Euro American Mammal Congress
Euro-American at Mizzou1.Missouri.edu Mammal at Mizzou1.Missouri.edu Congress at Mizzou1.Missouri.edu,
July 1998
Galemys at PINAR1.CSIC.ES
Thu Feb 6 07:08:25 CST 1997
1997
F I R S T C I R C U L A R
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| E U R O - A M E R I C A N M A M M A L C O N G R E S S |
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| Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
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| July 20-24, 1998 |
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+ Introduction
In order to promote holarctic mammalogy, cooperation among
European and North American mammalogists and to further the
development of and cooperation among national Mammal
Societies, a meeting is being organized under the auspices
of the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM), Societas
Europaea Mammalogica (SEM), and Sociedad Espan~ola para la
Conservacion y el Estudio de los Mamiferos (SECEM).
Also participating in the organization of the meeting
are the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC),
through its Colleges of Sciences and Farmacy, as well as
the Consejeria de Agricultura, Ganaderia y Montes of the
local Government (Xunta de Galicia) through the
intermediary of its Direccion General de Montes y Medio
Ambiente Natural.
Technical sessions of the meeting will take place on the
campus of the University of Santiago de Compostela,
Galicia, Spain, from 20 to 24 July, 1998.
+ Meeting Location
The city of Santiago de Compostela is the capital of the
Autonomous Region of Galicia, which, located in the
Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, is one of the
territorial entities constituting the Spanish State. It is
the final point on the Road of Saint James (Camino de
Santiago), where many of the great Mediaeval pilgrimage
routes joined each other. As such, it early on became a
site of cultural interchange, of exchanges of ideas, and of
encounters and communication among peoples; these
traditions have lasted through history to modern times. It
was precisely this intellectual fervour that led to the
creation of the University of Santiago de Compostela, which
celebrated its five hundredth anniversary in 1995. The city
of Santiago itself holds in patrimony a great historical
and cultural wealth; this has caused UNESCO to declare the
city a Human Heritage site.
Galicia is also a region of great ecological value on
account of the wealth and diversity of the ecosystems
present in the region. Of particular note are the marine,
coastal, and Atlantic Montane ecosystems, within which
thrive mammalian communities of great interest, and rich in
Iberian endemic species.
+ Scientific Content of the Meeting
The meeting will emphasise cutting edge and little known
aspects of scientific knowledge of mammalian species, and
communities and ecosystems of the Holarctic. However,
contributions of interest relating to mammals from other
regions will also be welcomed.
The contributions will be grouped in sessions that will
cover general subject matters, symposia, or workshops. The
latter will deal mainly with subject matter focussed for a
more restricted audience. The general categories currently
projected for the general sessions are: Behavioural
Ecology; Biogeography; Community Ecology; Conservation;
Development; Molecular Systematics; Morphology and
Morphometrics; Natural History; Paleontology; Parasites and
Diseases; Physiology; Population Dynamics; Population
Genetics; Systematics and Evolution; and Wildlife
Management.
Those individuals interested in organizing a symposium or
workshop should get in contact with a member of the
Meeting's Steering Committee, and should make it clear on
their registration form. Papers contributed to general
sessions are unrestricted in subject matter, while
participants in symposia or workshops will have to get in
touch with their respective conveners or organizers.
+ Site of the Meeting and Accomodations
The technical sessions will take place in the facilities of
the participating Colleges of the University of Santiago.
Participants may opt to stay in the dormitories of the
University, all of high quality, and located within the
campus of the university, as are the various university
dining facilities. Alternatively, those participants who
wish to may stay in any of the hotels located near the
university, usually within walking distance. Santiago de
Compostela offers a variety of these hotels up to the
five-star level.
Santiago has an international airport with direct flights
to most European capitals.
+ Deadlines
Those interested in organizing a symposium or workshop
should send a formal proposal to the Steering Committee
before 11 March 1997.
The second circular will be sent in March or April of
1997 to all interested parties who responded to the first
circular. The second circular will include additional
information regarding the specific site of the Meeting,
options regarding pre- and post meeting tours and
excursions, information for spouses of participants, a
first call for papers, a preliminary list of technical
session topics to help focus potential participants, a list
of the various committee members, and a date for the third
circular.
