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2nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ALPINE IBEX
XIXth Meeting of the Alpine Ibex European Specialist Group (GSE-AIESG)
2-3
December 2004

Parco Nazionale Gran Paradiso - Cogne, AOSTA

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ABSTRACTS

Thursday, 2nd December 2004
8.30
Inscription
9.00
Opening and welcome messages
 
The “cousins” of Alpine ibex
10.30
Invited lecture: Nubian ibex in Israel: past, present, and future threats
(D. Salz, Israel)
11.10
Coffee break
11.40
Invited lecture: The Siberian or Asiatic ibex; ecology at extremes of its range
(J. Fox, Norway)
12.20
Invited lecture: West Caucasian Tur, biology, status and taxonomy
(P. Weinberg, Russia)
13.30
Lunch break
Invited lecture
15.00
Are ibex just like other similar-sized herbivores? Demographic patterns in Ibex populations (J.M. Gaillard, France)
Oral communications
15.40
Height, slope and exposure used by GPS collared Alpine ibex in Vanoise and Gran Paradiso National Park (Adrados et al.)
16.00
Predation risk hypothesis and sexual segregation in Alpine ibex (Grignolio et al.)
16.20
Coffee break
Oral communications
16.50
Effects of cohorts on body measurements of Capra ibex in Belledonne mountains (Micallet et al.)
17.10
17.30
Meeting of the IUCN Caprinae specialist group
   

Friday, 3rd December 2004

Invited lecture
9.30
Population ecology of Alpine ibex: ibex are not deer!
(M. Festa-Bianchet, Canada)
Oral communications
10.10
Seasonal migration of Alpine ibex in relation with vegetation phenology: a trade off between forage quality and quantity? (Lembke et al.)
10.30
Space use modalities of GPS collared Alpine ibex (Capra ibex ibex L.) in Vanoise and Gran Paradiso National Parks (Girard et al.)
10.50
Coffe break
Oral communications
11.20
Winter activity and mobility of ibex and chamois in response of snow and weather conditions (Jonas et al.)
11.40
Some aspects of behavioural ecology of Alpine ibex (Capra ibex ibex) in Gran Paradiso National Park (Rossi et al.)
12.00
Alpine ibex in Orobie Alps (Lombardy, Italy); twenty years of commitment and growth (Tosi et al.)
12.20
Poster session
13.30
Lunch break
Invited lecture
15.00
Major causes of mortality in Alpine ibex: impact, ecology, actions (M.Giacometti, Switzerland)
Oral communications
15.40
Performances of GPS borne by Alpine ibex in Vanoise and Grand Paradiso National Parks (Adrados et al.)
16.00
Changes in serum metabolites of Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) from Eastern Alps and possible management implications (Sartorelli et al.)
16.20
Coffee break
Oral communications
16.50
Cohabitations of a Brucella melitensis infected Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) with domestic small ruminants in an enclosure in Gran Paradiso National Park in Western Italian Alps(Ferroglio et al.)
17.10
An outbreak of infectious keratoconjunctivitis affecting two wild Caprinae species in Switzerland in 2002-2004 (Giacometti etal.)
17.30
Conclusions & Announcement of the 2006 Ibex Conference
   
   
Posters:
(Posters will be set up on the first day. Authors will be present near their posters during the poster session starting at 12.20 on Friday 3rd December)
   
  Effects of ambient temperature on foraging behaviour of male Alpine ibex (Capra ibex): A Preliminary Analysis. (Aublet and Festa-Bianchet)
 

Factors affecting Ibex (Capra ibex L.) reproductive success in Veglia-Devero Natural Park (Central-Western Italian Alps) at population and subpopulation level.(Bionda R.)

 

Does inbreeding reduce population growth of alpine ibex? A planned project (Biebach and Keller)

  Non-invasive monitoring of stress in male Alpine Ibex (Capra ibex):
preliminary results and possibile applications.
(Cattaneo et al.)
  Effects of age and endoparasites on feeding and vigilance behaviour in male
Alpine ibex
(Cipolla and von Hardenberg)
  Social dominance, immunocompetence and parasites in male Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) (Decristophoris P et al.)
  Characterization of ibex birth sites in Southern Italian Cotian Alps (Dematteis A. et al.)
  Influence of transport on reproductive success of ibex females translocated (Dematteis A. et al.)
  Updating of ibex distribution in Southern Italian Cotian Alps (Dematteis A. et al.)
  Alpine Ibex between mythology and reality: a prehistoric point of view.(Dimitriadis G.)
 

The Ibex conservation project of the Dolomiti Friulane Natural Park
(Favalli & Zucca)

  Evolution in the distribution and trend of Alpine ibex in the province of
Sondrio (Italy) since the first reintroduction.
(Ferloni et al.)
  Managing sarcoptic mange in ibex: first results of a multidisciplinary study. (Fraquelli C. et al.)
  Variation of diet quality of male Alpine ibex in relation to morphological
and sanitary parameters.
(Giansetto et al.)
  The alpine ibex in the trento province: status, distribution and guidelines for conservation and management. (Monaco A. et al.)
  Status and Population dynamics of ibex in Stelvio National Park
(Lobardia & trentino).  (Pedrotti et al.)
  National Reference Centre for Wild Animal Diseasesconcerning Alpine Ibex in the Italian Alps (Ce.R.M.A.S.) (Peracino V. et al.)
  Changing ibex habitat? The view from zooarchaeological evidence in Italy
(40,000- 10,000 BP)
(Phoca-Cosmetatou)
  Status of alpine ibex (Capra ibex) colony of Troncea and Germanasca valleys (Turin, Italy) (Rosselli D. et al)
  Potential distribution and growth of Alpine ibex population (Capra ibex) in
Orsiera-Rocciavrè Regional Park
(Viterbi et al.)
   

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