Mr
Iztok Erjavec
(Institute for Sustainable Development and Holistic Solutions – InTeRCeR)
Is it possible to achieve restoration of traditional landscapes with their landscape and biodiversity through enabling new opportunities for employment of people living in these areas and sustainable development of these areas?
We are working on the project Land sharing to achieve this goal. Aim of project is reintroduction of old farming practices which build traditional cultural landscapes....
Dr
Stefano Scali
(Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano, Italy)
Reptile conservation is gaining more and more attention in the last decade among conservation biologists, but actions aimed to habitat management for these vertebrates are still scanty. This is probably due to a scarce appeal of reptiles for common people that often consider them as dangerous or disgusting. Some species, indeed, do not show particular ecological needs and often live near...
Mrs
Ana Hace
(Morigenos - Slovenian Marine Mammal Society)
Interactions between cetaceans and fisheries are a widespread occurrence worldwide, with bycatch in fishing gear one of the main threats to these animals globally. We report on a prolonged partial entanglement of a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) calf in a fishing net, documented during a long-term study on bottlenose dolphin population ecology in the northern Adriatic Sea. The calf...
Neža Gregorič
(Oddelek za biologijo, Biotehniška fakulteta, Univerza v Ljubljani),
Nuša Hrga
(Biotehniška fakulteta Ljubljana),
Tadeja Balanč
(Biotehniška fakulteta, Univerza v Ljubljani),
Urška Ratajc
(Biotehniška fakulteta, Univerza v Ljubljani (student)),
Žan Kuralt
(University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical faculty, Department of Biology)
Domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus) numbers are rising and the range of the species has expanded as a result of human activities. This does not only mean more “cute and furry” animals, but also more free-ranging and feral cats around. Equipped with all that predator needs, they are very efficient hunters of native wildlife (birds, bats, amphibians, reptiles, small mammals, invertebrates)....
Mr
Carlos Cáceres
(Research Group on Ecology and Biogeography (GIEB). Department of Biology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, University of Pamplona, Norte de Santander. Colombia.)
Regionally, it have not been carried out specific research on the state of Tremarctos ornatus and their habitat in the NNP Tama located in northeastern Colombia, we evaluated the occupation, habitat availability and threats of T. ornatus in order to undertake strategies suitable for preservation. To assess the availability and occupation, 24 quadrants were traced each one of 9 Km2 and 3...
Prof.
Bojan Hamer
(Ruđer Bošković Institute, Center for Marine Research)
The exploration of marine Actinobacteria has as major challenge to answer basic questions of microbial ecology that, in turn, will provide useful information to exploit Actinobacteria metabolisms in biotechnological processes. The ecological functions performed by Actinobacteria in marine sediments are still unclear and belongs to the most burning basic questions. The comparison of...
Scott Heppel
(Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA)
The changing climate scenario for the eastern Bering Sea predicts less ice cover, earlier ice retreat, and a 3 oC increase in sea surface temperature in the next 100 years. One of the primary concerns under this scenario is the predicted substantial decrease in primary productivity on the Bering Sea shelf, which would affect the entire food web. The Bering Sea is an extremely productive...
Živa Fišer Pečnikar
(University of Ljubljana)
Daphne blagayana is a is a small decumbent bush from the family Thymelaeaceae. Due to its rarity it is protected by national legislation in almost all countries within its range. The present distribution of D. blagayana is fragmented and comprises the Balkan Peninsula and the southern Romanian Carpathians. However, the mechanism leading to such fragmented distribution range is not well...
Mr
Jernej Bravničar
(Department for Animal Science, Biotechnical University, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Oral presentation
The Adriatic grayling (Thymallus thymallus aeliani) with species range in the Northern Adriatic basin is the most diverged among phylogenetic lineages of European grayling (Thymallus thymallus) and according to molecular studies has been evolving separately from other European linages for more than 4 million years. Unaware of evolutionary distinctiveness, Soča river was continuously stocked...
Ms
Sara Hočevar
(University of Primorska, Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Tehnologies, Koper, Slovenija)
Over the last decade we have witnessed increasingly frequent occurrences of gelatinous zooplankton masses, where the benthic polyp phase plays a key role in ensuring the long-term viability and success of jellyfish populations. Ecological tolerance of polyps and adaptation to environmental changes and anthropogenic factors are affecting the distribution of moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita s.l.)....
