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,
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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
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.
Optional
tours to different sites will be offered later.
Registration and Abstract Submission
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.
Deadlines
31.03.2018 registration;
30.04.2018 abstract/articles submission and payment of standard
registration fees.
Travel information
Air connections:
Flights
available from
1. Berlin
& Frankfurt, Germany (MIAT) via Moscow, Russia,
2.
Tokyo & Osaka, Japan, Seoul, Jeju & Busan Republic of Korea, (MIAT,
Korean Air, JAL);
3.
Beijing (MIAT, AirChina) & Huhhot, China (MIAT)
4.
Moscow (MIAT, Aeroflot) & Irkutsk (MIAT), Russia;
5.
Istanbul, Turkey (Turkish Airlines) via Bishkek, Kirgizstan;
6. Bangkok,
Thailand (MIAT);
Train connections:
Moscow-Ulaanbaatar
(5 days);
Beijing-Ulaanbaatar
(3 days);
Information
on
7th International
Conference on Genus Marmota
"Marmots of Old and New
Worlds"
Registration Form
Registration deadline is 31 March, 2018
Given name and Surname:
Institution:
Address:
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Telephone:
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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
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[ ] a poster presentation
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ACCOMMODATIONS
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Date of arrival …./08/2018
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