Name: EVMC 25
Start: 2025-05-11T17:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-05-16T14:15:00+02:00
Location: Ankaran

EVMC 25

from Sunday 11 May 2025 (17:00) to Friday 16 May 2025 (14:15)

Monday 5 May 2025
Tuesday 6 May 2025
Wednesday 7 May 2025
Thursday 8 May 2025
Friday 9 May 2025
Saturday 10 May 2025
Sunday 11 May 2025

17:00

17:00 - 19:30

19:30

19:30 - 22:00

Monday 12 May 2025

08:00

08:00 - 09:00
09:00
09:00 - 09:45
Contributions

09:00 Plenary I – Boris Kryštufek: Facing permanent taxonomic change - Boris Kryštufek
09:45 Boris Kryštufek: Facing permanent taxonomic change
Boris Kryštufek: Facing permanent taxonomic change
09:45 - 10:30
Contributions

09:45 Facing permanent taxonomic change - Boris Kryštufek
10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 S1: Ecology, physiology and behaviour
S1: Ecology, physiology and behaviour
11:00 - 13:00
Contributions

11:00 How does hunting affect social contacts in wild boar populations? - Tomasz Podgórski

11:20 Sleep in the wild: the importance of individual effects and environmental conditions on sleep behaviour in wild boar - Euan Mortlock

11:40 Evidence of density dependence on wild boar reproduction in Mediterranean populations - Joana Colomer

12:00 How does climate change-induced drought affect European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) fawn growth? - Katarina Flajšman

12:20 Can we open the forest for deer? Evaluating fencing as a method of forest protection against browsing - Zbigniew Borowski

12:40 Variation in early life movements, protected areas and habitat use in juvenile Montagu’s harriers (Circus pygargus) from central Italy - Flavio Monti
S2: Crop and urban systems
S2: Crop and urban systems
11:00 - 13:00
Contributions

11:00 Efficacy of anticoagulant rodenticides applied to Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) in the sewer system of Berlin, Germany - Annika Schlötelburg

11:20 Non-chemical rodent management in organic carrot cultivation – vole activity and economic assessment - Hans Trebus

11:40 Biological control of the common vole (Microtus arvalis) in Castilla y León: an innovative approach with weasels (Mustela nivalis) - Paula González-Simón

12:00 Fertility effects of a candidate gene for sustainable control of invasive house mice (Mus musculus) - Salomé Friry

12:20 Thinking outside the box! Improving the use of bait stations for the management of commensal rodents - Niamh Quinn

12:40 To root or not to root? Proximate factors that contribute to wild boar selection of rooting sites in agricultural landscapes - Hubert Potočnik
13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30
14:30 S1: Ecology, physiology and behaviour
S1: Ecology, physiology and behaviour
14:30 - 16:30
Contributions

14:30 Population dynamics as a mediator of improved wild animal welfare from the use of wildlife contraception - Simon Eckerström Liedholm

14:50 Spatial and temporal behaviour of commensal rodents in livestock farming - Florian Huels

15:10 Range expansion during re-colonization: the advantage of being shy - Radoslava Jánošíková

15:30 Beyond borders: expansion of striped field mouse in Slovakia - Jakub Košša

15:50 The effects of pair bond interruption on emotion in male mandarin voles and its neuromechanism - Shi Jinxiao

16:10 Comparative study on the metabolic regulation patterns of skeletal muscles in rodents at different altitudes under hypoxic conditions - Mengyang Li Zhenlong Wang
S3: Human-animal conflicts and social dimension
S3: Human-animal conflicts and social dimension
14:30 - 16:30
Contributions

14:30 Mammalian damage estimates in the UK - Graham Smith

14:50 Mitigating the human-wildlife conflict on roads: Czech perspective - Michal Bíl

15:10 Urban wild boar (Sus scrofa) and their management in Zagreb, Croatia - Dean Konjević

15:30 European experiences with effectiveness of methods for controlling wild boar movement: how to reduce African swine fever spread and agricultural damage? - Zarja Platovšek