Mrs
Maja Cipot
(Centre for Cartography of Fauna and Flora)
Distribution of Rana arvalis in Slovenia is well known (Poboljšaj s sod. 2008, Stanković & Cipot 2014). Since it is a charismatic species in Slovenia, there are known many observations by enthusiast and only in few occasions data are result of systematic research. As a result population conservation status and population size and trends are in majority unknown. The only systematic survey...
Ms
Tina Centrih
(Institute of the Republic of Slovenia for Nature Conservation (Zavod RS za varstvo narave))
There are several international conventions, directives and agreements that help protect and conserve marine biodiversity. We analysed the current state of marine biodiversity in Slovenian marine protected areas (MPAs) and the implementation status of international conventions and European policy, with the emphasis on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Barcelona Convention, the...
Dr
Marco A.L. Zuffi
(Museum Natural History,University of Pisa-Italy)
Theoretical and practical proposals for the conservation of habitat and species have long been of interest in conservation biology. A number of results are currently available in the biology, ecology and life-history traits of many vertebrates, however very little has been done to provide a robust and long-lasting tool in the management of long living organisms, especially for reptiles. In...
Ms
Andreja Škvarč
(Nature Conservation Consultant, The Institute of the Republic of Slovenia for Nature Conservation, Regional Unit Kranj)
“Everyone is obliged in accordance with the law to protect natural heritage” is stated in Slovene constitution. Therefore, an important way of achieving nature conservation is establishing appropriate and effective spatial planning, which includes nature conservation policy at several stages.
In this presentation, we have focused on the final administrative stage before project or spatial...
Dr
Andrej Sovinc
(IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas)
The IUCN World Parks Congress (WPC) is a major form for advancing global protected area policy and practice. The 6th Congress was held in November 2014 in Sydney, Australia. With its theme 'Parks, People, Planet: Inspiring Solutions', the Congress discussed ways to find better and fairer ways to conserve natural and cultural diversity, involving governments, businesses and citizens in...
Ms
Eva Horvat
(student of University of Ljubljana), Dr
Polona Pengal
(Revivo, Polona Pengal s.p.)
European pilchard (Sardina pilchardus, Walb., 1972) is a typical small pelagic fish and together with European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus, L., 1758) represents an essential link between trophic levels in marine pelagic environment. It is one of the most important commercial species of the Mediterranean and the Adriatic Sea (Santojanni et al., 2003, 2005; Somarakis et al., 2004).
Only...
Dr
Frank E. Zachos
(Natural History Museum Vienna)
The question what a species is and which (if any) of the available species concepts is applicable to all of biodiversity (the “species problem”) is arguably one of the most contentious issues in biology. This problem, however, is far from being of purely academic interest. While the theoretical ramifications of the species problem are immense and crucial to many biological disciplines, the...
Mrs
Tjaša Zagoršek
(University of Primorska Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies)
We have studied the breeding density and habitat selection of the Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) along the Adriatic coast at two study sites, in Slovenian Istria and Konavle, Croatia. In the breeding season 2012 we searched for the Eurasian Scops Owl singing males in Konavle (Croatia) and in the breeding season 2013 in Slovenian Istria. The playback method was used in both areas. In both...
Mr
Majid Honari Lecce Gourabi
(Azad University Of Lahijan), Ms
Motahareh Mohsenpour
(Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology/Tehran/Iran)
It has been some years that the arrival of Mnemiopsis leidyi to the Caspian Sea and feeding on the zooplankton and fish eggs and larvae of fish have caused substantial decrease in number of Caspian Sea Sprat. So far, a lot of studies are offered to deal with the problem of increasing Mnemiopsis leidyi, and finally the best way to eliminate it has been bringing another ctenophora called Beroe...
Dr
Vladimir Ivovic
(Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies, University of Primorska, Koper - Capodistria, Slovenia)
Legal and illegal dumpsites pollute nature and natural resources, and directly or indirectly affect the health of humans and animals. Both commensal and wild rodents are also attracted by organic waste. Increased density of different rodent species leads to direct contact and transmission of pathogens between them.
Toxoplasmosis is the most widespread infections among warm-blooded animals,...
