season      
FIWI 20th Sabine Hille
KLIVV, Wien
Ecological adapation and the male’s role in island kestrels      
FIWI 27th Kai Frölich
Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, D
Mutual transmission of infectious diseases between wildlife and livestock in Europe      
     

December 2002

 
FIWI 3rd Caroline Pond
Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
Adipose tissue and the immune system      
FIWI 11th Susanne Klaus
German Institute for Human Nutrition, Potsdam, D
Significance of fat and adipose tissue in mammalian energy homeostasis      
KLIVV 17th Innes Cuthill
University of Bristol, UK
Signal design and camouflage in relation to avian vision      
     

January 2003

 
FIWI 8th Klemens Fuchs
Joanneum Research, Graz, A
Epidemiological modelling using GIS      
FIWI 15th Jean-Dominique Lebreton
Centre d’Ecologie Fonct. et Evolutive, CNRS, Montpellier, F
The role of dynamic and statistical models in terrestrial vertebrate population dynamics      
FIWI 22nd Sven Herzog
Wildökologie und Jagdwirtschaft, TU Dresden, Tharandt, D
Genetic structure of European red deer populations      
KLIVV 29th Etienne Danchin
Laboratoire d’Ecologie, CNRS, Paris, F
Habitat selection and coloniality: just a matter of information      
     

March 2003

 
FIWI 12th Karl Grammer
Ludwig-Boltzmann-Inst. f. Stadtethologie, Wien
Dynamic systems in human communication      
KLIVV 19th Fabrice Helfenstein
Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, F
Does paternity assurance matter when you do not lose paternity?      
KLIVV 26th John Dittami
Universität Wien
Development and use of secondary sexual characters in the social sexual environment of macaque females      
     

April 2003

 
FIWI 2nd Joanna Fietz
Universität Tübingen, D
White adipose tissue composition and hibernation, a comparison between a tropical and a temperate hibernator: Cheirogaleus medius and Glis glis      
KLIVV 9th Signe Preuschoft
hopE- Home of Primates Europe, Gänserndorf
Resocialization of socially isolated laboratory chimpanzees      
FIWI 29th Manfred Milinski
Max-Planck-Institut für Limnologie, Plön, D
Mate choice and MHC in sticklebacks      
     

May 2003

 
KLIVV 7th Alexandre Roulin
University of Cambridge, UK
Specific adaptations in response to ectoparasitic attacks: case studies in the barn owl and Alpine swift      
FIWI 14th Martin Janovsky
Landesveterinärdirektion Tirol, Innsbruck
Infectious keratoconjunctivitis of the caprinae - a model of investigating a disease shared by wildlife and lifestock in the European Alps      
KLIVV 21st Marion Petrie
University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Tale of the peacock and other stories      
KLIVV 22nd Morris Gosling
University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Signalling costs – MHC variation and mate choice in mice      
FIWI 28th Jörg Aschenbach
Universität Leipzig, D
Nutrient absorption in the rumen of sheep and fallow deer      
     

June 2003

 
FIWI 4th Franz Bairlein
Institut für Vogelforschung, Wilhelmshaven, D
Nutrients and migratory fueling in birds      
KLIVV 11th Klaus Hackländer
FIWI, Wien
Ecophysiology of reproduction in European hares      
KLIVV 18th Mats Olsson
Göteborg University, S
Selection on colours and genes in sand lizards: a promiscuity perspective      
FIWI 25th Patrick Duncan
Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé, Beauvoir-sur-Niort, F
Contrasting patterns and opposing mechanisms: food acquisition by grazing ruminants and equids      
     

October 2003

 
KLIVV 6th Sven Krackow
Universität Zürich-Irchel, CH
Dispersive behavioural ph(g)enotype in male house mice      
KLIVV 22nd Tina Hambuch
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, D
Evolutionary genetics in Variola, the agent of smallpox      
FIWI 29th Martin Wikelski
Princeton University, USA
Understanding organismal design in nature - the connection between physiology and life history      
     

November 2003

 
FIWI 5th Marco Apollonio
Università degli Studi di Sassari, I
What fallow deer can tell us about lekking      
FIWI 12th Nancy Vaughan
University of Bristol, UK
Integrating farm management practices with Lepus europaeus conservation in pastural landscapes      
KLIVV 19th Tim Birkhead
University of Sheffield, UK
Sperm competition and cryptic female choice in birds      
FIWI 26th Karin Hindelang
WSL Birmensdorf, CH
Adjustment of the spatial behaviour of European badgers (Meles meles L.) in response to habitat and food availability      
     

