Overall Conference Program
SUNDAY 23 July 2006 Parma University Campus
ü AUDITORIUM POLIFUNZIONALE
(see map at the web site)
15.00 18.30 Welcome & Conference registration point
MONDAY 24 JULY 2006 AUDITORIUM POLIFUNZIONALE
08.00- 18.00 Conference registration
09:30- 12.00 Poster sessions
09.30 - 09.45 Opening Ceremony
Magnifico Rettore of the University of Parma
Ill.mo Prof. Gino Ferretti
09.45 – 10.15 Introductory lecture to Rodens & Spatium Conferences
Eric Le Boulengé
10.15 – 10.30 Welcome by the organizing committee
Coffee Break
Morning session
Ecotoxicology & Parasitology
Chairman: H. Henttonen and A. Rizzoli
MAIN
10.45 – 11.30 Krasnov B., Khokhlova I., Shenbrot G., Stanko M., Morand S. - The effect of rodent host abundance on ectoparasite abundance and distribution: does theory work everywhere?
11.30.- 11.45 Ma?eika V. - Helminths of muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) in Lithuania
11.45 – 12.00 FERRARI N., ROSSO F., MANFREDI M.T., RIZZOLI A.P.- Parasite community of Apodemus flavicollis in Trentinian Alps: the effect of spatial, environmental and host factors on its structure and composition
12.00 – 12.15 ROSÀ R., FERRARI N., PUGLIESE A., RIZZOLI A. - Effect of host sex on dynamics of Heligmosomoides polygyrus - Apodemus flavicollis interaction: a modelling approach
12.15 – 12.30 Perkins S., Cattadori I., Tagliapietra V., Rizzoli A., Hudson P. - Generating tick-borne disease hotspots; localised deer absence leads to tick amplification via loss of the dilution effect
12.30-12.45 CHATTERJEE S., VAN MARCK E. - Behaviour and breeding of Grammomys surdaster (African tree rat) in captivity, host parasite interaction in this natural host of the rodent malarial species Plasmodium berghei
12.45-13.00 STRADIOTTO A., CAGNACCI F., ARNOLDI D., RIZZOLI A., NIEDER L. - Ranging behaviour of yellow necked-mouse Apodemus flavicollis in an endemic area for TBE in Trentino, Italian Alps
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
Afternoon session
Ecotoxicology & Parasitology
Chairman: H. Henttonen and A. Rizzoli
14.30 - 14.45 HENTTONEN H.- Rodent borne zoonotic viruses in Europe
14.45 - 15.00 LAAKKONEN J., KALLIO-KOKKO H., VAPALAHTI O., VAHERI A., HENTTONEN H. - Arenaviruses - an underdiagnosed, multispecies group of rodent-borne viruses also in Europe?
15.00 – 15.15 DETER J., COSSON J., BRYJA J., GALAN M., CHAVAL Y., TOLLENAERE C., HENTTONEN H., LAAKKONEN J., VOUTILAINEN L., CHARBONNEL N. - Pathogens and immunogenetics: analysing virus specificity and risk of rodent borne emerging diseases
15.15 -15.30 RIZZOLI A., ROSÀ R., TAGLIAPIETRA V., NETELER M., PERKINS S.E., HUDSON P.J., GOULD E.A.G., LAAKKONEN J., KALLIO-KOKKO H., HENTTONEN H. - Emerging zoonotic infections: spatial and temporal patterns in reservoir rodent species in the province of Trento
15.30 - 15.45 RADZIJEVSKAJA J., PAULAUSKAS A., ROSEF O. - Investigation of small rodents as reservoirs hosts of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Lithuania and Norway
15.45 – 16.00 Laviola G., Adriani W., Della Seta D., Dessi’-Fulgheri F., Farabollini F. - Altered profiles of spontaneous novelty seeking, impulsive behaviour, and response to d-amphetamine in rats perinatally exposed to bisphenol-A.
Running Coffee Break
16.00 – 18.00 All sections poster Discussion
TUESDAY 25 JULY 2006 – AUDITORIUM POLIFUNZIONALE
08.00- 12.00 Conference registration
09:00- 12.00 Poster sessions
Morning session
Morphology and physiology
Chairman Moshkin M.
MAIN
09:00 – 10.00 MOSHKIN M. - Secondary sexual traits and immunocompetence in rodents
10.00 – 10.20 Haim a., Davidovitz g. - Metabolic and osmoregulatory responses of Wagner's gerbil Gerbillus dasyurus from a salt marsh habitat to increasing salinity in their water source
10.20 – 10.40 DJEDIAT R., NAROUN A., ABDELOUAHAB M., HADJ BEKKOUCHE F.- Thyrotropin-releasing hormone and thyroid activity in the rat adult male wistar poster?
