Symposia
11th International Mammalogical Congress (IMC11)
List of Symposia
Each symposium is convened by 1 or more convenors. The role of the convenors, broadly, is to solicit papers from relevant researchers, and comment on the papers submitted through the open system. Spoken papers are 15 plus 5 minutes (for questions and moving between parallel sessions) but may at the discretion of the convenors start with keynote speakers who would have 30 plus 10 minutes.
Symposia will mainly comprise 12-15 spoken papers but shorter symposia on more specialist topics will be permitted (minimum 6 papers). Where symposia fail to attract sufficient interest (< 6 papers) or submitted papers fall outside advertised symposia but nevertheless are of interest to the Congress, material will be included in General Symposia.
Poster sessions will be themed in support of Symposia on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Poster abstracts are submitted through the open system.
Each Symposium has a number for use during submission of abstracts.
Symposia: February 2013
1. Advances in the ecology and genetics of emerging zoonoses (Henttonen, Helsinki; Mills, Emory; Telfer, Aberdeen)
2. The role of disease in limiting population size in mammals (Wilson, Lancaster; Perkins, Cardiff; Lello,Cardiff)
3. Exploring population dynamics in community and landscape contexts (Lidicker, Berkeley; Saitoh, Sapporo)
4. Environmental signals, population outbreaks and the collapse of multiannual cycles (Lambin, Aberdeen; Reid, Belfast; Huitu, Suonenjoki)
5. Behaviour and ecology of insectivorous mammals: ‘ant’eaters of the world (Nicol, Tasmania)
6. Small carnivores in space and time (Belant, Mississippi; Do Linh San, Fort Hare; Somers, Pretoria; Sato, Fukuyama)
7. Migration, dispersal and orientation: how, when and where mammals move (Holland, Belfast)
8. Mammal-plant interactions (Winkler, Hamburg; Schulz, Hamburg)
9. Scale dependencies in mammalian evolutionary ecology: from individual behaviours to coevolution (Kotler; Ben Gurion; Brown, Chicago; Morris Lakehead)
10. Reproductive competition and sexual selection in mammals (Stockley, Liverpool; Englehardt, Gottingen)
11. Ecological and evolutionary responses of predators and their prey: is there a landscape of fear? (Dickman, Sydney ; Ylonen, Jyväskylä; Banks, Sydney)
12. Mammal-macroparasite relationships (Hugot, Paris; Gardner, Nebraska)
13. Late Quaternary Extinctions (Johnston, Tasmania; Lister, BNHM. London; Stuart, Durham )
14. Phylogeography and biogeography (Searle, Cornell; Vega, Cornell; Seddon, Queensland)
15. The influence of temperature on the evolution and diversification of mammals (Smith, New Mexico; Lyons, Smithsonian)
16. Species concepts, hybridisation and conservation (Alves, Porto; Prodohl, Belfast)
17. Conservation genetics (Michaux, Liege; Cabria, Victoria, Spain)
18. Footprints of domestication (tbc)
19. Archaeo-mammalogy: prehistoric depictions and cultural significance (Wyrwoll, Theriol.Inst.Germany; Kitchener, Edinburgh)
20. Assembling the mammalian Tree of Life (Steppan, Florida)
21. Pattern and process in rodent social systems (Lacey, Berkeley; Sherman, Cornell)
22. Behaviour of mammals in zoos (Maple, Georgia Tech.)
23. Personality traits in wild mammals (Bremner-Harrison; Nottingham Trent; Watters, Brookfield)
24. Physiological and behavioural adaptations in extreme environments (Wang, Beijing)
25. Energetic costs and behavioural patterns (Scantlebury, Belfast; Halsey, Roehampton)
26. Nocturnal mammals in a light polluted world (Haim, Haifa)
27. Physiological approaches to conservation (Cruz-Neto, UNESP; Johnstone, Monash)
28. Climate change impacts: mitigation, restoration and novel ecosystems (Hallett; Eastern Washington Univ.; Valentine, Univ.Western Australia)
29. The world underground (Bennett, Pretoria; Lutermann, Pretoria: Antenuccic, Mar del Plata; Luna, Mar del Plata)
30. Trophic cascades, ecological restoration and conservation of mammals (Ritchie, Deakin; Ventner, S.Afr.)
31. Off-shore development and the conservation of marine mammals (tbc)
32. Hunting and conservation (Haecklander, Vienna; Nicholson, Grimso)
33. Mammalian adaptations to human-dominated landscapes (Coulson, Australia; Baker, Reading)
34. Reintroductions: objectives, methods and obstacles (Grogan, USGS; Schoenecker, USGS; Stanley-Price, Oxford)
35. Wildlife human interactions: conflicts in the management of mammals (Sukumar, India; Gompper, Missouri)
36. Invasive mammals: impacts, control and mitigation (McDonald, Exeter)
37. Hyper-abundance and defaunation of ungulates: parallel and contrasting fortunes in northern and southern hemisphere (Beck, Baltimore)
38. Beavers as an ecosystem engineer, past, present and future impact (Busher, Boston; Hood, Alberta; Hartman, Uppsala)
39. Modes of Communication: olfactory, touch and vocal signals (tbc)
40. General Symposium 1: Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution (Local Organizing Committee)
41. General Symposium 2: Education, History, Ethics and Policy (Local Organizing Committee)
42. General Symposium 3: Novel Methods and Data Analyses (Local Organizing Committee)
Workshops: IMC11 is interested in hearing from individuals and groups who would like to organise workshops or short informal meetings during IMC11. Time and space are available without charge. Please contact Ian Montgomery: i.montgomery@qub.ac.uk