December 2003

 
KLIVV 3rd Alexandre Hirzel
Universität Bern, CH
Modelling Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) ecological requirements in the Swiss Alps by the Ecological Niche Factor Analysis (ENFA)      
FIWI 10th Marcus Clauss
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, D
From dikdiks to dinosaurs: on the relevance of morphophysiological investigations to the understanding of ecological concepts      
KLIVV 17th Klaus Reinhold
Universität Bonn, D
Modelling the evolution of mate choice: who with whom and why?      
     

January 2004

 
FIWI 7th Karl-Heinrich Ebert
Staatliches Forstamt Tübingen-Bebenhausen, D
Rotwildbewirtschaftung und Waldbau      
KLIVV 14th Jan Lifjeld
University of Oslo, N
Hunting for good genes in avian sperm competition: are we just banging the head against the wall?      
FIWI 21st Simone Sommer
Universität Hamburg, D
The importance of immune gene-variability (MHC) in ecology and conservation      
KLIVV 28th Gaute Grønstøl
KLIVV, Wien, A
Conflicts of interests and settlement patterns in resource polygyny ﷓ the case of the lapwing      
     

March 2004

 
KLIVV 3rd Anders Pape Møller
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, F
Rapid micro-evolutionary change in a secondary sexual character and its consequences : A 33-year study of the barn swallow Hirundo rustica      
FIWI 16th Ken-ichi Honma
Hokkaido University, JP
Photic and non-photic entrainment of human circadian rhythms: How to explain the seasonality observed in humans?      
KLIVV 17th Tibor Szept
Nyíregyháza College, H
Migrating passerine birds – studying connectivity among breeding, migration and wintering areas      
FIWI 31st Matthias Starck
Ludwig Maximilians Universität München, D
Adaptations to feeding and fasting in reptiles and birds      
     

April 2004

 
KLIVV 21st Hakan Olson
Södertörn University College, Huddinge, SE
Kin discrimination and MHC in juvenile Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus L.)      
KLIVV 28th Alina Simona Rusu
Universität Zürich, CH
Development of competitive behavioural profiles in wild house mice (Mus domesticus)      
     

May 2004

 
KLIVV 5th Katharina Hirschenhauser
Konrad Lorenz Forschungsstelle, Grünau, A
Social modulation of androgens: from the avian roots to fish and man      
FIWI 12th Nuno Ferrand
Universidade do Porto, P
The application of molecular markers in the study of rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) evolution      
KLIVV 19th Susanne Plesner Jensen
University of Newcastle, UK
How habitat structure affects activity, use of space and territorial defence among house mice      
     

June 2004

 
FIWI 2nd Norma Chapman
Bury St.Edmunds, Suffolk, UK
Muntjac – ancient taxon, modern problem      
FIWI 9th Stephen Harris
University of Bristol, UK
Bristol's foxes: the sociobiology of an urban invader      
FIWI 16th Anne Berger
Institut für Zoo- und Wildtierforschung, Berlin, D
Ernährungsverhalten und Biorhythmik verschiedener Herbivorenarten im Jahresgang      
FIWI 23rd Irene Tobler
Universität Zürich, CH
Sleep in rodents, insects and primates      
KLIVV 30th Joachim Kurtz
Max Planck Institut für Limnologie, Plön, D
Evolutionary ecology of immunity      
     

October 2004

 
FIWI 6th Rupert Palme
Veterinärmedizinische Universtät Wien
Stress hormones in mammals and birds: Comparative aspects regarding metabolism, excretion and noninvasive measurement in fecal samples INFO
KLIVV 13th Bill Amos
University of Cambridge (UK)
How strong is the relationship between fitness and genetics? INFO
FIWI 20th Herbert Hoi
KLIVV
Parasites and immune defense in European bee-eater
KLIVV 27th Gabi Gerlach
Marine Biological Laboratory (USA)
Chemical communication in zebrafish INFO
     

