The UvA-BiTS Symposium will given on 21 April 2016 at Turingzaal, CWI, Science Park 125, Amsterdam.

Program

 

8:45 -   9:30	Registration & Coffee
9:30 – 11:00	Welcome & Session 1   Presentations
	Wouter Vansteelant, Mastering migration: unravelling the ontogeny of strategic migratory detours in European Honey Buzzards Pernis apivorus Almut Schlaich, Deteriorating ecological conditions during wintering – How Montagu’s Harriers cope with Moreaus’s Paradox Laura Gangoso, Large-scale dispersal services provided by migratory birds
11:00 – 11:30	Coffee break
11:30 – 12:30	Session 2   MEET & GREET
	Alejandro Sotillo: Foraging distribution of Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus Fuscus in a changing landscape Marwa Kavelaars, Parental strategies in a changing word. How intrinsic and extrinsic factors impinge on parental care in Lesser Black-backed Gulls Judy Shamoun-Baranes, Consistency, diversity and connectivity in migration strategies of an omnivorous seabird Bruno Ens, Studying the impact of disturbance and carry over effect in Oystercatchers Thomas Lameris: Using acceleration data to track how migratory geese fuel for reproduction Willem Bouten, Dawn ascents to astonishing altitudes during migration of Eleonora’s Falcons (Falco-eleonorae) Rafa Silva, Seasonal niche-shifts of a long-distance migratory raptor revealed through a movement-based approach Marina García Alfonso, Movement ecology and behaviour of Canarian Egyptian vultures
12:30 – 14:00	Lunch     Meet&greet     Poster-presentations
14:00 – 15:30	Session 3   Presentations
	Adriaan Dokter, Herbivores fuelling for migration: prisoners or masters of their food supply? Roeland Bom, Movements of crab plovers (Dromas ardeola) under different food conditions Jill Shephard, Linking foraging strategy to ocean productivity in tern species: proof of concept and first data Thomas Oudman, Marine versus fresh water foraging by breeding Eurasian spoonbills
15:30 – 16:00	Coffee break
16:00 – 17:30	Session 4    Presentations
	Chris Thaxter, Tracking lesser black-backed gulls from three colonies unravels the extent of seabird-wind farm interactions through the year Shane Windsor, Bird inspired unmanned air vehicles Eric Stienen, When the gulls come to town

 

 

The full list of abstracts ‘Presentations’ can be found here.

The full list of abstracts ‘Meet&Greet’ can be found here

 

The UvA-BiTS Dinner and the after-dinnerpresentation will taken place in “De Oerknal”  Science Park 306, Amsterdam.

18.00 – 20.00       Dinner

20.00 – 21.30       Presentation “The king of the meadows” by Sytze Pruiksma and Theunis Piersma