10.40 – 11.00 Mikulová P., Frynta D. - Ecomorphology of the genus Apodemus (Muridae: Rodentia): morphometry of postcranial skeleton
Running Coffee Break
11.10 – 11.30 Šumbera R., Zelová J., Kunc P., Kní?ková I. - An infrared thermographic study of the surface-temperature in two bathyergids with different social system, solitary silvery mole-rats (Heliophobius argenteocinereus) and eusocial giant mole-rats (Fukomys mechowi)
11.30 – 11.50 WUBE T., HAIM A. - Reproductive response of desert and mesic species of the spiny mouse, Acomys, to photoperiodic acclimation in Israel
11.50 – 12.10 ZATRA Y., KHAMMAR F., AMIRAT Z. - Castration effects on adrenal gland of a Saharan gerbil, Gerbillus tarabuli
12.10 – 12.30 Dammann P., Burda H. - Senescence patterns in African mole-rats (Bathyergidae, Rodentia)
12.30 – 12.50 Zavjalov E., Ovchinnikova L., Gerlinskaya L. - Stress and immunocompetence in wild water vole (Arvicola terrestris)
13.10 – 15.00 Lunch
Afternoon session
Behaviour
Chairman: Osipova O.
15.00 - 15.20 Osipova O. - Interspecific hybrids of Clethrionomys voles bred in laboratory
15.20 - 15.40 Gromov V. - Territory marking in gerbils: verification of Gosling’s hypothesis
15.40 - 16.00 Kotenkova E.V., Ambarian A.V. - Behavioral mechanisms of precopulatory isolation in two sympatric species Mus musculus and Mus spicilegus
16.00 - 16.20 Verplancke G., Le Boulengé É. - Can bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) identify conspecifics basing only on olfactory cues?
16.20 - 16.40 ŠKLÍBA J., ŠUMBERA R. - Daily activity pattern in an Afrotropical subterranean rodent, the silvery mole-rat, is determined by temperature
16.40 – 17.00 Wube T., Haim A. - Reproductive photoresponsiveness in the golden spiny mouse, Acomys russatus, from the Negev desert, Israel
17.00 - 17.20 Tchabovsky A.V. - Has extended lateral view favoured evolution of sociality in ground squirrels?
Running Coffee Break
17.20 – 18.30 All sections poster Discussion
20:00 - 23:00 Official 10th RODENS ET SPATIUM welcome party – hosted by the Organizing Committee at Corale Verdi, vicolo Asdente 1, Parma (with Verdian Arias) (tel. 0521 237912)
WEDNESDAY 26 JULY 2006 AUDITORIUM POLIFUNZIONALE
09:00- 12.00 Poster sessions
Phylogeography - Biogeography & Genetics
Morning session
Chairman Colli L.
09:00 - 09:20 Colli L., CAPODIECI E., MOUTON A., Nieder L. - The genus Apodemus (subgenus Sylvaemus) in the central and northern Italian Alps: molecular validation of traditional assignment techniques
09.20 – 09.40 ABRAMSON N.I., KOSTYGOV A.Y. - GAMBARYAN N.G.-Phylogeography of narrow skulled vole (Microtus gregalis, Cricetidae, Rodentia) inferred from the variation of mitochondrial CYT B and a number of nuclear genes
09.40 – 10.00 Deffontaine V., Osipova O., Henttonen H., Libois R., Michaux J.R. - Phylogeography and interspecific hybridization of bank and red voles (Clethrionomys glareolus and rutilus) in the Eurasian region
10.00 – 10.20 VAN DAELE P., VERHEYEN E, CORKERY I., ADRIAENS D. - Trends in skull morphology in relation to differential molecular evolution in African mole-rats of the chromosomally hyperdiverse genus Fukomys (Bathyergidae, Rodentia) from the Zambezian region.