15:50 Effects of Poland’s state border militarization on wildlife in Białowieża Forest - Katarzyna Nowak

16:10 Comparative analysis of expert and citizen science reveals differences in occurrence patterns of lynx and wolf in Lower Saxony, Germany - Catharina Ludolphy
16:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
16:30 - 17:00
17:00 S1: Ecology, physiology and behaviour
S1: Ecology, physiology and behaviour
17:00 - 18:00
Contributions

17:00 Survival, habitat selection, and success of wildlife reinforcement: a case study of European brown hares in a grassland-dominated landscape - Charles Pierre Henriot

17:20 Overlooked giants: edible dormouse as a keystone species of temperate deciduous forests? - Klemen Jerina

17:40 What do wolves eat? Insights into diet variation of an apex predator in Central and Southern Europe using faecal DNA metabarcoding - Marta De Barba
S3: Human-animal conflicts and social dimension
S3: Human-animal conflicts and social dimension
17:00 - 18:20
Contributions

17:00 Coexistence of wolves and herders within Mongolia’s ancient pastoral traditions - Jeff Dolphin

17:20 Towards understanding and resolving conflicts of bat presence and maintenance of buildings of cultural heritage in Slovenia - Primož Presetnik

17:40 ProVeBirD – Protection of vegetables from bird damages - Alexandra Esther Florian Göbel

18:00 Habituation of pigeons to hawk’s presence during the control programs in urban areas - Anja Buet
Tuesday 13 May 2025

08:00

08:00 - 09:00
09:00 László Kövér: Human-crow conflicts from Europe to Africa
László Kövér: Human-crow conflicts from Europe to Africa
09:00 - 09:45
Contributions

09:00 Human-crow conflicts from Europe to Africa - László Kövér
09:45 – Atle Mysterud: Hunting and management of chronic wasting disease in cervids in North America and Europe
– Atle Mysterud: Hunting and management of chronic wasting disease in cervids in North America and Europe
09:45 - 10:30
Contributions

09:45 Hunting and management of chronic wasting disease in cervids in North America and Europe - Atle Mysterud
10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 S4: Population monitoring and management
S4: Population monitoring and management
11:00 - 13:00
Contributions

11:00 Data papers as a valuable reporting tool to improve the management and conservation of vertebrate populations in Europe - Sonia Illanas

11:20 Optimizing wildlife monitoring through cost-effective distribution of observatories - Javier Fernández-López

11:40 Rewilding herbivores: could fertility control and other interventions help? - Giovanna Massei

12:00 Monitoring deer browsing and density in Mediterranean forests: impacts of introduced fallow deer are larger than those of native roe deer - Niccolò Fattorini

12:20 Finding the optimal population density estimation method for roe deer in open areas - Gergely Tóth Krisztián Katona

12:40 Management of red deer (Cervus elaphus) population in the hunting ground Đerdap (Eastern Serbia) - Dragan Gačić
S5: (Invasive) alien vertebrates
S5: (Invasive) alien vertebrates
11:00 - 13:00
Contributions

11:00 Invasive species management strategies in a One Health system - Katherine August

11:20 Using novel methods to prioritise grey squirrel control - Cally Ham

11:40 Balancing control methods for invasive tree squirrels with lethal and non-lethal approaches - Francesco Bisi

12:00 Distribution, social perception and potential range expansion of invasive raccoons in Italy - Emiliano Mori

12:20 Presence, distribution and potential spreading of the invasive alien species, raccoon (Procyon lotor), in Tuscany, in relation to environmental characteristics at different spatial scales - Matilde Martini

12:40 Sacred or unholy? Assessing the impact of sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) on heronries in northern Italy - Nicola Larroux
13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30
14:30 S4: Population monitoring and management
S4: Population monitoring and management
14:30 - 16:30
Contributions

14:30 Comparing methods for measuring the distributions and densities of wild boar for disease management - Sarah Beatham

14:50 From pilot study to cornerstone conservation and management tool: two decades of genetic monitoring of brown bear in Slovenia - Tomaž Skrbinšek

