The overall aim of the project Status and Trends of European Pollinators (STEP) is to assess the current status and trends of pollinators in Europe, quantify the relative importance of various drivers and impacts of change, identify relevant mitigation strategies and policy instruments, and disseminate this to a wide range of stakeholders. This aim is underpinned by 7 specific objectives which reflect the overall work program of STEP: Document the status and trends of pollinator (managed honeybees, wild bees and hoverflies) and animal-pollinated plant populations; Determine and analyze the multiple pressures that are driving changes in pollinators and animal-pollinated plants at scales ranging from single fields to landscapes to the whole of Europe; Assess the impact of changes in pollinator populations and communities on wild plants and crops and changes in floral resources on pollinators; Evaluate and synthesize strategies to mitigate the impacts of changes in pollinators and animal-pollinated plants; Assess how multiple drivers affect pollinators and animal-pollinated plants at local and landscapes scales using focused empirical tests and observations; Analyze and improve the interface between the scientific knowledge-base on pollinator change assessment and policy instruments to reduce pollinator/pollination loss and mitigate its effects; Develop communication and educational links with a wide range of stakeholders and the general public on the importance of recent shifts in pollinators, the main drivers and impacts of pollinator shifts and mitigation strategies through dissemination and training. ... [Information of the supplier]
The Myrmecological Team of the Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, at the University of Debrecen invites you to the 6th Central European Workshop of Myrmecology. The conference will be held in a new and modern building with good infrastructure. Registration will be open from autumn 2014. [Information of the supplier]
Beekeeping, Apiculture or Apidology belonged to the early education issues at the former Royal Prussian Academy of Agriculture at Bonn-Poppelsdorf. Its library, the predecessor of the ZB MED in Bonn, gathered literature on the subject from early on. Culture and breeding of the bee - one of the main farm animals - and the importance of bee products in nutrition and medicine reflect, on the one hand, very well the range of subjects the ZB MED represents. On the other hand, with the digitization of Pollmann's collection the ZB MED would like to contribute to research on the current, almost global problem of "bee death", research which is also an European Union and several German federal states' pilot project (EuBiMo)....
With about 12,500 known species, ants are a pivotal group of eusocial insects. Their estimated 10,000 trillions of individuals equal us in biomass (Hölldobler and Wilson, 1990), and they are hugely important ecologically and as our food competitors. Their diversity and niche specialization also make ants bio-indicators for land use and conservation. This symposium focuses on interactions between ants, plants, fungi and other insects, central themes in ecology and evolution. The understanding of interactions among species, especially mutualistic, is a long-standing challenge for evolutionary biologists, and the diversity of interactions between ants and other organisms, including plants, fungi, insects, scale insects or bacteria, makes them a ideal group for studying the function and evolution of interactions, to understand key ecological and evolutionary principles. ... [Information of the supplier]
The North-West European Section of the IUSSI and The Centre of Excellence in Biological Interactions at the University of Helsinki are delighted to invite you to join us at the Union’s 6th European meeting to be held 8-11.8 2016 in Helsinki, Finland. The conference will be held at the Helsinki University main campus in the city center. The main buildings are from the Czar period with typical Russian architecture from the late 19th century, whereas the conference site Porthania next door, represents the essence of late 60’s Finnish architecture. Within a 5min walk from the conference location you will find a bustling seaside market place, complete with small snack stands selling smoked herring, and hungry gulls. A good selection of hotels, backpacker hostels and restaurants to suit all tastes and budgets are within easy reach of the conference location. Helsinki is also among the safest cities in the world – recent empirical experiments report that over 90% of wallets dropped in the street will be returned to the rightful owner – including the money and credit cards. ... [Information of the supplier]
Die 12. Hymenopterologen-Tagung findet vom 14. bis 16. Oktober 2016 in Stuttgart statt. Diese Tagung hat sich zu einer der wichtigsten Plattformen der mitteleuropäischen Hymenopterologen entwickelt und dient neben der Präsentation aktueller Forschungsergebnisse dem Informations- und Erfahrungsaustausch und der Netzwerkbildung. Die Tagung wird alle zwei Jahre vom Staatlichen Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart und dem Arbeitskreis Wildbienen-Kataster des Entomologischen Vereins Stuttgart ausgerichtet und findet wie gewohnt in den Räumlichkeiten des Staatlichen Museums für Naturkunde (Museum am Löwentor) statt. ... [Information des Anbieters, verändert]
The Brazilian Section of the IUSSI invites you to join us at the Union’s 18th Congress in Guarujá, a médium-sized city on the coast of São Paulo State. Guarujá is the major seashore tourist resort in São Paulo, located on the Tropic of Capricorn and in a spectacular location, in front of an Atlantic bay and backed by the Atlantic Rainforest mountain range. The conference will be held during the period of August 05-10, 2018 in the Convention Center of the Casa Grande Hotel, which offers excellent and convenient congress and hotel services. Its location is right on the shore. The most important thing will, of course, be an attractive scientific program and for this the Organizing Committee will start to ask you for suggestions. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
The Central European Meeting of the IUSSI 2019 will take place at IST Austria (Institute of Science and Technology) in Klosterneuburg (near Vienna). [Information of the supplier]
Dear colleague, it is our pleasure to host the 8th Central European Workshop of Myrmecology in Regensburg. Ants have played a large role in zoological research at the University of Regensburg for almost 20 years, and today the team at the chair of evolutionary biology and zoology at UR is among the largest groups devoted to the study of ants in Central Europe. We are looking forward to three days of fascinating talks and presentations about our most favorite pet animals and are quite optimistic that also the post-congress tour through the surroundings of Regensburg will meet the needs of any myrmecologist. But when coming to Regensburg you should not forget to take the chance to enjoy the vibrancy of a city with a bi-millennial history, with the largest medieval city center north of the Alps, a picturesque urban landscape and lots of beer gardens. You are cordially invited to experience the 8th CEWM in Regensburg and we are looking forward to meeting you and enjoying your contribution. More information about how to register and details of the program will be added to the webpage in early 2019. ... [Information of the supplier]