ELSA Workshop: Conservation and genomics of Mauritius birds

A virtual workshop to take place on 4 November 2020

Please contact Prof Cock Van Oosterhout if you would like to attend: C.Van-Oosterhout@uea.ac.uk

Name	Title	time	Start	End
“You”	Login on Zoom by clicking link above	10	08:50	09:00
Cock	Welcome	10	09:00	09:10
Carl	Historic overview of bird conservation in Mauritius	20	09:10	09:30
Sion	Current status, and conservation management, of rare endemic birds in Mauritius	15	09:30	09:45
Jim	Genomics, BFDV and supplementary feeding in echos	15	09:45	10:00
	DISCUSSION		10:00	11:00

Vincent	Invasive alien species in Mauritian native forests: Some implications for habitat quality and ecological restoration	15	11:15	11:30
Ken	Genomic risks and the recovery dynamics of Mauritius kestrels	15	11:30	11:45
Jess/Simon	Long term patterns in reproductive fitness	15	11:45	12:00
Rebecca	Conservation genetics of the echo parakeet	15	12:15	12:30
Harri	Pink pigeon studbook and the role of zoos in bird conservation	15	12:30	12:45
Elmar	Bird conservation in EAZA Ex-situ Programme (EEP)	15	12:45	13:00
	DISCUSSION		13:00	13:30
	Lunch Break		13:30	14:00

Diana/Mo	Sex, disease and genetic variation in the pink pigeon	15	14:00	14:15
Cam	What have we learnt from the genome of the pink pigeon?	15	14:15	14:30
Hernan	Combining historical genomics, habitat modelling and computer simulations to inform species conservation management	15	14:30	14:45
Alessandro	Modelling genetic decline under habitat loss	15	14:45	15:00
Cock	The mutation load in conservation	15	15:00	15:15
	DISCUSSION		15:15	16:15

Vikash	Workshop summary and road ahead	15	16:15	16:30

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