Oral Contributions

  Monday, 14 August  
  Session O1: Foraging behaviour and diet
16:30 Molokwu, Mary Ngozi Nigeria Seasonal Variation in Patch Use in Granivorous Birds in a Tropical African Environment
16:48 Herrera Montalvo, Luis Gerardo Mexico Differencial responses to fruit abundance by two rain forest birds using long-term isotopic monitoring
17:06 Gauthier, Gilles Canada Diet change inferred from stable-isotopes in spring staging greater snow geese
17:24 Le Corre, Matthieu Réunion (to France) Geographic variation in the trophic ecology of a tropical seabird, the sooty tern : a multidisciplinary approach using diet analysis, stable isotope ratios and heavy metal levels
17:42 Weimerskirch, Henri France Foraging behaviour and environmental conditions in seabirds
   
Session O2: Parental care		  
16:30 Boos, Mathieu France How is serum prolactin level linked to posthatch parental care behaviour in a precocial bird, the Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos)?
16:48 Müller, Wendt Belgium Maternal yolk hormones adjust the offspring to the social environment post-hatching - among-nest competition in the semi-precocial black-headed gull
17:06 Grüebler, Martin U. Switzerland The fitness-relevance of the duration of post-fledging parental care in the Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
17:24 Reynaud, Pierre Adrien France Red-billed Hornbills select aromatic plants as an insect-free environment during nidification
17:42 Ostreiher, Roni Israel Parental care is affected by intra-sex competition among breeders in the Arabian babbler
   
Session O3: Conservation: riparian and wetland
16:30 Finch, Deborah United States Avian responses to exotic woody plants and their removal along an aridland river
16:48 Flade, Martin Johannes Germany ‚Partial extinction’ – the case of the globally threatened Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
17:06 Malan, Gerard South Africa Rehabilitating riparian zones on a forestry estate: Grasslands versus woodlands for plants and birds?
17:24 Poulin, Brigitte France Integrating bird ecology with socio-economy for a sustainable wetland management.
17:42 Vijayan, Lalitha India Conservation of wetland birds in India
   
Session O4: Species diversity and conservation
16:30 Aliabadian, Mansour The Netherlands, Ira The mid-domain effect on the geographic species richness pattern of Palearctic songbirds
16:48 Perktas, Utku Turkey Passerine bird diversity of Turkey: The evaluation of geographic variation of some Fringillidae members
17:06 Prakash, Nandineravanda India Avifaunal diversity in different habitats in Kodagu (Coorg) district, Western Ghats
17:24 Hansbauer, Miriam Melanie Germany Effects of forest fragmentation on behavior and movement patterns in selected bird species of the Mata Atlântica in the State of São Paulo, Brazil
17:42 Ajagbe , Ademola Abiola Nigeria Comparison of bird diversity between Amurum forest reserve and surrounding farmlands
   
Session O5: Migration and stopover		  
16:30 Ottosson, Ulf Nigeria The winter ecology of the Common Whitethroat in Nigeria
16:48 Tsvey, Arseny Russia Spatial behavior and choice of habitat on migratory stopover site in European Robins (Erithacus rubecula): a telemetry study
17:06 Wojciechowski, Michal S. Poland Migrating blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla) use torpor during refueling at stopover in Eilat, Israel.
17:24 Stahl, Julia Germany Flexible arctic migrants: rapid shifts of barnacle goose flyways during times of global change
17:42 Schmaljohann, Heiko Switzerland The Sahara Desert: a vast stopover site for migrating passerines?
   
Session O6: Physiology: metabolism		  
16:30 Broggi, Juli Finland Sources of variation in basal metabolic rate in a wild passerine
16:48 Wiersma, Popko USA Basal metabolic rates in tropical and temperate birds
17:06 Moe, Børge Norway Energy metabolism and age in a long-lived seabird: no age-specific decrease in BMR in the snow petrel
17:24 Ellis, Hugh I. USA The relationship between basal metabolism and body composition: a different view
17:42 Schmidt-Wellenburg, Carola Germany Heart rate in migrating birds: effects of an increased body mass.
   