November 2004

 
FIWI 3rd Irene Tielemann
University of Missouri - St. Louis (USA)
Avian adaptation to desert, tropical and temperate environments: integrating physiology, behavior, and life history INFO
FIWI 10th Barbara Taborsky
Universität Bern (CH)
Past but not present environment influences repro-ductive strategies and offspring fitness in a cichlid fish
KLIVV 17th Jon P. Nash
Katolike Universiteit Leuven (B)
The mating system as pivotal factor in determining the population level consequences of endocrine disruption INFO
KLIVV 24th Andreas Ziegler
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (D)
MHC, olfactory receptor genes, and mate selection INFO
     

December 2004

 
FIWI 1st Stephane Ostrowski
Université de Lyon (F)
Ecophysiology of the Arabian Oryx
FIWI 7th
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Patrick Butler
University of Birmingham (UK)
To what extent is foraging behaviour of aquatic birds constrained by their physiology? INFO
KLIVV 15th Helena Westerdahl
University of Lund (S)
Avian MHC: genetic variation, natural selection and disease resistance in a natural population of great reed warblers   C A N C E L L E D ! INFO
     

January 2005

 
FIWI 12th Fritz Trillmich
Universität Bielefeld (D)
Life history and brood care strategy of guinea pigs: Towards understanding precociality INFO
KLIVV 19th Craig Roberts
University of Liverpool (UK)
Human mate preferences and the MHC INFO
KLIVV 26th John D. Reynolds
University of East Anglia (UK)
Life histories and conservation biology of fish species INFO
     

March 2005

 
FIWI 2nd Richard H. Wagner
KLIVV
Mechanisms of Colony Formation
INFO
FIWI 9th Wolfgang Wickler
Max-Planck-Institut für Ornithologie, Seewiesen (D)
How much brain needs intelligence?  
FIWI 16th Roelof Hut
University of Groningen (NE)
The ground squirrel and the sun; a story about diurnal adaptation and hibernation energetics
INFO
     

April 2005

 
KLIVV 6th Walter Arnold
FIWI
Basal metabolic rate and thermoneutral zone - misleading concepts?  
KLIVV 13th Katherine Wynne-Edwards
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario (CAN)
Hormone dynamic indices as plausible links between behaviour, disease, and the neuroendocrine system INFO
FIWI 20th Mathias Müller
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (A)
Knocking around TYK2  
KLIVV 27th Rob Hammond
University of Lausanne (CH)
Conflict and harmony: testing kin selection theory in social insects INFO
     

May 2005

 
FIWI 4th Kurt Kräuchi
University of Basel (CH)
Thermophysiological aspects of the three-process-model of sleepiness regulation INFO
FIWI 11th Rudy Boonstra
University of Toronto (CAN)
The Snowshoe hare cycle in the Canada's Boreal Forest: The Sublethal effects of High Predation Risk INFO
KLIVV 18th Wolfgang Forstmeier
Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Seewiesen (D)
Do mothers program their sons? sexual behaviour in response to the social environment they experience INFO
KLIVV 25th Tommaso Pizzari
Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford (UK)
How sexual selection drives the evolution of male and female reproductive traits INFO
     

June 2005

 
KLIVV 1st Helena Westerdahl
University of Lund (S)
Avian MHC: genetic variation, natural selection and disease resistance in a natural population of great reed warblers INFO
FIWI 8th Kurt Bollmann
WSL (CH)
Assessing the roles of landscape ecology and population biology for the viability of capercaillie in the Alps INFO
KLIVV 15th Dieter Ebert
University of Basel (CH)
Evolution, genetics and ecology in host-parasite interactions INFO
FIWI 22nd Theunis Piersma
University of Groningen (NE)
Phenotypic flexibility and the evolution of organismal design  
FIWI 29th Sylvia Ortmann
IZW, Berlin (D)
Adaptations to seasonality in European roe deer  
     

October 2005

 
FIWI 5th Scott McWilliams
University of Rhode Island (USA)
Nutritional ecology of migratory birds: insights gained by integrating physiology and ecology
INFO
KLIVV 12th Andrea Pilastro
Biology Dept., University of Padova (I)
Post-copulatory sexual selection in the guppy
INFO
KLIVV 19th Arie van Noordwijk
Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NL)
Dispersal and inbreeding in an island population of Blue Tits
INFO
     

