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