Session O7: Population dynamics		  
16:30 Ivanitskii, Vladimir Russia The structure of the population of the Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis in Russian Far East
16:48 Schwerdtfeger, Ortwin Germany Migration and dispersion dynamics in the metapopulation of Tengmalm's Owl (Aegolius funereus) in Central Europe
17:06 Arnold, Jennifer M. Germany The role of age and condition in predicting survival for a long-lived seabird: mark-recapture analysis for the common tern (Sterna hirundo)
17:24 Gruenkorn, Thomas Germany Population dynamics, reproductive success and intraspecific regulation in Common Ravens in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany: A long term study
17:42 Reid, Jane Scotland Cryptic spatial variation in population growth rate within an island population of red-billed choughs Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
   
Session O8: Phylogeny		  
16:30 Braun, M.J. USA The utility of introns and other non-coding DNA sequences for deep node phylogenetic inference
16:48 Irestedt, Martin Sweden Nuclear DNA from avian skin collections reveals evolutionary relationships among Old World suboscines (Aves: Passeriformes)
17:06 Hermann, Lucille South Africa The bar-throated apalis subspecies complex (Passeriformes: Sylviidae): A phylogenetic analysis.
17:24 Tietze, Dieter Thomas Germany Phylogeny and acoustic differentiation in the treecreepers (Certhiidae)
17:42 Yeung, Carol Taiwan Molecular phylogeny of the parrotbills (family Paradoxornithidae)
   
Tuesday, 15 August
  Session O9: Mate choice and mating systems
16:30 Forsman, Anna M. USA Do extra-pair matings by female House Wrens (Troglodytes aedon) promote improved nestling immune response?
16:48 White, Joel France Sperm age and reproductive performance in a strictly monogamous bird - an experimental study
17:06 Pechacek, Peter Germany High paternal investment and its impact on social and genetic mating system in woodpeckers
17:24 Holveck, Marie-Jeanne The Netherlands Effects of rearing condition on song and mate preferences of female zebra finches
17:42 Moreno, Juan Spain Blue egg coloration as a signal to mates by female pied flycatchers
   
Session O10: Behavioural ecology of foraging
16:30 Hino, Teruaki Japan Intraspecific differences in benefits from feeding in mixed-species flocks
16:48 Ropert-Coudert, Yan Japan Behavioural plasticity in the foraging of world-wide-ranging Sulidaes
17:06 Jablonski, Piotr Poland Evolutionary significance of geographic variation in a plumage-based foraging adaptation: can prey escape circuits drive habitat-specific plumage patterns in flush-pursuing birds?
17:24 Pyk, Tanya Australia Long-term reproductive success of Australasian gannets
17:42 Schaefer, H. Martin Germany Avian vision explains a trade-off between health benefits and foraging costs
   
Session O11: Contaminants		  
16:30 Kojadinovic, Jessica France Seabirds used as a bio-indicator of mercury levels in the tropical Western Indian Ocean food webs
16:48 Szabo, Judit Kriszta Australia Landscape-level exposure assessment of locust-control pesticides in Australian avifauna: Model predictions and field verification
17:06 Kitowski, Ignacy Poland Radionuclides from Chernobyl fallout in Polish raptors
17:24 Fernie, Kim Canada The effects of exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers on reproductive performance and immune function of captive American Kestrels
17:42 Ludynia, Katrin Germany Sulphide eruption and prey availability influencing foraging areas of endangered African Penguins at Mercury Island, Namibia
   
Session O12: Bird communities in changing environments
16:30 Renner, Swen USA Bird diversity in two tropical montane cloud forests in Guatemala
16:48 Tubelis, Dárius Pukenis Brazil Edge effects within reserves: occurrence of savanna birds in relation to adjacent native forests in the central Cerrado, Brazil
17:06 Abalaka, Jacinta Nigeria THE AVIFAUNA OF CHANJI FOREST RESERVE, CENTRAL NIGERIA AFTER 28 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS DEGRADATION
17:24 Tomialojc, Ludwik Poland Old urban parks: the evidence that predation may shape breeding bird communities
17:42 Pidgeon, Anna USA Understanding the effects of rural sprawl on bird communities.
   
