Scientific Program
19 May 2025
9:30Opening ceremony – Aula Magna Mihai Eminescu, ”Al. I. Cuza” University of Iași.
10:00 – 11:00 Plenary: What Is A Vulture? Phylogeny And Character Evolution,
Michael Wink
11:00 – 11:45Coffee break & Guided Tour Library and Aula of Polytechnic University, Sala Pașilor Pierduți (Hall of Lost Steps), ”Al. I. Cuza” University of Iași
11:45 – 13:15Oral presentations' chair: GIOVANNI FORCINA.
SECTION 1: Climate Change, Conservation, and Parasitology
Wintering Raptors in Eastern Europe: Insights from a Large-Scale Monitoring Program on Population Trends and Climate Influences
Emanuel-Stefan BALTAG1, Vitalie AJDER2, Alexandru-Mihai PINTILIOAIE2, Laura-Elena TOPALA1,3, Laurentiu PETRENCU4, Catalin FUCIU5, Lucian SFICA6
The impacts of climate change on the spatial distribution of tits and chickadees (Paridae)
Tietze, Dieter Thomas; Emmel, Celine; Oldeland, Jens
Bird Extinctions In Romania: Where, Why And What Would It Take To Bring Them Back
Antonio-Marian DONCEA1, Emanuel Ștefan BALTAG2 , Gabriel Bogdan CHIȘAMERA3, Silviu PETROVAN4
Declining productivity in two Warbler species at CES site over a seven-year period
Stanković D1, Rajković D Z1, Raković M1, Szekers O2, Skorić S1
Ectoparasites Infesting Scopoli's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea): Preliminary Data From The Strofades Islands Colony In Greece.
KARAGIANNI Penelope1, SARATSIS Anastasios2, PERODASKALAKI Anastasia3, XIROUCHAKIS Stavros3, KARRIS Georgios1
New Water Bird Species In Chișinău City, Republic Of Moldova
Victoria NISTREANU, Natalia SOCHIRCĂ, Victor SÎTNIC, Anatolie SAVIN, Teodor GLAVAN-CARANGHEL, Alina LARION
13:15 – 15:00Lunch
15:00 – 16:30 Oral presentations' chair: TIETZE, DIETER THOMAS.
SECTION 2: Evolution, Phylogeography and Phylogeny and Behavior
Phylogeography of the Little Owl Athene noctua in Eurasia
Ivan J. Starikov1, Michael Wink2
Genomic evidence points to the Javan Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus bankiva) as an overlooked case of human-driven species diversification
Meng Yue Wu1, Qian Tang1,2, Yong Chee Keita Sin1, Yan Ming Tan3, Giovanni Forcina1,4, Hein van Grouw5, Frank E. Rheindt1
Intraspecific Genetic Hybridization and Genetic Monitoring of of Chukar Partridge, Alectoris chukar, in Turkey
Tamer Albayrak1
Male and Female Parental Investment in the Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
Mateusz Ledwoń1, Grzegorz Neubauer2, Adam Flis3, Bartłomiej Kusal1, Halszka Łożyńska1, Agata Banach1, Frederick Angelier4, Marta Gołek5, Nathalie Kürten6, Nataliia Atamas7, Stanisław Broński8, Jacek Betleja9
DIVERSITY OF SMALL WADERS IN THE PERIYAKULAM LAKE, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI, TAMIL NADU, SOUTHERN INDIA.
Sivanantham Mohanraj1,2, Jeganathan Pandiyan3
Nesting Behaviour and Breeding Success in Indian Robin (Copshychus fulicatus) in Semi-urban Area of Himalayan Foothills
GARIMA SINGH
16:30 – 17:30 Poster presentations & Coffee break
17:30, Guided walking tour - Palas
20 May 2025
9:30 – 10:30 Plenary: Navigation Ecology In The Barn Owl,
Alexandre Roulin
10:30 – 11:30 Coffee break & Guided tour - Hall of Lost Steps, Sala Pașilor Pierduți (Hall of Lost Steps), ”Al. I. Cuza” University of Iași
11:30 – 12:45 Oral presentations' chair: LUIS REINO.
