Lund University
Animal Ecology Department of Ecology Lund University

Migration Ecology

Tentative Programme for Graduate Student Course in:

Ecology of Animal Migration

Note that some minor changes in the programme may occur.

14-23 April 2004. Department of Animal Ecology, Lund University, Sweden.
- Lectures in the Blue Lecture Hall in the Ecology Building, Sölvegatan 37, Department of Ecology, Lund

 

Wednesday 14 April 09.00-10.00: Registration in Entrance Hall, Ecology Building
10.00-10.15: Introduction, Blue Lecture Hall
10.15-11.00: The history of animal migration research - Thomas Alerstam, Lund
11.00-11.30: Coffee
11.30-12.15: Animal navigation: an introduction - Susanne Åkesson, Lund
13.30-16.30: Presentations by course participants (see separate program)
18.00-... : Snacks and social activity at the Ecology Building
Thursday
15 April

09.00-12.30: Presentations by course participants
12.30-14.00: Lunch
15.30-17.30: Presentations by course participants
Friday
16 April

PATTERNS OF MIGRATION
09.00-10.00: Fish migration - Julian Metcalfe, Suffolk

LOCOMOTION
10.00-10.30: Coffee
10.30-11.30: Theoretical and empirical approaches for studying bird flight - Anders Hedenström, Lund
11.30-11.40: Break
11.40-12.40: Aerodynamics of birds - Colin Pennycuick, Bristol
12.40-13.30: Lunch
13.30-14.30: Demonstration of wind tunnel and radar
15.00-17.30: Aerodynamic practicals - Colin Pennycuick et al.
Saturday
17 April

08.00-15.00: FIELD EXCURSION to Falsterbo (including presentations by Nils Kjellén on Raptor migration and by Lennart Karlsson on Bird ringing at Falsterbo Bird Observatory)
17.00- departure from Lund by bus to Stensoffa
17.30-18.00: Demonstration of orientation lab at Stensoffa.
18.00 - : COURSE PARTY (Stensoffa)
Sunday
18 April		 ORIENTATION AND NAVIGATION
09.00-10.00: General principles for animal orientation and navigation -
10.00-10.30: Coffee
10.30-11.30: Orientation in migratory birds - Roland Sandberg, Lund
11.30-11.40: Break
11.40-12.40: Long-distance navigation in seaturtles and birds- Susanne Åkesson, Lund
12.40-14.00: Lunch
14.00-15.00: Magnetoreception and magnetic orientation in animals - Rachel Muheim, Lund
15.00-15.30: Coffee
15.30-16.30: Insect orientation in dimlight - Marie Dacke, Lund
16.30-17.30: Discussion
Monday
19 April		 ECOPHYSIOLOGY
09.00-10.00: Physiological adaptations for migration in animals - Rudi Drent, Groeningen
10.00-10.30: Coffee
10.30-11.30: Fuel economy on migration - Åke Lindström, Lund
11.30-11.40: Break
11.40-12.40: The cost of wintering at northerly latitudes (partial migration) - Jan-Åke Nilsson, Lund
12.40-14.00: Lunch
14.00-15.00: Circadian and circannual control of bird migration - Eberhard Gwinner, Andechs
15.00-15.30: Coffee
15.30-16.30: Discussion
16.30- : Presentation of own projects, and start of own projects
Tuesday
20 April		 Own projects

17.00-18.30: Presentation of projects
Wednesday 21 April GENETICS, EVOLUTION AND PATTERNS OF MIGRATION
09.00-10.00: Migration of genes in migrating birds - the conflict between gene flow and local adaptation - Staffan Bensch, Lund
10.00-10.30: Coffee
10.30-11.30: Genes and wader migration - Liv Wennerberg, Oslo
11.30-11.40: Break
11.40-12.40: The evolution of bird migration routes - Thomas Alerstam, Lund
12.40-14.00: Lunch
14.00-15.00: Patterns of bird migration based on ringing - Thord Fransson, Stockholm
15.00-15.30: Coffee
15.30-16.30: Literature seminar: Evolution and ecology of migration (Thomas Alerstam, Anders Hedenström, Susanne Åkesson)
Thursday
22 April		 EVOLUTION AND PATTERNS OF MIGRATION
09.00-10.00: Evolution of insect migration
10.00-10.30: Coffee
10.30-11.30: Migration in arctic mammals - Erik Born, Copenhagen
11.30-11.40: Break
11.40-12.40: Migration in reptiles and amphibians - Thomas Madsen, Lund
12.30-14.00: Lunch
14.00-15.00: Ecology of seabird migration - Francesco Bonadonna, Montpellier
15.00-15.30: Coffee
15.30-16.30: Bird migration: biogeography and population limitation - Ian Newton, Huntingdon, UK
16.30-17.30: Discussion
17.30-: Preparation of literature for seminar
Friday
23 April		 MODELLING MIGRATION
09.00-10.00: Modelling to study migration - Thomas Weber, Lund
10.00-10.30: Coffee
10.30-11.30: Migration in the context of the annual routine - John McNamara, Bristol
11.30-11.40: Break
11.40-12.40: Testing theoretical models - Anders Hedenström, Lund
12.40-14.00: Lunch
14.00-15.30: Literature seminar - Thomas Weber, John McNamara and Anders Hedenström (Room: Sjön)
15.30-17.00: Coffee and discussion, course evaluation

END OF COURSE

Publisher: Thomas Alerstam 
Coordinator: Susanne Åkesson 
Design & Programming: Johan Bäckman 
Last update: 2009-09-16