Session O13: Biogeography and phylogeny
16:30 Lei, Fu-Min China Thirty years of change in the regional distribution of endemic birds in China
16:48 Tellkamp, Markus Patricio United States Prehistoric exploitation and biogeography of birds in Andean and coastal Ecuador
17:06 Rheindt, Frank Erwin Australia When morphology does not suffice: Phylogenetic relationships in the cryptic radiation of elaeniid flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
17:24 Johansson, Ulf Sweden Phylogeny and biogeography of bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)
17:42 Pereira, Sergio Canada Diversification of cracids, tanagers and amazon parrots correlate with major physiographic changes in the Neotropics
   
Session O14: Communication		  
16:30 Bhatt, Dinesh India Yearly variation in song repertoire presentation in the Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis
16:48 Kiefer, Sarah Germany Age related increase of song type repertoires in Common nightingales, Luscinia megarhynchos
17:06 Geberzahn, Nicole The Netherlands Acoustic variation in the females’ song of African Black Coucals (Centropus grillii), a bird species with reversed sex-roles
17:24 Goretskaia, Maria Iacovlevna Russia The number of elements per phrase in bird songs is related to male-male interaction
17:42 Fox, Elizabeth Australia Individual recognition for vocal bird species: a new perspective.
   
Session O15: Natal dispersal/philopatry		  
16:30 Ganter, Barbara Germany Natal philopatry and close in-breeding in Dunlins
16:48 Ding, Ping PRChina Movements and factors affecting dispersal of Elliot’s Pheasant
17:06 Sherry, Thomas W. USA Survival and breeding dispersal in a migratory passerine in relation to condition-dependent site tenacity: a multi-state capture-resight analysis
17:24 Simeone, Alejandro Chile Philopatry and dispersal of Humboldt penguins (Spheniscus humboldti) from a breeding colony in central Chile
17:42 Matthysen, Erik Belgium Landscape structure constrains the dispersal of a mobile songbird: a paradox?
   
Session O16: Conservation: habitat requirements
16:30 Currie, Dave USA The response of wintering Kirtland’s Warblers to food patch dynamics in The Bahamas and its implications for conservation on the wintering grounds.
16:48 Steinfurth, Antje Germany Marine Ecology and Conservation of the Galápagos Penguin, Spheniscus mendiculus
17:06 Bidwell, Mark T. Canada Habitat selection and reproductive success of Blue Cranes in a South African agricultural landscape
17:24 Olsson, Ola Sweden An optimality based predictive habitat use model for reintroduced white storks
17:42 V.V., Robin India Population isolation in a naturally fragmented landscape: the White-bellied Shortwing in the montane evergreen forests of Western Ghats, southern India
   
Wednesday, 16 August
  Session O17: Foraging and energetics  
16:30 Reynolds, Jim UK The influence of supplementary feeding in the spring and early summer on the breeding performance of British garden birds
16:48 Nilsson, Johan Sweden How do different metabolic rates during the winter affect breeding next summer?
17:06 Bushuev, Andrey Russia Sex differences in resting metabolic rate in Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
17:24 Lopez-Calleja, M. Victoria Chile Foraging ecology and energetic of Juan Fernandez Firecrown (Trochilidae: Sephanoides fernandensis).
17:42 White, Craig UK Wading, walking, waddling: the energetics of terrestrial locomotion in birds
   
Session O18: Territory		  
16:30 Goymann, Wolfgang Germany Blocking androgen and estrogen action does not affect territorial behaviour of female black coucals
16:48 Schmidt, Rouven Germany Is territory defence in nightingales influenced by prior information?
17:06 Boucher, Sarah USA Where Can A Pair Nest Around Here? Habitat Selection in the Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) on Great Duck Island, Maine
17:24 Hazler, Kirsten R. USA Risky business: Site selection by Acadian flycatchers under threat of nest predation and brood parasitism
17:42 Nocera, Joseph Canada Inadvertent social information in breeding site selection of natal dispersing birds
   
Session O19: Threatened species		  
16:30 Engelbrecht, Derek South Africa Concerning the “least concern”: Conservation of the Short-clawed Lark in South Africa
16:48 Ozaki, Kiyoaki Japan Declining Distribution of the Okinawa Rail Gallirallus okinawae because of introduced predators
17:06 Cahill, Jennifer Bolivia Habitat use and nest site selection of two near threatened Polylepis forest specialists
17:24     TBA
17:42 Dimalexis, Anastasios Greece Population status of the Eleonora’s Falcon (Falco eleonorae) in Greece: Results of the first national population survey.
   