15:10 Golden jackal in Slovenia: from protected species to sustainably managed newcomer predator - Hubert Potočnik

15:30 The recovery of pine marten (Martes martes) in Britain and implications for grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) management - Eleanor R. Scopes

15:50 Development of a national recovery strategy for red squirrels in England through structured decision making - Bethany R. Smith

16:10 Implementation of monitoring methods for dormice with emphasis on the forest dormouse (Dryomys nitedula) and the hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) in Croatia - Linda Bjedov
S6: New tools and methods
S6: New tools and methods
14:30 - 16:30
Contributions

14:30 Optimizing urban rodent control strategies: predictive approach and risk assessment – the contribution of SECU-RAT - Mickaël Sage

14:50 Using a naturally occurring sterility gene to control invasive house mice - Andri Manser, Anna Lindholm

15:10 New regulatory toxicology and field efficacy advances to support the registration of norbormide - Charles Eason

15:30 Monitoring rodenticide exposure in live carnivores - Niamh Quinn

15:50 DEERplex: New genotyping-by-sequencing STR markers for non-invasive genetic monitoring of deer populations and application in Romanian Carpathians - Marjeta Konec

16:10 iDeer: An integrated decision-support tool for managing deer alongside woodland creation - Amy Gresham
16:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
16:30 - 17:00
17:00 S4: Population monitoring and management
S4: Population monitoring and management
17:00 - 18:00
Contributions

17:00 Immigration predictors of wild house mice for potential population management using the t-haplotype - Caspar Goedecker

17:20 Monitoring olm (Proteus anguinus) populations in karstic springs via remote sensing - Meta Valenčič

17:40 Temporal population genomics reveals evidence of load purging in small, isolated populations of conservation concern - Andrew J. Dewoody
S6: New tools and methods
S6: New tools and methods
17:00 - 18:00
Contributions

17:00 New methods for testing the effectiveness of wildlife-vehicle collision mitigation measures - Michal Bíl

17:20 The observatory approach: continental-scale wildlife density estimation in Europe and more - Jose Antonio Blanco-Aguiar

17:40 A new way to test live trapping: actual efficiency and animal welfare under the magnifier - Pietro Pontiggia
18:00

18:00 - 18:45
Wednesday 14 May 2025

09:00

09:00 - 22:00
Thursday 15 May 2025

08:00 Registration, poster instalation
Registration, poster instalation
08:00 - 09:00
09:00 Nikica Šprem: Challenges for ungulates in the era of the alpha generation
Nikica Šprem: Challenges for ungulates in the era of the alpha generation
09:00 - 09:45
Contributions

09:00 Challenges for ungulates in the era of the alpha generation - Nikica Šprem
09:45 Joaquin Vicente Baños: Barriers to optimize integrated One Health monitoring including wildlife
Joaquin Vicente Baños: Barriers to optimize integrated One Health monitoring including wildlife
09:45 - 10:30
Contributions

09:45 Barriers to optimize integrated One Health monitoring including wildlife - Joaquin Vicente Baños
10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 S7: Taxonomy and genetics
S7: Taxonomy and genetics
11:00 - 13:40
Contributions

11:00 Vanishing beasts: the conservation of African rhinoceros - Isa-Ritta Russo

11:20 Conservation management of an endangered endemic freshwater fish, Sandelia bainsii - Alexander Carr

11:40 Last of its kind: Danubian lacustrine brown trout (Salmo trutta) - Gašper Renko

12:00 Status of rock partridge (Alectoris graeca) on the east coast of the Adriatic Sea - Andrea Rezić

12:20 Genomic signature of bottleneck and founder effect in Alpine ibex populations in Slovenia - Elena Bužan

12:40 Genomic insights into hybridization and genetic introgression in European wildcats from the northern Dinaric Mountains and Pannonian Basin - Urška Gerič

13:00 Developing a new panel of genomic loci for mammalian taxonomic identification: MIPs (Multi-locus Intron Polymorphisms) - Lara Marinangeli

