| Conferences
– September 2009
EURING is holding two important conferences in September
2009. Both meetings will be held in central Italy and are
being hosted by the Italian Ringing Scheme. The EURING 2009
analytical conference, scheduled for September 14-20 in
Pescara, Italy, will focus on the development, understanding
and integration of new methodologies in the analysis of
ringing data. The latest in this series of prestigious mark-recapture
meetings will bring together leading statisticians and biologists
working on cutting edge analytical methods. This meeting
will be followed by the EURING General Assembly, which will
take place from September 21-23 in Anversa delgi Abruzzi.
Conference information and registration is available here.
Bird Ringing for Science and Conservation
We live in a rapidly changing world where human activities
are causing rapid declines in many species of animals and
plants, linked to widespread environmental change. This
EURING brochure, compiled by Matthias Kestenholz, explains
how bird ringing is contributing to conservation science
and how EURING's activities can be developed further to
address some of the conservation challenges of the 21st
century. Download your copy here
in English as a .pdf file* (1.86Mb) and here
in Italian as a .pdf file* (1.61Mb)
Constant Effort Sites Ringing (CES)
aims to monitor the trends in abundance, productivity and
survival of songbirds throughout Europe. By studying productivity
and survival we can investigate the demographic mechanisms
responsible for population changes. CES schemes are now
undertaken by volunteer ringers in some 15 countries throughout
Europe, with coverage increasing each year. EURING is working
to co-ordinate this important monitoring effort and has
developed guidelines to promote standardisation between
countries. For details of CES coverage throughout Europe
and a copy of the guidelines click
here.
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Migration
Mapping Tool published
EURING is actively involved in research on the movements
of wild birds in relation to the potential transmission
of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI). We have collaborated
with Wetlands International to produce a web-based Migration
Mapping Tool which can be viewed here.
We have also contributed to a report entitled
“Urgent preliminary assessment of ornithological data
relevant to the spread of Avian Influenza in Europe”.
Both projects were funded by the European Commission. Further
research is currently in progress at several European ringing
centres. EURING has produced a position statement on Avian
Influenza outlining the reasons why continued bird ringing
is essential and the hygiene precautions that are need to
ensure that it can be done safely. For further information
click here.
The EURING databank (EDB)
holds ring recovery data gathered by bird ringing schemes
throughout Europe and is hosted by the British Trust for
Ornithology in Thetford. The EDB index, published on this
website in June 2004, provides a summary of the information
that is held in the EDB, including maps of the distributions
of ringing and recovery locations. EURING wishes to promote
more analysis of these data and welcomes applications to
analyse particular data sets. To view the index and to find
out how to apply to analyse data from the EDB click
here.
The use of a web address on rings
issued throughout Europe is co-ordinated by EURING. In addition
to the standard postal address, increasing numbers of rings
used on larger species carry the address www.ring.ac This
will take users to a multi-language website where they can
enter details of the bird they have found. Finders will
be informed about the ringing details of birds that they
report in the usual way.
Any recovery can be reported via the multi-language website
which can be found
here.
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