Session O20: Conservation: farmland		  
16:30 Kragten, Steven The Netherlands Breeding birds on organic and conventional arable farms in the Netherlands.
16:48 Kujawa, Krzysztof Poland Is bird diversity and abundance in farmland influenced by red fox?
17:06 Sekercioglu, Cagan H. USA Survival of forest birds in the Costa Rican agricultural countryside
17:24 Herzon, Irina Finland Role of spatial complexity of farmland within different landscape types on farmland bird communities in the Baltic States
17:42 Gottschalk, Thomas Germany Modelling the impact of agriculture policy changes on farmland birds
   
Session O21: Population genetics		  
16:30 Yang, Shu-Juan China So close and so divergent: phylogeographic structure of the Ground Tit, an endemic of the Tibetan Plateau
16:48 Hsu, Yu-Cheng Taiwan Phylogeography of Elegant Scops Owl (Otus elegans) on East Asian Islands
17:06 Sari, Eloisa Helena Reis Brazil Congruent Phylogeography of Conopophaga lineata (Rufous Gnateater) and Thamnophilus caerulescens (Variable Antshrike) (Passeriformes) reveals an area of secondary contact between lineages
17:24 Lopes, Ricardo Jorge Portugal Implications of recent artificial range expansion, due to reintroductions, on the genetic variability of endangered subspecies of Purple Gallinule
17:42 Delport, Wayne South Africa Inferring the mode of speciation in Nesospiza buntings of the Tristan da Cunha islands
   
Session O22: Timing of breeding		  
16:30 Malik, Shalie India Regulation of seasonal response in migratory male blackheaded bunting: role of photoperiod, temperature and food availability
16:48 Masello, Juan F. Germany Breeding during contrasting environmental conditions: influence of ENSO in a colony of Burrowing Parrots at the Atlantic coast of Patagonia
17:06 Ahola, Markus Petteri Finland Competition over nest-holes between a sedentary and a migratory bird species under climatic fluctuation
17:24 Sternberg, Helmut Germany The effect of hatching date on the arrival time from spring migration and the timing of breeding in male Pied Flycatchers
17:42 Visser, Marcel E. The Netherlands Timing of reproduction: genetic variation in the mechanism underlying phenotypic plasticity
   
Session O23: Evolutionary biology		  
16:30 Forstmeier, Wolfgang Germany Quantitative genetics and behavioural correlates of digit ratio in the zebra finch
16:48 Siitari, Heli Finland Investment in offspring in relation to offspring sex and egg laying order in the lekking Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix)
17:06 Nowakowski, Jacek J. Poland Direct Selection of Phenotypic Features in a Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) Population
17:24 Spinney, Laura USA Alternative phenotypes in white-throated sparrows are associated with differences in steroid hormones
17:42 Grinkov, Vladimir Russia Female mate choice in the Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) in Western Siberian population – variability of breeding plumage colour in males and reinforcement
   
Session O24: Morphology		  
16:30 Kaboli, Mohammad Iran ECOMORPHOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS AND SPECIES SIMILARITIES IN THE GENUS OENANTHE (FAMILY TURDIDAE)
16:48 Kurk, Karin (C.D.) The Netherlands Functional morphology of feeding in swans and geese (Anserinae)
17:06 Abourachid, Anick France Biomechanical analysis of the quail walking. From avian walk to a bipedal robot
17:24 Elzanowski, Andrzej Poland Limb eco-morphology of the most primitive birds
17:42 Robin, Jean-Patrice France Skeleton build up in growing King Penguin chicks (Aptenodytes patagonicus): how to cope with undernutrition and shifting from terrestrial to marine life?
   
Friday, 18 August
  Session O25: Mate choice  
16:30 Slagsvold, Tore Norway Sexual imprinting as studied by interspecific cross-fostering in the wild
16:48 Li, Shou-Hsien Taiwan Do females prefer to mate with genetically dissimilar males? Genetic disassortative mating in the Green-backed Tit (Parus monticolus) at central Taiwan
17:06 Wheelwright, Nathaniel USA Asymmetrical incest avoidance in the choice of social and genetic mates
17:24 Aidnik, Alice U. Germany The effect of plumage coloration on male-male interactions and reproductive success in the red bishop (Euplectes orix)
17:42 Fusani, Leonida Italy Individual differences in the courtship displays of male Golden-collared manakins: the bases for mate choice?
   
