Program

17-sepArrival etc 
Population dynamics, trends (Chair Storch)
 LUNCH 
14.00-14.45HöglundBLACK GROUSE POPULATION DYNAMICS AND TRENDS IN THE FÄRNEBOFJÄRDEN NP AND ADJACENT AREAS
14.45-15.30AttertonUSING TRANSLOCATION AS A TOOL TO EXPAND BLACK GROUSE IN NORTHERN ENGLAND
 COFFEE 
15.45-16-00POSTER SESSION
16.00-16.45StraußPOSITIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BLACK GROUSE POPULATION IN NORTH GERMANY
16.45-17.30MartiBLACK GROUSE POPULATIONS IN THE SWISS ALPS
   
18-sepHabitats (Chair Strand)
8.30-9.15WhiteUSE OF CHANGING COMMERCIAL FORESTRY HABITATS BY THE THREATENED BLACK GROUSE Tetrao tetrix IN SCOTLAND
9.15-10.00ZeitlerBLACK GROUSE IN SKIING AREAS OF THE ALPS: SERIOUS STRESS OR OPPORTUNISTIC USE?
 COFFEE 
10.15-10.45POSTER SESSION
10.45-11.30WarrenRESTORING BLACK GROUSE IN NORTHERN ENGLAND: DO AGRI-ENVIRONMENT SCHEMES DELIVER?
11.30-12.15ZwartMINIMAL EFFECTS OF WIND FARMS ON BLACK GROUSE IN SCOTLAND
 LUNCH 
Genetics and Conservation (Chair Höglund)
14.00-14.45KrzywinskiEFFECTIVE METHOD FOR USAGE OF GENETIC BIODIVERSITY: USING THE LAST DISPLAYING BLACK GROUSE MALES FOR THE REINTRODUCTION PROGRAM IN THE NORTH-EAST PART OF POLAND.
14.45-15.30StrandMHC DIVERSITY IN POPULATIONS OF VARYING CONSERVATION STATUS
 COFFEE 
15.45-16-00SitariiEVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON CONSERVATION: INDIVIDUAL LEVEL STUDIES OF BLACK GROUSE
16.00-16.45PavlovskaUKRAINIAN BLACK GROUSE (TETRAO TETRIX): GENETIC DIVERSITY AND POPULATION STRUCTURE
16.45-17.30CorralesPHYLOGEOGRAPHY AND SUBSPECIES STATUS OF BLACK GROUSE
   
19-sepEXCURSION, with conference dinner at Söderfors
   
20-sep Habitats, contd. (Chair Siitari)
8.30-9.15StorchHUMAN DISTURBANCE OF GROUSE - WHY AND WHEN?
9.15-10.00LudwigPRESERVATION STATUS ASSESSMENT OF BLACK GROUSE IN AN ALPINE NATURA 2000 AREA
 COFFEE 
10.15-10.45POSTER SESSION
10.45-11.30KurhinenBLACK GROUSE POPULATIONS AND DISTRIBUTION CHANGES IN BOREAL FORESTS OF NORTHERN EUROPÉ
11.30-12.15HöglundCONCLUDING REMARKS AND DISCUSSION
 LUNCH 
 DEPARTURE
   
   
Posters:CiachHABITAT SELECTION OF BLACK GROUSE TETRAO TETRIX IN CARPATHIANS: ROLE OF LANDSCAPE MOSAIC
 CiachBLACK GROUSE TETRAO TETRIX IN POLAND: RAPID DECREASE IN LOCAL POPULATIONS
 HindersinEVALUATION OF A GPS TELEMETRY BACKPACK HARNESS ON BLACK GROUSE (TETRAO TETRIX)
 WangCONSERVATION GENOMICS OF BLACK GROUSE: WHAT CAN WHOLE GENOME AND TRANSCRIPTOME SEQUENCING DO FOR SPECIES CONSERVATION?