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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
FIWI
1st
Stephane Ostrowski
Université de Lyon (F)
Ecophysiology of the Arabian Oryx
FIWI
7th
Tuesday!
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
KLIVV
12th
Kevin Laland
University of St. Andrews
School of Biology, Centre for
Social Learning and Cognitive
Evolution
Animal Social Learning: Problems and Solutions
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
KLIVV
3th
Andrea MANICA
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, F
Restoring populations on a long term: Examples of scavengers reintroductions