Symposium on the Urban Ecology of Birds and Mammals in Europe Nienover, Germany, Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th November 2000.

We will have 22 contributions from nine nations. We prolonged the deadline for registration to the end of August 2000. But we strongly suggest that you register earlier because of the limited accommodation facilities. All other details concerning registration, travel instructions etc. will be available on our website (http//www.gwn.de/gwn/html/frame6.htm). For those who have no access to the internet please ask for the documents by phone (0049-(0)551-487297) or send a postcard (GWN, Henri-Dunant-Str. 10, D - 37075 Goettingen).

The symposium committee

Dr. Ulf Hohmann & Dr. Uwe Andreas
e-mail contact symposium@gwn.de

Preliminary Program

Friday, 10 November 2000

    16.00 - Registration

Saturday, 11 November 2000

    730 - 825 Breakfast

    830 - 840 Opening of the symposium
    U. Hohmann & U. Andreas, Germany

   Session I

    845- 910 Urban biodiversity and landscape structures
                   P. Clergeau, France

    915 - 940 Do urban planners have sufficient spatial information to secure the maintenance of biodiversity in urban areas
                   U. Sandström, Schweden

    945 - 1010 Urbanization of wildlife - terms/concepts, examples, causes and consequences Verstädterung von Wildtieren -            
                     Begriffe, Beispiele, Ursachen und Folgen
                   A. Festetics, Germany

    10 15 Coffee break

   Session II

    1045 - 1110 Can urban wildlife support to nature conservation strategies? A global view
                   D. Haas, Germany

    1115 - 1140 Veterinary urban hygiene activities of the WHO/FAO collaborating centre for veterinary public health
                   A.Mantovani & E. Natoli, Rome

    1200 Lunch

   Session III

    1400 - 1425 Changes and species loss in urban mammal communities of Germany
                   H. Meinig, Germany

    1430 - 1455 City raccoons (Procyon lotor)
                   U. Hohmann, S. Voigt, & U. Andreas, Germany

    1500 - 1525 Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Munich
                   A. König & T. Romig, Germany

    1530 Coffee break

   Session IV

    1545 - 1610 The coypu (Myocastor coypus, Molina 1782) in an urban environment
                   J. Meyer, Germany

    1615 - 1640 Population dynamics of European ground squirrels (Spermophilus citellus) in a suburban environment
                   I. E. Hoffmann & E. Millesi, Austria

    1645 - 1710 Spatial and temporal dynamics of wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in the city of Giessen, Germany.
                   T. Ritter, Germany

    1715 Coffee break

   Session V

    1745 - 1810 The Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) - its way to an urban lifestyle Can the Kestrel become a synurbanized species?
                   L. Rejt, Poland

    1815 - 1840 Natal dispersal of Northern Goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) in an urban environment. Preliminary results of a
                        radio-tracking pilot-study in Hamburg, Germany
                   C. Rutz, Germany

    1845 - 1910 Phenotypic population structure and its stability in Moscow's synanthropic doves (Columba livia).
                   N. Obukhova, Russia

    1915 Dinner

    2100 - 2215 Evening event

Spacing pattern, social behaviour and reproductive strategy of urban feral cats (Felis catus). Human strategies for their management. Oral and video presentation.
            E. Natoli, Italy

    2215 - Happy hour

Sunday, 12 November 2000

    800 - 855 Breakfast

    Session VI

    900 - 925 Berlin - a city full of birds in winter
                   K. Witt, Germany

    930 - 955 Feral cats (Felis silvestris f. domestica) in the city of Berlin
                   B. Kalz & K.-M. Scheibe, Germany

    1000 - 1025 Wild boars (Sus scrofa) in Berlin Wildschweine in Berlin
                   U. Meierjürgen, Germany

    1030 Coffee break

   Session VII

    1100 - 1125 On some changes in bird fauna in human populated areas of Moldova
                   S. Jurminschii & N. Zubcov, Moldova

    1130 - 1155 Micromammal and bird urban fauna of the City of Cluj-Napoca (Romania) a study based on Asio otus otus pellets
                   V. Nistreanu & I. Coroiu, Romania

    1200 - 1225 Waterfowl brings life into towns
                   P. Havelka, Germany

    1230 - 1255 Breeding density and breeding success of carrion crows (Corvus corone corone) in an urban environment
                   T. Schicker, Germany

    1300 Lunch

    1500 Departure