Scientific Meeting - Monitoring of wildlife

From individual behaviours to global distributions.

Environmental change is likely to have an ever-increasing influence on the ecology and survival of animals, yet many of the species which are of greatest conservation concern are wide-ranging and live in remote areas and are, therefore, extremely difficult to observe.

Information on animal movements, species numbers and wider distributions is critical for our understanding of species responses to environmental threats and the remote monitoring of animals is a growing sector of conservation science.

In the course of this meeting, we will introduce the audience to a range of approaches that biologists are using to solve the many logistical and technical problems associated with wildlife monitoring and present exciting new information which provides insight into wildlife populations and improves our chances of understanding and mitigating the impacts of the increasing future threats they face.

Organised by Chris Carbone, Tom Hart, Ben Collen and Marcus Rowcliffe, Institute of Zoology, ZSL.

Speakers
Professor Martin Wikelski – Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Germany & Princeton University, USA
Dr Iain Staniland – Seal and Penguin Biologist, British Antarctic Survey
Dr Sarah Durant – Research Fellow, Institute of Zoology, ZSL
Dr Roland Kays – Curator of Mammals, New York State Museum, USA

Monitoring of Wildlife Scientific Meeting abstracts (79 KB)

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The talks are free and open to the public (no advance booking or registration required). Talks will begin at 6.00pm; doors open at 5.15pm and seats will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. A dinner with the speakers will follow this Scientific Meeting and places must be booked in advance. A booking form will be available from this page by early-October; please download for further information.

Further Information: please contact Joy Hayward, Scientific Meetings Coordinator, Zoological Society of London, Regents Park, London NW1 4RY.
Tel:+44 (0)20 7449 6227. Fax: +44 (0)20 7449 6411. E-mail: joy.hayward@zsl.org.

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