Session O26: Conservation: forests		  
16:30 Loyn, Richard Australia How can tree plantations contribute to meeting conservation objectives in varied landscapes?
16:48 Hussin, Mohamed Zakaria Malaysia Understorey bird species as indicator of tropical forest ecosystem health
17:06 Farwig, Nina Germany Consequences of forest fragmentation on frugivores, seed dispersal and genetic structure of Prunus africana populations in Kenya
17:24 Sun, Yue-Hua China The Relationship Between the Bird Fauna in the Conifer Forest around Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and in the Eurasian Taiga Forest
17:42 Wunderle, Jr., Joseph M. USA The Short-term Responses of Birds to Reduced-impact Logging in a Lowland Amazon Forest: Can Reduced-impact Methods Help to Retain Aspects of Avian Biodiversity in Tropical Timber Production Forests?
   
Session O27: Population recovery		  
16:30 Brooke, Michael UK Prioritizing the world's islands for vertebrate eradication: or how to obtain maximum conservation bangs for bucks spent
16:48 Ndang'ang'a, Paul Kariuki Kenya Enabling implementation of action plans for threatened birds in Africa: The Species Interest Group approach
17:06 Bassett, Suzanne Margaret New Zealand The role of captive rearing in kiwi conservation
17:24 Strauss, Willem Maartin Saudi Arabia Do we need to be more creative in the restoration attempts of the Asian houbara bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii in Saudi Arabia?
17:42 Klaus, Siegfried Germany A translocation study using capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) from central Russia
   
Session O28: Breeding success		  
16:30 Zhang, Zhengwang China Studies on the sex ratio of Reeves’s pheasant in the natural habitat of China
16:48 Limmer, Bente Germany Effects of age, breeding experience and recruiting age on breeding performance of Common Terns (Sterna hirundo)
17:06 Bouzendorf, François France Breeding success in a Houbara Bustard (Chlamydotis undulata undulata) population in eastern Morocco
17:24 Toms, Mike UK House Sparrows, Home Improvements and Predators
17:42 Pasinelli, Gilberto Switzerland The importance of spatial and temporal scales for avian nest predation: the case of the reed bunting
   
Session O29: Migration		  
16:30 Shamoun-Baranes, Judy The Netherlands Modelling the adaptive behaviour of migrating white storks
16:48 Fitzgerald, Trina Canada Displaced migratory juvenile Yellow-rumped Warblers adjust their orientation following stop-over
17:06 Phillips, Laura M USA Movements of the King Eider during the non-breeding period revealed by satellite telemetry
17:24 Gerkmann, Birgit Germany Use of satellite telemetry and remote sensing data for the identification of important habitats of migratory birds (Ciconia ciconia)
17:42 Busse, Przemyslaw Poland Bird navigation model as a theoretical basis to the field cage tests
   
Session O30: Immune responses		  
16:30 Palacios, Maria Gabriela USA Patterns and mechanisms of immunosenescence in the tree swallow Tachycineta bicolor
16:48 Tieleman, B. Irene Germany/Netherlands Annual patterns of immune function and energetics: a common-garden study on stonechats from different environments
17:06 Helm, Barbara Germany Immune strategies of migratory birds
17:24 Staszewski, Vincent France Evidence of an inter-annual effect of maternal immunization on the immune response of juveniles in a long-lived seabird
17:42 Nilsson, Jan-Åke Sweden Does the strength of an immune response reflect its energetic cost?
   
Session O31: Evolutionary biology		  
16:30 Schwettscher, Stefanie Germany Does telomere length in bird nestlings indicate genetic quality? A test in the polygynous red bishop (Euplectes orix)
16:48 Koetz, Anna H. Australia The causes and evolutionary consequences of song dialects in an endemic rainforest specialist bird, the Chowchilla.
17:06 den Hartog, Paula Maria The Netherlands Behavioral and genetic variation across a hybrid zone between two African dove species
17:24 Yahya , Hafiz S.A. India Ecologically isolating factors among Indian Barbets
17:42 Winker, Kevin USA On the origin of species through heteropatric differentiation
   
Session O32: Population trends		  
16:30 Newson, Stuart United Kingdom Predicting abundance of UK bird populations
16:48 Svazas, Saulius Lithuania Analysis of recent changes within the structure of Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) population in Eastern Europe
17:06 Kéry, Marc Switzerland Trend analyses of chance observations of birds in Switzerland: Correction for effort and random-effects models for combined analyses across species
17:24 Leech, David UK Influence of weather variables on the productivity of single-brooded bird species in Britain
17:42 Sandvik, Hanno Norway Towards a nomothetic study of the effects of climatic change: causes and correlations revealed by seabird population dynamics


 

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