The 13th International Seabird Group Conference is taking place in Edinburgh on 6th-9th September 2016 and is being organised by Francis Daunt and colleagues (Centre for Ecology & Hydrology) and Sue Lewis (University of Edinburgh).The Seabird Group, a registered charity, was founded in 1966 to promote and help coordinate the study and conservation of seabirds. It maintains close links with other national and international ornithological bodies. The Group organises regular international conferences and provides small grants towards research and survey projects. It was part of the SEABIRD 2000 partnership, a major initiative to census all the seabirds breeding in Britain and Ireland between 1998 and 2002. The Group actively encourages its members to get involved in surveys of seabirds and other research work. ... [Information of the supplier]
The Sixth International Albatross and Petrel Conference (IAPC6) is to be held in Barcelona, Spain, over 19-23 September 2016. The conference follows on from the successful Fifth Conference held in Wellington, New Zealand in August 2012. It continues a series that commenced with the First Conference, held in Hobart, Australia in 1995. Intervening conferences were held in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (2000), Montevideo, Uruguay (2004) and Cape Town, South Africa (2008). At the Fifth Conference (IAPC5) an informal approach was made to Jacob González-Solís of the Departament de Biologia Animal, Universitat de Barcelona, to consider hosting the next conference in Spain in four years’ time. Acceptance of the suggestion came through in November that year, with the intention to hold IAPC6 in Barcelona in September 2016. This will be the first time an albatross and petrel conference is to be held in Europe. It will follow on from Spain hosting the Fifth Session of ACAP’s Meeting of Parties, to be held this May in Tenerife, Canary Islands, and earlier from Spain successfully nominating its endemic and Critically Endangered Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus to the Agreement in 2012... [John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 26 March 2015; www.acap.aq/en/news/latest-news/2078-the-sixth-international-albatross-and-petrel-conference-barcelona-spain-september-2016-launches-its-website-and-opens-for-pre-registration] ... [Miscellaneous as indicated]
The SDEI is the embodiment of tradition in German Entomology. Founded in 1886 as a "National Museum" with emphasis on systematics and taxonomy, it developed after 1922 as an institute of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft co-operating with the Imperial Biological Institute to become a mediator between systematic and applied entomology. The tasks of a centre for information transfer serving a large number of users, particularly in the field of biodiversity research, is now of greater worldwide importance than ever before. The SDEI is unique in Germany in being able to fulfil this role. Inseparable from its research activity are the excellent entomological library and the remarkable insect collections. The Institute publishes two journals which are the basis of a worldwide literature exchange. After a history full of change, the Institute (Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, DEI) moved in 2004 to a new building on the ZALF campus at Müncheberg, since 01.01.2009 SDEI is a part of Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum. ... [Information of the supplier]
The mission of the Coral Health and Monitoring Program is to provide services to help improve and sustain coral reef health throughout the world. Our long term goals are: establish an international network of coral reef researchers for the purpose of sharing knowledge and information on coral health and monitoring; provide near real-time data products derived from satellite images and monitoring stations at coral reef areas; provide a data repository for historical data collected from coral reef areas; add to the general fund of coral reef knowledge. ... [Information of the supplier]
This project proposes a multi-year, worldwide project to resolve foundational aspects of taxonomy and conservation for the world’s owls. Work under this project is focused on six tasks: develop scientifically robust inventory techniques for locating owls and their nests; analyze the molecular systematics and phylogeny of owls using basically mtDNA but also ncDNA; acquire high-quality recordings of owl vocalizations, to assist in species identification; conduct analysis of the morphological aspects on new owl taxa found, to assist in identification; refine maps of owl species distributions; distribute project information via internet pages, publications, and symposia to a very wide audience, including national and international biodiversity programs. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
Our Museum forms a unit together with the Zoological Institute of Greifswald University. Our collections are fundamental to scientific research (research collection) and students´ teaching (demonstration collection). Moreover, part of the demonstration collection is open to the public (exhibition). [Information of the supplier]
From 1958 to 1999, Seewiesen was the site of the Max Planck Institute for Behavioural Physiology and was the workplace of Nobel Prize winner Konrad Lorenz for many decades. Since March 2004, Seewiesen is home to the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology. There are two scientific departments at Seewiesen, and an ornithological unit in Radolfzell as a branch of the Institute. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
Das Webportal science4you lädt Naturfreunde ein, ihre Artenfunde auf der Webseite zu melden. Im Forum "Wer sieht was?" mit einem breiten Spektrum von Tier- und Pflanzenarten und im speziellen "Wanderfalterforum“ werden Fundmeldungen zusammengetragen. Angesprochen sind Wissenschaftler, Experten aus der Praxis und interessierte Laien. Nach einer kostenfreien Registrierung kann man seine Naturbeobachtungen eingeben und sofort eine Statistik mit Karten und Diagrammen erhalten. Darüber hinaus bietet die Seite unter anderem zahlreiche Artensteckbriefe mit Fotos und ein Diskussionsforum an. ... [Information des Anbieters, verändert]
Welcome to the North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) web site. The BBS is a cooperative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey's Patuxent Wildlife Research Center and the Canadian Wildlife Service's National Wildlife Research Centre to monitor the status and trends of North American bird populations. Following a rigorous protocol, BBS data are collected by thousands of dedicated participants along thousands of randomly established roadside routes throughout the continent. Professional BBS coordinators and data managers work closely with researchers and statisticians to compile and deliver these population data and population trend analyses on more than 400 bird species, for use by conservation managers, scientists, and the general public. ... [Information of the supplier]
The Konrad Lorenz Institute for Ethology is a scientific institute devoted to the study of animal behavior, ecology, and evolutionary biology. We are located in the outskirts of Vienna, Austria, in the beautiful Vienna Woods. Our goals are to investigate and advance scientific understanding about the biology of animal behavior and transfer this knowledge through scholarly publication. As an institute for ethology (behavioral biology), we study animals in natural or seminatural conditions, as well as the laboratory, and address questions regarding proximate mechanisms and evolution. We study a diversity of species, and utilize a variety of methods and techniques, including molecular genetic tools. We provide opportunities for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows to receive training and collaborate on research. Finally, we aim to apply insights from our research to better understand the behavior of our own species and to address applied problems, particularly for conservation and the environment. ... [Information of the supplier]