10.20 – 10.40 Montuire S., Tougard C., RenvoisÉ E., Petitjean A., Nappi A., Brunet-Lecomte P., QuÉrÉ J., Navarro N. - Morphological and genetic variability in arvicolines rodents and Quaternary climatic fluctuations
10.40 – 11.00 PAULAUSKAS A. - Genetic structure and differentiation of rodents in transition zone between boreal and continental biogeographical regions of Lithuania
Running Coffee Break
11.10 – 11.30 Sözen M. - A review of mole rats (Rodentia: Spalacidae) distribution in Turkey
11.30 – 12.50 GRILL A., RANDI E.- Phylogeography and post-glacial history of the European squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris
12.50 – 14.00 Lunch
Phylogeography - Biogeography & Genetics
Afternoon session
14.00 - 14.20 IVANITSKAYA E., SÖZEN M., RASHKOVETSKY L., MATUR F., SEVINDIK M., ÇATAKLÝ K., NEVO E. - Chromosome evolution of Mediterranean mole rats (Spalax, Spalacidae, Rodentia): an update
14.20 – 14.40 VUJOŠEVIĆ M., BLAGOJEVIĆ J. - B chromosomes in the genus Apodemus – Models of maintenance
14.40 – 15.00 GALLARDO M., KAUSEL G., JIMÉNEZ A., BACQUET C., GONZÁLEZ C., FIGUEROA J., KÖHLER N., OJEDA R. - Whole-genome duplications in South American desert rodents (Octodontidae)
15.00 - 15.20 Sözen M., Shehab A., Karatas A., Amr Z. - Karyotype of some small mammals from Jordan
Running Coffee Break
Ecology & Conservation
Chairman: Luis Nieder
16.00 - 16.20 LIDICKER W. J. - Some neglected aspects of rodent conservation
16.20 - 16.40 ADAMEC M., AMBROS M., HAPL E., OLEKŠÁK M. - Susliks (Spermophilus citellus) in Slovakia - recent conservation projects
16.40 -17.00 CAPIZZI D., BACCETTI N., CORBI F., GIANNINI F., GIUNTI M., PERFETTI A., SPOSIMO P., ZERUNIAN S. - Eradication versus local control of Rattus rattus on Tyrrhenian islands: ecological aspects, field techniques and economics
17.00 - 17.20 Shenbrot G., Krasnov B. - Modelling species distribution: What we can and what we can not predict
17.20 – 17.40 Sánchez-Cordero V., Fuller T., Munguía M., Mayfield M., Sarkar S. - Incorporating connectivity into conservation planning: A multi-criteria case study from Central Mexico
17.40 – 18.00 Mortelliti A., Boitani L. - Estimating detection probability, proportion of sites occupied and sample size using presence/absence data: a case study of rodents in a fragmented landscape in Central Italy
18.00 - 18.20 Dobly a., Yzoard c. - Movement patterns and foraging of bank voles in a network of Y-junctions in presence of predator odours
18.20 - 18.40 MONTUIRE S., LEGENDRE S., NAVARRO N., HÉRAN M. - Species richness in rodents and climate
THURSDAY 27 JULY 2006
FULL DAY TRIP TO TRENTINO ALTO ADIGE
DEPARTURE 06.30
FRIDAY 28 JULY 2006 AUDITORIUM POLIFUNZIONALE
Morning session
Population dynamics
Chairman Le Boulengé E.
09:00 - 09:20 AMORI g., CASTIGLIANI V., CRISTALDI M., LOCASCIULLI O. - A long-term study on population dynamics of Myodes glareolus and Apodemus flavicollis in Central Italy
09.20 – 09.40 Benedek a.m. - Dynamics and altitudinal distribution of the rodents' communities from Southern Romanian Carpathians in the 2000-2005 period
09.40 – 10.00 BOROWSKI Z. - Direct and indirect impact of dispersal on age structure and vole population dynamics
10.00 – 10.20 Bujalska G., Grüm L. - Winter survival of Apodemus flavicollis in Crabapple Island
10.20 – 10.40 TKADLEC E., BRYJA J., LOSÍK J., TREBATICKÁ L., HEROLDOVÁ M. - Measurement error and process variability in common vole population sex ratios
10.40 – 11.00 Grüm l., Bujalska G. - Apodemus flavicollis: estimation of the population numbers
Coffee Break
11.30 – 11.50 Kocianová–Adamcová M., ?iak D., Kocian L. - Ecological and population characteristics of Tatra snow voles (Chionomys nivalis mirhanreini, Schaefer, 1935) in the Tatra mountains, Slovakia
11.50 – 12.10 Le Boulengé E. - CNR new version of a package for the analysis of capture-mark-recapture data
12.10 – 12.30 Rico A., Kindlmann P., Sedlacek F. - Can the barrier effect of highways cause genetic subdivision in small mammals?
12.30 – 12.50 Rose R., Green H. - An examination of seasonal growth and survival of the ‘Hispid Cotton Rat’ (Sigmodon hispidus) in Southeastern Virginia, USA
Closing ceremony
13.10 – 15.00 Lunch
Scientific Program 