November 2005

 
KLIVV 2nd Thomas Ruf
FIWI
Optimization of energy turnover in mammals exposed to fluctuating resources: case studies INFO
FIWI 16th Brian Barnes
University of Alaska (USA)
Overwintering strategies in the Arctic  
FIWI 23rd Maria Hörnell-Willebrand
Dept. Animal Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (S)
Spatial and temporal dynamics of willow grouse (Lagopus lagopus) and strategies for harvest managing INFO
KLIVV 30th Lukas F. Keller
Zool. Museum, Univ. of Zürich (CH)
Inbreeding depression in the wild: what we know and what we don't INFO
     

December 2005

 
FIWI 7th Ewald Weibel
Universität Bern (CH)
What determines maximum metabolic rate? Meeting the demands of life style and body size INFO

KLIVV 15th Grzegorz Mikusiński
Grimsö Wildlife Research Station (S)
Woodpeckers (Picidae) - distribution, conservation and research in a global perspective INFO
FIWI 21st Franz Rubel
Dept. Natural Sciences, Univ. of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (A)
Sir-models for wildlife diseases   C A N C E L L E D ! INFO
     

January 2006

 
KLIVV 11th Jacek Radwan
Inst. of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian Univ. (P)
Sexual selection and conflict in the bulb mite   C A N C E L L E D ! INFO
FIWI 18th Franziska Schaedelin
KLIVV
Sexy sand castles on the bottom of Lake Tanganyika INFO
KLIVV 25th Karen Bouwman
Animal Ecology Group, Univ. of Groningen (NL)
The Illusion of Monogamy - Patterns of extra-pair paternity in the reed bunting INFO
     

March 2006

 
FIWI 8th John Speakman
Biological SciencesUniv. of Aberdeen (UK)
Limits to sustained energy intake
INFO
KLIVV 15th Sampsa Vilhunen
KLIVV
Evaluating determinants for improving antipredator behaviour of stocked fish
INFO
KLIVV 29th Jacek Radwan
Inst. of Environmental Sciences, Jagellonian University Cracow (PL)
Sexual selection and conflict in the bulb mite
INFO
     

April 2006

 
FIWI 5th Armin Saalmüller
Clinical Immunology, Univ. of Vet.Med. Vienna (AT)
Phenotypic and functional characterization of porcine T lymphocytes
INFO
KLIVV 26th Jens Krause
Inst. of Integrative and Comparative Biology, Univ. of Leeds (UK)
Social organisation of fish
INFO
     

May 2006

 
FIWI 3rd Petteri Ilmonen
KLIVV
Incest, violence and disease: inbreeding experiments in wild mice INFO

FIWI 10th Gerhard Breves
Inst. of Physioloy, Univ. of Vet.Med. Hannover (D)
Endogenous circulation of phosphate in ruminants INFO
FIWI 17th Kurt Kotrschal
Konrad-Lorenz-Research-Station Grünau (A)
Social energetics in Greyleg Geese as revealed by heart rate telemetry
KLIVV 24th Tadeusz Kawecki
Dept. of Biology, Univ. of Fribourg (CH)
Evolutionary biology of learning. Lessons from Drosophila INFO
FIWI 31st Franz Rubel
Dept. Natural Sciences, Univ. of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (A)
SIR - models for wildlife diseases INFO
     

June 2006

 
FIWI 7th Reinald Pamplona
Faculty of Medicine, Univ. of Lleida (ES)
What are the structural components and physiological mechanisms determining the rate of animal aging?
KLIVV 8th Hanna Kokko
Dept. of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Univ. of Helsinki (FI)
Love in a world of feedback INFO
KLIVV 14th Dennis Hasselquist
Dept. of Animal Ecology, Univ. of Lund (S)
Immunoecology in birds INFO
KLIVV 21st Martine Perret
Dept. of Ecology and Biodiversity, Brunoy (F)
Olfactory communication in Mouse Lemurs: mechanisms and sociobiological consequences INFO
KLIVV 28th Ingo Schlupp
Dept. of Zoology, Univ. of Oklahoma (USA)
Ecology, behavior and parasites in the unisexual Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa)
     

October 2006

 
FIWI 4th Nomakwezi Mzilikazi
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, RSA
Energetics of free-ranging small mammals, insights from the Afrotropics
INFO
KLIVV 11th Virpi Lummaa
Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, UK
The Purpose of Grandmothers: Reproduction, Senescence and Longevity in Humans
INFO
FIWI 18th Kerstin Musolf
KLIVV, Vienna, A
Who to Choose? Female Mate Choice in Small Mammals
INFO
KLIVV 25th Teresa Valencak
FIWI, Vienna, A
Fats you need: Membrane Fatty Acids and their Relation to Cold Adaptation, Metabolic Rate and Lifespan
INFO
     

