Detailed Program

28th August (Thursday)

15:00-18:00 Registration (Eötvös Loránd University)

19:00-21:00 WELCOME RECEPTION (Hungarian Natural History Museum) - GUIDED TOUR in the museum’s exhibition „The world of carnivores” - Ferenc Hudecz Dr. (Dean of Eötvös Loránd University) & Gábor Csorba (Deputy Head of the Department of Zoology, HNHM)

29th August (Friday)

09:00-09:10 OPENING REMARKS

09:10-09:40 THE HISTORY OF THE MUSTELID COLLOQUIUM (1982-2008) - Sim Broekhuizen

  • Session 1 - Methodology
  • Chair: Hans-Heinrich Krüger

09:40-10:10 Session Opening presentation: Using remote cameras to monitor otters - Paul Yoxon

10:10-10:30 Methods for measuring foraging success of Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) in a shallow river - Lukáš Šimek

10:30-10.50 Monitoring small carnivores in France: a simple method using sightings of national wildlife protection officers along roads - Sandrine Ruette, Michel Albaret and Jean-Michel Vandel

10:50-11:20 Coffee break

  • Session 2 - AT THE LEVEL OF THE MOLECULES
  • Chair: Izabela Wierzbowska

11:20-11:50 Session Opening presentation : Real-time PCR techniques for species identification and sex-typing in mustelids - Catherine O’Reilly, Jacinta Mullins and Peter Turner

11:50-12:10 A census of pine marten (Martes martes) populations in the south-east of Ireland using genetic analysis of hair and faeces - Jacinta Mullins, Mark Statham, Tom Roche, Peter Turner and Catherina O’Reilly

12:10-12:30 Population structure of the eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) in the UK - Geoffrey Hobbs

12:30-14:00 Lunch

  • Session 3: MORPHOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY, BIOGEOGRAPHY
  • Chair: Chair: József Lanszki

14:00-14:20 First report of fossil mustelids from the Paleogene of Hungary - Márton Rabi

14:20-14:40 Historical biogeography of the stone marten (Martes foina) in the Carpathian Basin: an overview - Mária Tóth and Márton Rabi

14:40-15:00 Body weight of mustelid species from Transylvania – data on animals hunted between 1964-1995. - Zsolt Hegyeli and Attila Kecskés

15:00-15:20 Coffee break

15:20-15:40 Body tepmerature and activity in Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) - Hans-Heinrich Krüger

15:40-16:00 The presence of different parasites in stone martens (Martes foina) living in urban areas - Emese Szőcs, Mónika Gyurkovszky and Miklós Heltai

16:00-17:00 POSTER SESSION

18:00-19:00 Dinner

19:00-21:30 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS, SLIDE AND VIDEO SHOW

30th August (Saturday)

  • SESSION 4: BEHAVIOUR AND ECOLOGY 1
  • Chair: Morten Elmeros

09:00-09:30 Session Opening presentation: Stone martens (Martes foina) as urban adapters - Jan Herr

09:30-09:50 Has culling affected the behaviour of the Eurasian badger (Meles meles) in Ireland - Carroll Rosario, Leigh Corner and Nicola Marples

09:50-10:10 Habitat selection of weasel (Mustela nivalis) in agriculutural fragmented landscape in Central Italy - Caterina Magrini, Francesco Maria Angelici, Luigi Boitani, Michele Cento, Emilianoi Manzo and Livia Zapponi

10:10-10:40 Coffee break

  • SESSION 5: BEHAVIOUR AND ECOLOGY 2
  • Chair: Jasja Dekker

10:40-11:10 Age structure of the recovering population of otters (Lutra lutra) in Denmark - Morten Elmeros, Hans Jřrgen Baagře, Thomas Secher Jensen and Aksel Bo Madsen

11:10-11:30 Stone martens (Martes foina) and cars: factors promoting marten-car associations in the context of marten-related car damage - Jan Herr, Laurent Schley and Timothy J. Roper

11:30-11:50 Fox and martens – are they really opportunistic feaders? A case of occurrence of insects in carnivores’ diet - Izabela Wierzbowska, Tomasz Skalski and Maria Eskreys-Wójcik

11:50-13:30 Lunch

  • SESSION 6: CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 1
  • Chair: Sandrine Ruette

13:30-14:00 Session Opening presentation: Mustelid ecology and conservation in Portugal: an overview and new challenges - Margarida Santos-Reis

14:00-14:20 The conservation of the otter in Italy: are absences reliable to predict otter’s recovering? - Carmen Cianfrani, Alexandre H. Hirzel, Gwenaelle Le Lay and Anna Loy

14:20-14:40 Presentation of the 2nd European mink (Mustela lutreola) restoration plan in France (2007-2011) - Rachel Berzins

14:40-15:00 Elaboration of conservation programme of endangered European mink (Mustela lutreola) in Poland - Jakub Skorupski

15:00-15:20 Cardiff University Otter Project: Making good use of road kill - Elizabeth A. Chadwick and Frederick M. Slater

15:20-15:50 Coffee break

  • SESSION 7: CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 2
  • Chair: Elizabeth Chadwick

15:50-16:10 Badger (Meles meles) road mortality in the Netherlands: victim characteristics and effects of mitigation measures - Jasja D.A. Dekker and Hans Bekker

16:10-16:30 Pine marten traffic victims in relation to verege features and possible measures to reduce their number - Gerard J.D.M. Müskens and Sim Broekhuizen

16:30-16:50 Distribution and conservation of Pine marten (Martes martes) in Ireland - Declan O’Mahony

16:50-17:10 Alternative radio tracking and biotelemetry methods for small and meso mammals - András Gubányi, Richárd Wohlfart and Győző Horváth

17:10-17:40 ANNOUNCEMENT OF STUDENTS’ POSTER-COMPETITION

19:00-22:00 CLOSING CEREMONY AND BANQUET (Mongolian Barbecue)

31th August (Sunday)

Excursions

10:00-12:00 EXCURSION 1 (FREE, HALF DAY PROGRAM) - Guided tour to the Budapest ZOO - Zoltán Hanga

8:00-17:00 EXCURSION 2 (ALL DAY PROGRAM WITH LUNCH) „Bouted” tour in the Pilis mountains and visit to the Szentendre Skanzen (Village Museum)

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