+ Registration Costs
Firm information regarding registration costs is not
available at the present time. However, it is anticipated
that rates will be held down to moderate levels. Students
and those individuals who register early will enjoy a
substantial discount in registration costs.
+ Correspondence
In order to facilitate communication among participants and
organizers of the meeting and the sending of registration
information and abstracts, the organizers call on all
potential participants to, whenever feasible, use
electronic mail. The electronic mail address to be used for
all queries and requests is:
galemys at pinar1.csic.es
To lower the work load of the participants and organizers,
future circulars will also be sent by electronic mail to
those participants who request this option, and will also
be distributed through a variety of distribution lists and
listservers.
+ E-mail pre-registration
Participants are encouraged to register electronically by
completing the registration form at the end of this
message. Copies of the electronic pre-registration form can
also be obtained anytime simply by sending an e-mail
message to the above e-address including the keyword
regist-form in the subject line (you may leave the body of
your message empty). Please don't hesitate to repeat your
request if for some reason you don't get a reply in a
couple of days.
Postal address for correspondence is:
Euro-American Mammal Congress
Laboratorio de Parasitologia
Facultad de Farmacia
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
15706 SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, SPAIN
Local Committee Fax number: (34) 81 593316
+ Steering Committee
Anthony Mitchell-Jones (SEM), Fax: (44) 1733 68834
lteam.en.nh at gtnet.gov.uk
David Macdonald (SEM), Fax: (44) 1 865 31 0447
laura.handoca at zoology.oxford.ac.uk
Maria da Luz Mathias (SEM), Fax: (351) 1 7500028
zoom at bio.fc.ul.pt
Giovanni Amori (SEM), Fax: (39) 6 44230311
amori at axrma.uniroma1.it
Terry L. Yates (ASM), Fax: (1) 505 277 0304
tyates at sevilleta.unm.edu
Luis A. Ruedas (ASM), Co-chair, Fax: (1) 505 277 0304
lruedas at sevilleta.unm.edu
Rodrigo Medellin (ASM), Fax: (52) 5 6224828
medellin at miranda.ecologia.unam.mx
Miguel Delibes (SECEM), Fax: (34) 54 621125,
decastro at cica.es
Fernando Palacios (SECEM), Co-chair, Fax: (34) 1 5645078
fernan at pinar1.csic.es
Santiago Reig (SECEM), Fax: (34) 1 5645078
mustela at pinar1.csic.es
Felipe Barcena (USC), Fax: (34) 81 593316
Manuel Sanmartin (USC), Fax: (34) 81 593316, mpduran at usc.es
Tomas Fernandez-Couto (Xunta de Galicia),
Fax: (34) 81 546101
+ Scientific Committee:
Robert J. Baker, Lubbock (TX), USA
Luigi Boitani, Roma, ITALY
James H. Brown, Albuquerque (NM), USA
Francois Catzeflis, Montpellier, FRANCE
John F. Eisenberg, Gainesville (FL), USA
Scott L. Gardner, Lincoln (NE), USA
Paul H. Harvey, Oxford, UK
William V. Holt, London, UK
Rainer Hutterer, Bonn, GERMANY
Alicia V. Linzey, Indiana (PA), USA
Georgina Mace, London, UK
Zdzislaw Pucek, Bialowieza, POLAND
Santiago Reig, Madrid, SPAIN (Co-chair)
Steven P. Rushton, Newcastle, UK
Don E. Wilson, Washington (DC), USA (Co-chair)
+ Local Committee
USC Felipe Barcena, Co-chair, Fax: (34) 81 593316
Manuel Sanmartin, Fax: (34) 81 593316, mpduran at usc.es
Jesus Dominguez, Fax: (34) 81 596904, bajesdom at usc.es
Jose Guitian, Fax: (34) 81 596904, bfguiti at usc.es
SECEM Miguel Delibes, Fax: (34) 54621125, decastro at cica.es
Fernando Palacios, Co-chair, Fax: (34) 1 5645078
fernan at pinar1.csic.es
Santiago Reig, Fax: (34) 1 5645078,
mustela at pinar1.csic.es
XG Tomas Fernandez-Couto, Fax: (34) 81 546101
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