10th International Conference on Behaviour, Physiology and Genetics of Wildlife
Berlin, 18th-21st September 2015

10th International Conference on Behaviour, Physiology and Genetics of Wildlife will be held from 28th September to 01st October 2015 in Berlin, Germany.

The conference will be held in the facilities of the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung, BfR).

The aim of this meeting is to foster an exchange of ideas between wildlife scientists from different disciplines with an interest in both wild and captive animals, with a focus on mammalian species.

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Main topics & Plenary speakers
Behavioural Ecology
Stress & Disturbance
Reproduction Biology
Conservation Genetics – Ludovic Orlando (Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark)
Conservation Biology – James M. Dietz (Save the Golden Lion Tamarin and University of Maryland, USA)

Parallel sessions (preliminary topics)
Conservation Genetics: Hybridization Capture – Challenges and Solutions
Ecophysiology of wildlife
Behavioural rhythms
Urban wildlife ecology
Conservation
EAZA symposium (co-organised by WAZA and CBSG): The role of science and planning methodology in the One Plan Approach to species conservation planning

Workshops
Cryopreservation of gametes and embryos for conservation breeding
Advanced imaging techniques for conservation medicine