November 2006

 
KLIVV 8th Gerald Heckel
Department of Biology University of Bern, CH
Hypervariable Genes and Evolution of Monogamy in Microtus Voles
INFO
KLIVV 15th Bill Jordan
Institute of Zoology, Zoolog. Society of London, UK
Olfactory Receptor Genes in Salmon
INFO
FIWI 22th Wolfgang Goymann
Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Andechs, D
Hormones, aggression and dominance
INFO
FIWI 29th Michaela Hau
Princeton University, NJ, USA
Testosterone and the evolution of vertebrate life-history trade-offs
INFO
     

December 2006

 
FIWI 6th Barbara Helm
Max-Planck-Institute for Ornithology, Andechs, D
Programs, cues, and flexibility: seasonal timing in birds
INFO
FIWI 13th Gerald Lincoln
The University of Edinburgh, UK
OEClock genes and circannual timekeeping
INFO
     

January 2007

 
KLIVV 10th Carel van Schaik
Anthropological Institute & Museum, Univ. of Zurich, CH
Evolutionary Changes in Brain Size: a Focus on Costs
INFO
KLIVV 17th Mathias Wegner
Institute for Integrative Biology, ETH, Zurich, CH
Coevolution, recombination and immune genes: a six legged story
INFO
KLIVV 24th Simone Immler
Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, UK
The Evolution of Sperm Morphometry
INFO
FIWI 31th Hans-Otto Pörtner
Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Bremerhaven, D
Physiological principles of climate-dependent evolution
C A N C E L L E D !
INFO
     

March 2007

 
KLIVV 7th Heinz Richner
University of Bern, CH
Host-parasite interactions, maternal effects, and avian life histories
INFO
KLIVV 14th Rowena Spence
Leicester University, UK
Putting the ‘fish' back into zebrafish: a study of their behaviour and ecology
INFO
KLIVV 21th Rhedouan Bshary
Université de Neuchâtel, CH
A unifying concept for stable cooperation: lessons from the cleaner fish mutualism.
INFO
FIWI 28th Dominik Thiel
Swiss Ornithological Institute, CH
Winter tourism evokes behavioural changes and physiological stress in the endangered capercaillie Tetrao urogallus
INFO
     

April 2007

 
KLIVV 18th Chris Walzer
FIWI, A
Room to Roam? The Threat to the Khulan (Equus hemionus) from Human
INFO
FIWI 25th Susan Lingle
University of Lethbridge, Canada
When prey fight back: the ecology and evolution of antipredator behaviour in deer
INFO
     

May 2007

 
FIWI 2th Jesko Partecke
Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Andechs, D
Urbanization and its ecological and evolutionary consequences for wildlife
INFO
KLIVV 9th Patrick Gouat
Université Paris, F
Individual chemical signature in mound building-mice, Mus spicilegus: from cognitive to functionnal aspects.
INFO
KLIVV 16th Kevin Laland
University of St. Andrews
Animal Social Learning: Problems and Solutions
C A N C E L L E D !
INFO
KLIVV 23th Christian Sturmbauer
Uni Graz, A
The Dynamics of Adaptive Radiation - Lake Tanganyika cichlid fishes as Model for explosive Speciation.
INFO
FIWI 31th THURSDAY !
Perry Barboza
University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA
Paying for sex: nutritional capital and income for arctic reindeer and caribou
INFO
     

June 2007

 
FIWI 6th Hans Winkler
KLIVV, A
Climate change and birds in Austria
INFO
KLIVV 13th Martin Kalbe
Max-Planck Institute for Limnology, D
Parasites as selective forces in ecological diversification - examples from stickleback
C A N C E L L E D !
INFO
FIWI 20th Joe Williams
Ohio State University, USA
The Evolutionary Physiology of Cutaneous Water Loss in Birds
INFO
FIWI 27th Helga Kromp-Kolb
BOKU Wien, A
Regional manifestations of global climate change: What do we know?
INFO
     

September 2007

 
KLIVV 12th Kevin Laland
University of St. Andrews School of Biology, Centre for Social Learning and Cognitive Evolution
Animal Social Learning: Problems and Solutions
     

