Symposium number: 18

Title: INTEGRATED ECOLOGICAL STUDIES OF DISEASES AND PARASITES IN BIRDS

Principal organizer: André Dhondt
Cornell University, Laboratory of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
email: aad4@cornell.edu

Second organizer: Heinz Richner
University of Bern, Zoology Institute, Evolutionary Ecology Lab, Baltzerstrasse 6, 3012 Bern, Switzerland

First keynote speaker: Heinz Richner
University of Bern, Zoology Institute, Evolutionary Ecology Lab, Baltzerstrasse 6, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Title of first keynote paper: Ecological studies of ectoparasites

Second keynote speaker: André Dhondt
Cornell University, Laboratory of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
Title of second keynote paper: Integrated ecological studies of diseases in birds: Some examples

Contributed talks

Symposium description: Over the last two decades or so, an unusually large number of new diseases has appeared around the world, some of them having dramatic impacts on bird populations. Diseases are typically caused by micro parasites and, like macro parasites, they challenge the immune system, affecting their hosts in diverse ways (survival, reproduction, development, behaviour etc.). In this symposium we aim to provide an overview of the recent work in this field. A number of examples of ecological studies of diseases and of ectoparasites in birds will be presented, in the course of which the need for integration of descriptive field work, experimental studies and modeling will be emphasized.

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