Dear colleagues,

The Institute of General and Experimental Biology of Mongolian Academy of Sciences and the Commission on Marmots Investigation of the Theriological Society at the Russian Academy of Sciences are convening the 7th International Conference on the Genus Marmota in Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) on August 13-17, 2018. All professionals interested in studying and conservation of marmots are invited to participate in the conference. The First announcement of the Conference is in an attachment. Please, spread the conference information widely.

We congratulate everyone with Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Adiya Yansanjav

Director of the Institute of General and Experimental Biology of the Academy of Sciences of Mongolia

Oleg Brandler

Chairman of the Commission on Marmots Investigation of the Theriological Society RAS

Commission on Marmots Investigation,

Theriological Society, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Koltsov Institute of Developmental Biology

Russian Academy of Sciences,

Vavilov St., 26, Moscow, Russia, 119334

Phone/Fax: +7(499) 135-75-83,

E-mail: rusmarmot@yandex.ru

http://rusmarmot.wordpress.com

First announcement

Conference organizers:

Institute of General and Experimental Biology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences;
Commission on Marmots Investigation of the Theriological Society at the Russian Academy of Sciences;
Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Sports of Mongolia;
Ministry of Nature, Environment and Tourism of Mongolia;
Mammalian Ecology Society of Mongolia;
Center for the Study of Natural Focal Diseases of Mongolia;
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of Russian Academy of Sciences;
N.K. Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology of Russian Academy of Sciences;
Joint Russian–Mongolian Complex Biological Expedition of Russian Academy of Sciences and Academy of Sciences of Mongolia

Scientific and Organizing Committees:

Scientific Committee:

Prof. Kenneth B. Armitage, University of Kansas, USA;

Prof. B. Avid, Secretary General, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Mongolia;

Dr. Adiya Yansanjav, Institute of General and Experimental Biology, MAS, Mongolia;

Prof. Daniel T. Blumstein, University of California, UCLA, USA;

Dr. Oleg Brandler, N.K. Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, RAS & Commission on Marmots Investigation of Russian Theriological Society, Russia;

Dr. Alexander Esipov, Chatkal Reserve, Uzbekistan;

Dr. Daniela Lenti Boero, Université de la Vallée d’Aoste, Italy;

Prof. Viktor Mashkin, Vyatka State Agricultural Academy, Russia;

Prof. Alexander Nikol’skii, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia;

Dr. G. Nyamdavaa, Ministry of Environment and Tourism of Mongolia;

Dr. D. Odgerel, Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Sports of Mongolia;

Dr. Sergei Pole, Kazakhstan;

Prof. Viktor Tokarskii, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine;
Dr. N. Tsogbadrakh, Center for the Study of Natural Focal Diseases of Mongolia.

Organizing Committee

Adiya Yansanjav – Co-Chair, IGEB, MAS (adiya_ya@yahoo.com);

Oleg Brandler – Co-Chair, IDB, RAS (rusmarmot@yandex.ru);

Lkhagvasuren Badamjav – Conference Secretary, IGEB, MAS (lkhagvazeer@gmail.com);

Gantulga Gankhuyag – Assistant, IGEB, MAS (gantulgasage@gmail.com)

Scientific program:

The program of the Conference provides agenda of plenary and poster sessions in different areas of marmot studies.

Conference Themes:

Phylogeny and Taxonomy
Paleontology and Paleoecology
Ecology
Morphology
Physiology
Genetic
Behavior
Diseases, Parasites and Epizootics
Exploitation, conservation management and education
Marmots in captivity
Marmots in folk traditions

Official language of the Conference will be English. The possibility of translation from Russian and Mongolian will be considered.

The post-conference field excursion to the Khustai National Park will be held within the Conference program.

Optional tours to different sites will be offered later.

Registration and Abstract Submission

A complete Registration Form should be sent before March 31, 2018 to e-mail: rusmarmot@yandex.ru and gantulgasage@gmail.com.

Proceedings:

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on the Genus Marmota will be printed before the beginning of the Conference. Each registered participant has the option to publish an abstract or an article on materials of the report. A language of abstracts is English. Articles must be in English and participants have the option to add a short summary or full text of the article in their native language.

Instructions for Abstracts

Abstracts should include the following:

Title:

Author name(s):

Institution(s):

E-mail address:

Text is not exceeding than 3000 letters including spaces; no Figs., no References; name of species and genera in Italics.

Instructions for Articles

Manuscripts should be prepared as follows:

1. Title.

2. Author/s.

3. Institution/s and address/es.

4. Abstract. Appropriate length of abstracts are 250 words.

5.Text should be typed by Times New Roman 12 pt, double-spaced with 2.5 sm margins all round (including tables, footnotes, references, and figure legends) and not exceeding than 25 pages including tables and figures.

6. Illustrations should be included in the text, numbered in a single series throughout in Arabic numerals and provided with legends. Additionally, illustrations should be submitted as separate files in TIFF format not less 600 dpi resolution.

7. Tables should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals. The explanation of used symbols should be typed as note to the end of each table.

8. Acknowledgements. All acknowledgements (including those for grant and financial support) should be typed in one paragraph directly, preceding the references section.

9. References. All references should be written in the text, as follows: “Wilson (1990) states...” or “Wilson (1990: 21) states...” when the author wishes to refer to a specific page, or “(Wilson, 1990)” as the author of a statement. Joint authors must be connected by “&” in both the text and references. When there are more than two authors use “et al.” (Wilson et al., 1990) in the text. If more than one reference by the same author/s published the same year is used, add a, b, c after the year in both the text and list. The references must list all the authors quoted in the text in alphabetical order, without numbers. The names of all the authors should be given, and the titles of periodicals given in full, not abbreviated. For books, cite title, edition (if any), place of publication, name of publisher.

Examples:

Corbet G.B., 1978. The Mammals of the Palaearctic Region: A Taxonomic Review. British Museum (Natural History), London.

Wilson D.E. & Reeder D.-A.M. (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed). Johns Hopkins University Press.

Steppan S.J., Akhverdyan M.R., Lyapunova E.A., Fraser D.G., Vorontsov N.N., Hoffmann R.S., Braun M.J. 1999. Molecular Phylogeny of the Marmots (Rodentia: Sciuridae): Tests of Evolutionary and Biogeographic Hypotheses. Systematic Biology. 48 (4), 715–734.

Abstracts and articles should be saved as separate Microsoft Word files. The file name must begin with the name of the first author. Abstracts/articles should be sent before April 30, 2018 to e-mail: rusmarmot@yandex.ru and lkhagvazeer@gmail.com.

Registration Fee

Standard registration fees are US$100 per person. This price includes participation in plenary sessions, organizing, mail expenses, publishing of the proceedings, coffee breaks and lunches during the conference. Registration fees for students will be US$50. Deadline for registrations is April 30, 2018.

A late registration fee will be applied after April 30, 2018.

Early bird registration, payment before April 30, 2018: 100 US$ (students 50 US$)
Payment after April 30, 2018: 120 US$ (students 60 US$)

Accompanying persons 50 US$

Second circular

More detailed information will be provided in the second circular including payment options, accommodation details and preliminary program.