SPINA F (1996) Actualities: Foundation meeting European Ornithological Union. LIMOSA 69 (4): 196-196.

The foundation of the European Ornithological Union will take place during this first meeting, scheduled for August 28-31 1997, in Bologna, Italy. The meeting should attract ornithologists from all over the continent, to analyse the state of the art of European Ornithology, and discuss the role, organisation and future of the Union. The main programme will include talks by invited speakers covering a wide range of topics of relevance to European ornithologists. Plenary talks will be: Half a century with Great Tits (c. Perrins), The European-African songbird migration network: New challenges for large scale study of bird migration (F. Bairlein), Ornithology and the European conservation agenda (c. Bibby), History and evolution of European bird faunas (J. Blondel), Sexual selection and birds: Evolution, conservation and avian models of humane nature (A. Pape M0ller), Micro-evolution in reproductive traits in the Great Tit (A. van Noordwijk), The EBCC atlas of European breeding birds: A contribution to science and conservation (J. Greenwood and W. Hagemeijer), Ecological, morphological and conservation aspects of spring songbird migration strategies across the Mediterranean (F. Spina and A. Pilastro). There will also be six symposia on: Evolutionary biology and population studies, Behavioural ecology, Ecophysiology, Migration and ringing, Atlas projects, Conservation. In addition there will be ample opportunities to offer poster papers on different subjects.

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