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Programme

Day
Start
Stop
Duration
Speaker
Title
Authors
Short address
Monday 20 October
10:00
14:00
4:00
Registration
14:00
14:15
0:15
Thery, Bennett, Santos
Welcome
Marc Thery, Andy Bennett, Susana Santos
14:15
14:55
0:40
Burkhardt
From red to UV: the adventure of colour vision in birds
Dietrich Burkhardt
Laaber, Regensburg, Germany
14:55
15:15
0:20
Dehley
Sex allocation patterns and UV ornaments in the blue tit: correlational and experimental evidence
Kaspar Delhey, Anne Peters, Arild Johnsen & Bart Kempenaers
Max-Planck, Seewiesen, Germany
15:15
15:35
0:20
Johnsen
Male attractiveness and parental investment in blue tits
Arild Johnsen, Kaspar Delhey, Emmi Schlicht & Bart Kempenaers
Max-Planck, Seewiesen, Germany
15:35
15:55
0:20
Korsten
Sexual ornamentation and offspring sex ratios in blue tits
Peter Korsten, Oscar Vedder & Jan Komdeur
University of Groningen, The Netherlands
15:55
16:40
0:45
Coffee & posters
16:40
17:20
0:40
Andersson
Evolution of carotenoid signal diversity in widowbirds and bishops
Staffan Andersson
Göteborg University, Sweden
17:20
17:40
0:20
Kulkarni
Effect of feather-degrading bacteria on the color of a sexually selected trait in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)
Subhash Kulkarni & Philipp Heeb
University of Lausanne, Switzerland
17:40
18:00
0:20
Heeb
On the function of UV reflectance in nestlings
Philipp Heeb, Violaine Jourdie, Benoit Moureau
University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Tuesday 21 October
10:20
10:40
0:20
Fitze
Colour intensity, immune function, and carotenoids: a complex trade-off limited by transportation
Patrick Fitze
University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
10:40
11:00
0:20
Mundy
The molecular genetic basis of melanism in birds
Nick Mundy
University of Cambridge, UK
11:00
11:20
0:20
Burke
Evolutionary genomic analysis of feather patterns and pigmentation
Terry Burke
University of Sheffield, UK
11:20
11:40
0:20
Coffee & posters
11:40
12:00
0:20
Gomez
Birds' spectral sensitivity detected by an interspecific analysis of plumage colour
Doris Gomez & Marc Thery
UMR CNRS MNHN 8571, Brunoy, France
12:00
12:20
0:20
Hidalgo
Measuring how birds look-like: a comparative analysis
Sergio Hidalgo-García & Pablo Leira-Doce
Estación Biológica de Doñana, Seville University, Spain
12:20
12:40
0:20
Thery
Variation of bird colour with height in tropical forests
Marc Thery & Doris Gomez
UMR CNRS MNHN 8571, Brunoy, France
12:40
14:10
1:30
LUNCH & posters
14:10
14:50
0:40
Hill
A biochemical and phylogenetic approach to the study of ornamental coloration in birds
Geoffrey E. Hill & Kevin J. McGraw
Auburn University, Cornell University, USA
14:50
15:10
0:20
Peters
Bill colour, carotenoids and immunocompetence in male mallards
Anne Peters, Angelika Denk, Kaspar Delhey & Bart Kempenaers
Max-Planck, Seewiesen, Germany
15:10
15:30
0:20
Cherry
Cuckoo egg matching and rejection by great reed warblers
Michael Cherry, Andy Bennett & Csaba Moskát
University of Stellenbosch, South Africa; University of Bristol, UK; Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
15:30
16:10
0:40
Coffee & posters
16:10
16:50
0:40
Prum
Structural coloration of birds: anatomical diversity and signaling properties
Richard Prum
University of Kansas, USA
16:50
17:10
0:20
Shawkey
Multiple mechanisms for sexual dichromatism in a bird with ultraviolet-blue plumage colour.
Matthew D. Shawkey, Anne M. Estes, Lynn M. Siefferman & Geoffrey E. Hill
Auburn University, Arizona University, USA
17:10
17:30
0:20
Madsen
Iridescent plumage of male Magnificent Frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens)
Vinni Madsen, Daniel Osorio, José Luis Osorno
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, University of Sussex, UK
17:30
17:50
0:20
Evans
The effect of flicker on mate choice in European starlings
Jennifer Evans, Innes Cuthill, Andy Bennett & Kate Buchanan
University of Bristol, Cardiff University, UK
ca 20:00
late
Conference Dinner
Wednesday 22 October
10:00
10:40
0:40
Siitari
Sexual selection and colour signalling in the lekking black grouse (Tetrao tetrix)
Heli Siitari, Rauno Alatalo, Janne Kilpimaa & Panu Halme
University of Jyväskylä, Finland
10:40
11:00
0:20
Jouventin
Biological significance of ornaments in penguins
Pierre Jouventin, Paul Nolan & Stephen Dobson
CNRS-CEFE, Montpellier, France
11:00
11:20
0:20
Roulin
Genotype by environment interaction between colour polymorphism and body condition in the tawny owl
Alexandre Roulin & Pierre Bize
University of Cambridge, UK, University of Bern, Switzerland
11:20
12:00
0:40
Coffee & posters
12:00
12:40
0:40
Bennett
Flesh and feathers: interdisciplinary, nano futures?
Andy Bennett
University of Bristol, UK
12:40
13:00
0:20
Schaefer
Conspicuousness, not colour as foraging cue in plant-animal interactions
Martin Schaefer and Veronika Schmidt
Albert Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Germany
13:00
13:20
0:20
Osorio
Why be more than one colour?
Danny Osorio
Sussex University, UK
13:20
14:40
1:20
LUNCH & posters
14:40
15:40
1:00
Workshop 1 - Osorio
Measurement of feather directional reflectance spectra.
Danny Osorio
Sussex University, UK
15:40
16:00
0:20
Workshop 2 - Prum
Fourrier Analysis
Richard Prum
University of Kansas, USA
16:00
16:20
0:20
Coffee & posters
16:20
18:00
1:40
Workshop 3- Avantes BV
Demonstration of spectrometric equipment by Avantes BV
Marie-Philippe Vanheems
Avantes, Europe

 

 

 

 

 


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