October 2007

 
FIWI 10th Hans Otto Pörtner
Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Bremerhaven, D
Physiological principles of climate-dependent evolution
INFO
KLIVV 17th David S. Richardson
Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Maximising fitness through cooperation; Altruism, infidelity and grandparents in the Seychelles warbler
INFO
FIWI 24th Dustin Penn
Konrad Lorenz Inst. of Ethology, Vienna, A
The chemistry of human body odor: individual fingerprints in volatile compounds
INFO
KLIVV 31th M. Kalbe
Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Dept Evolutionary Ecology, D
Parasites as selective forces in ecological diversification - examples from stickleback
INFO
     

November 2007

 
FIWI 07th Simon Ruegg
Veterinary Univ. Zürich, CH
Biology and Epidemiology of Equine Piroplasmoses in Takhin Tal (Mongolia)
INFO
KLIVV 14th Marcel E. Visser
NIOO-KNAW, Dept of Animal Population Biology, Centre for Terrestrial Ecology, The Netherlands
Phenology and fitness in a warming world
INFO
FIWI 21th Martin Klingenspor
Technical University Munich, D Else Kröner Fresenius Center Freising- Weihenstephan

Molecular evolution of a heat dissipating mechanism
INFO
KLIVV 28th Reinhard Bürger
University Vienna

On the conditions of speciation through intraspecific competition
INFO
     

December 2007

 
FIWI 05th Nigel G. Yoccoz
University of Tromso, Norway

Monitoring impacts of global change on ecosystems: we need better mechanistic hypotheses, sampling designs and statistical models
INFO
FIWI 12th no activity


KLIVV 19th Marcel Lambrechts
CEFE, CNRS Montpellier, France

Living near the edge of a distribution range: Mediterranean cavity- nesting passerines as a model system
INFO
     

January 2008

 
FIWI 09th Marek Konarzewski
Univ. Bialystok, PL

The controvercies over scaling of metabolic rates of animals and plants
INFO
KLIVV 16th Susanne Huber
Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology, Vienna, A

Fitness effects of status and partners' age difference in modern society
INFO
FIWI 23th Christian Willisch
Univ. Neuchatel, CH

The role of social dominance in rutting male Alpine ibex: mechanisms and consequences
INFO
FIWI 30th Wolfgang Graier
Medical University Graz, Inst. of Molecular Biol. & Biochem., A

Mitochondria: old guests, new questions
INFO
     

March 2008

 
KLIVV 05th Jonathan WRIGHT
Institute of Biology, NTNU, Trondheim, N

Sex, showing-off and relatedness in helping decisions of the cooperatively breeding bell miner
INFO
KLIVV 06th Anahita KAZEM
Institute of Biology, NTNU, Trondheim, N

Towards an adaptive framework for understanding personality variation
INFO
FIWI 12th Martin KAINZ
WasserCluster Lunz - Biologische Station, A

Integrating lipids and contaminants in aquatic ecology and ecotoxicology
INFO
KLIVV 19th Thierry RIGAUD
Equipe Ecologie Evolutive, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, F

Variability in acanthocephalan-induced behavioural manipulation: the effects of parasite age and intensity revealed by experimental infections

     

April 2008

 
KLIVV 02th Franz SUCHENTRUNK
Fiwi, A

Patterns of molecular evolution in hares and jackrabbits
(Genus Lepus)

FIWI 09th Atle MYSTERUD
University of Oslo, N

Timing of reproductive effort in polygynous ungulates
INFO
KLIVV 16th Heli SIITARI
Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, FIN

Sexual selection in the lekking Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix)

FIWI 17th Fritz GEISER
University of New England, Armidale, AUS

Slumber down under: Hibernation and daily torpor in Australian mammals and birds
INFO
FIWI 23th Ariane BURKE
Centre for the Evolution of Cultural Diversity, University College London and Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, Cambridge University, UK

Modelling the Distribution of E.hydruntinus in a Prehistoric Landscape and the Spatial Analysis of Neanderthal Settlement Patterns
INFO
KLIVV 30th Andrea WEIDT
Zoologisches Institut, Universität Zürich, CH

With Whom To Nurse? Conditions and Consequences of Female Social Partner Choice in Wild House Mice
INFO
     

May 2008

 
FIWI 07th Andrew LOUDON
University of Manchester, UK

Seasonal and daily timing - from genes to physiology
INFO
KLIVV 14th Tom TREGENZA
Centre for Ecology & Conservation, School of Biosciences, University of Exeter, UK