13:20 Craniometric characters of European badger (Meles meles) from the west Pannonian mountain - Krešimir Krapinec
S8: Health, zoonotic pathogens and parasites
S8: Health, zoonotic pathogens and parasites
11:00 - 13:40
Contributions

11:00 Control of exotic disease outbreak in wildlife: bovine tuberculosis - Graham Smith

11:20 Tick-borne transmission of African swine fever virus in wild pigs: insights from Europe for preparedness in the USA - Samantha M. Wisely

11:40 Golden jackal (Canis aureus) in the western Balkan epidemics of Echinococcus multilocularis - Ágnes Csivincsik

12:00 Back to the future: pathogens as drivers of vole population cycles - Frauke Ecke

12:20 Predictive relationships between rodent abundance and tick-borne disease patterns in central Europe - Emil Tkadlec Monika Kučerová

12:40 Impact of broadleaved hedgerows on the distribution of rodent-associated pathogens and ticks in pine monocultures - Aloïs Berard

13:00 A machine learning model predicting the abundance of helminths of Apodemus mice in Vojvodina, Serbia - Božana Tošić

13:20 A camera trap protocol to determine micromammals abundance to support epidemiological studies - Virginia García-López
13:40 Lunch
Lunch
13:40 - 15:00

15:00

15:00 - 16:00

16:00 Life capturing of wild boar with multi-catch trap system (organized by Pietro Pontiggia)
Life capturing of wild boar with multi-catch trap system (organized by Pietro Pontiggia)
16:00 - 17:30

BEPREP bridges One Health and vertebrate management (organized by Frauke Ecke and Elena Bužan). Please, complete the survey by Wed. 20.00. You can find it under menu - surveys.
BEPREP bridges One Health and vertebrate management (organized by Frauke Ecke and Elena Bužan). Please, complete the survey by Wed. 20.00. You can find it under menu - surveys.
16:00 - 16:45

19:00 Gala dinner
Gala dinner
19:00 - 22:00
Friday 16 May 2025

08:00 Registration
Registration
08:00 - 09:00
09:00 Heidi C. Hauffe: Mighty mice and hybridizing hares: what rodents and lagomorphs tell us about chromosomes, conservation and climate change
Heidi C. Hauffe: Mighty mice and hybridizing hares: what rodents and lagomorphs tell us about chromosomes, conservation and climate change
09:00 - 09:45
Contributions

09:00 Mighty mice and hybridizing hares: what rodents and lagomorphs tell us about chromosomes, conservation and climate change - Heidi C. Hauffe
09:45 Sabine Begall: What you always wanted to know about African mole-rats but never dared to ask
Sabine Begall: What you always wanted to know about African mole-rats but never dared to ask
09:45 - 10:30
Contributions

09:45 What you always wanted to know about African mole-rats but never dared to ask - Sabine Begall
10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 S4: Population monitoring and management
S4: Population monitoring and management
11:00 - 12:00
Contributions

11:00 Conservation of capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) in Poland: monitoring the effects of reintroduction and genetic rescue - Anna Santorek

11:20 Before and after: long term monitoring of birds and bats in a wind farm do not show significative impact - Dino Scaravelli

11:40 Nocturnal raptors for vole control: studying their populations - Carlos Cuéllar-Basterrechea
S9: Rodenticide resistance and environmental monitoring
S9: Rodenticide resistance and environmental monitoring
11:00 - 12:20
Contributions

11:00 Twenty years of rodenticide resistance monitoring in Belgium - Kristof Baert Michiel Lathouwers

11:20 Efficacy of brodifacoum in anticoagulant-resistant house mice (Mus musculus) of the hybrid L128S and Vkorc1spre introgression strain - Stefan Endepols

11:40 Brodifacoum – worrying trends in exposure in non-target wildlife - Sheila George Steve Campbell

12:00 Environmental exposure assessment of anticoagulant rodenticides and α-chloralose in domestic cats (Felis catus) in Slovenia - Vesna Cerkvenik-Flajs
12:20

12:20 - 12:50

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