Polyandry and Sexual Selection in Crickets
INFO
FIWI 21th Dustin PENN
Konrad Lorenz Inst. of Ethology, Vienna, A

The chemistry of human body odor: individual fingerprints in volatile compounds
INFO
KLIVV 28th Theo C.BAKKER
Institut für Evolutionsbiologie und Ökologie, University of Bonn, D

Functional variation in sperm size and number of sticklebacks
INFO
     

June 2008

 
FIWI 04th Carsten SCHRADIN
Institut für Zoologie, University of Zurich, CH

Endocrine ecology of social flexibility in a desert dwelling rodent
INFO
KLIVV 11th Richard G.DAVIES
University of East Anglia, UK

Global biodiversity distribution: scale, environment and human impacts
INFO
KLIVV 18th Dik HEG
University of Bern, CH

Cooperative breeding in Lake Tanganyika cichlids

KLIVV 25th Oliver KRÜGER
Behavioural Ecology Group, University of Cambridge, UK

The evolution of life history strategies: individuals, fitness, populations

     

October 2008

 
KLIVV 01th Walter JETZ
University of California, USA

The Global Biodiversity, Ecology and Function of Birds
INFO
FIWI 08th Marcel KLAASSEN
NIOO-KNAW, Centre for Limnology, NL

Between Plants & Herbivores: The inter-play between waterfowl and water plants
INFO
KLIVV 15th Josh VAN BUSKIRK
Zoological Institute, University of Zürich, CH
at 5 p.m. !!
Environmental grain and the evolution of generalists and specialists
INFO
FIWI 22th Matteo GRIGGIO
Konrad Lorenz Institute for Ethology, Vienna, A
Bird coloration: experiments on the dual utility model and male mate choice
INFO
KLIVV 29th Pavel STOPKA
Biodiversity Research Group, Dep. of Zoology, Charles University, CZ
Genomic and proteomic tools for studying chemical communication in mice
INFO
     

November 2008

 
FIWI 05th Hans HOPPELER
University of Bern, CH
Muscle plasticity: function structure and molecular mechanisms
INFO
KLIVV 12th Joanna BRYSON
Univ. of Bath, UK & Konrad Lorenz Instit. f. Evolution and Cognition Research, A
Why information can be free: The evolution of communication and its impact on culture
INFO
KLIVV 19th Francesca D'AMATO
National Council of Research, Inst. of Neuroscience, Psychobiology & Psychopharmacology, Rome, I
Mother- infant relationship in mice: the role of the pup
INFO
FIWI 26th Brian FOLLETT
University of Oxford, UK
Science is stranger than fiction- thyroid hormones and seasonality in birds and mammals
INFO
     

December 2008

 
FIWI 03th Jean-Michel GAILLARD
UMR CNRS Lyon, F
How does individual heterogeneity influence detection of senescence and trade-offs: ungulates as case studies
INFO
KLIVV 10th Giorgio VALLORTIGARA
University of Trieste, Department of Psychology, I
Space and number sense in newborn chicks
Fiwi 7th Phillip A. MORIN
Southwest Fisheries Science Center,NOAA Fisheries, La Jolla, CA, USA
Wildlife conservation using next generation sequencing: population mitogenomics of killer whales
INFO
FIWI 17th Christian VOIGT
Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, D
Stable isotopes in wildlife research: Bridging the gap between animal physiology and conservation biology
INFO
     

January 2009

 
KLIVV 07th Katja HEUBEL
University of Helsinki, FIN
Female-female interactions and context-dependent plasticity of sexual selection in common gobies (Pomatoschistus microps)
INFO
FIWI 14th Rimvydas JUŠKAITIS
University of Lithuania, LT
Review of the common dormouse research in Lithuania
KLIVV 21th Steve SMITH
Res. Inst. of Wildlife Ecology, Vet. Med. Uni. Vienna, A
Hare today gone tomorrow: the pattern and evolution of MHC class II diversity in European populations of Lepus europaeus
INFO
FIWI 28th François SARRAZIN
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, F
Restoring populations on a long term: Examples of scavengers reintroductions
     

March 2009

 
KLIVV 3th Andrea MANICA
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, F
Restoring populations on a long term: Examples of scavengers reintroductions