SECTION 3 Collision with obstacles and Migration
ASSESS OF THE BIRDS COLLISION RISK ALONG THE SECTION BACĂU BYPASS OF THE HIGHWAY A7 (ROMANIA)
Carmen GACHE* & Alina-Elena IGNAT
Movements of a Pair of the Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans) During Five Years as Tracked by a GPS/GSM Logger (Interrex-Rings) – Preliminary Data
Mateusz Ledwoń1, Jacek Betleja2, Marcin Faber3
Wind energy farms in temperate forests: a bird conservation perspective
Janusz Kloskowski, Łukasz Dylewski, Marta K. Nowak, Piotr Tryjanowski
ARGOS SATELLITES TELEMETRY: A LONG STORY OF BIRD MIGRATION MONITORING
Sophie Baudel
Movement patterns of Pallas's Gulls (Larus ichthyaetus) in the Danube Delta revealed by GPS tracking
Ioana COBZARU1, Relu C. GIUCĂ2, Viorel D. GAVRIL1, Doru S. DOBRE1, Emanuel BALTAG3, Răzvan ZAHARIA1, Ramona A. BIVOLEANU1, Mihaela CIOBOTA1, Andreea CIOBOTĂ1, Gabriel B. CHIŞAMERA1
12:45 – 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 16:45Oral presentations' chair: CARMEN GACHE.
SECTION 4 Wildlife management and the Others
Geopolitics and historical events: uncovering the drivers of the global avian trade
Luís Reino1,2,3, Miguel Porto1,2,3, Joana Ribeiro1,2,3
Glycosaminoglycans from the matrix of the bird eggshells
Fallen Kai Yik Teoh1,2, Emma Jurmand1, Richard Holdaway3,4, Stanley Ambrose5, Matthew James Collins6,7, Mads Frost Bertelson8,9, Valentina Fulvia Isaja2, Beatrice Demarchi2, Henrik Clausen1, Rebecca L. Miller1
When Software Applications and Volunteering Meet for Ornithological Outreach
Corina FORĂSCU1,2
One Decade Of New And Reconfirmed Bird Species From The Republic Of Moldova
Mihail GHILAN¹,²*, Silvia URSUL², Gheorghe ȚÎCU², Alexandru ȚURCAN², Viorica PALADI³, Vitalie AJDER²,⁴
Assessing the Impact of Anthropogenic and Natural Habitats on the Breeding Success of White Storks (Ciconia ciconia) in Eastern Europe
Valentin Mihalescu1, Lucian Fasola-Matasaru2, Emanuel-Stefan Baltag3
Genetic Dıversıty of Wild and Captive Barbary Partridge (Alectoris barbara) Populations from Morocco
Laila Sabrate1, Giovanni Forcina2, Saâd Hanane3 and Abdellah Ichen1
Improving Bird Protection In „Prutul De Jos” Reserve
Viorica PALADI1, Victoria NISTREANU2
16:45 – 17:15 Poster presentations & Coffee break
17:15 – 17:30Closing Ceremony
18:00, Visit of Anastasie Fătu Botanical Garden & Gala Dinner (Cocktail), Iași Botanical Garden.
21 May 2025
9 – 17 Congress trip – visit at Ramsar 2422 Jijia-Iași Wetlands (Complex Delta Moldovei, Larga Jijia - Iași) & 13:30: Lunch, Delta Moldovei Restaurant, Larga Jijia – Iași
22 – 25 May 2025: Danube Delta trip – optional post-congress trip.
Plenaries
Michael WINK
Alexandre ROULIN
Alexandre ROULIN
What is a vulture? Phylogeny and character evolution.
Alexandre ROULIN
Alexandre ROULIN
Alexandre ROULIN
Navigation ecology in the barn owl
Danube Delta
Danube Delta, 22 - 25 May (three nights and two days, but also the way go/return from the delta):
Important note: the probably arrival time on Sunday, 25th May at the Otopeni (Bucharest airport) will be 16 o'clock, respectively, 17 o'clock in the Iași airport.
The payment of the cost for the Danube Delta post-congress trip (price of the offers + bus transfer) will be done in the same account as the congress fees with the mention IEOC 2025 - Delta trip. Please expect the final announce of the organizing committee in this section before to order the payment!
IEOC 2025: Post-congress trip in the Danube Delta
Presentation and offers
The transport inside the Danube Delta is possible only on the water by boats of various size and by local cars (local community as owners) or pedestrian inside the villages, respectively towards the Caraorman (Letea) Forest.
The location of Crișan village is in the middle of the Danube Delta, in the southern point of the Old Danube Delta (it appears as a large M on the map), along Sulina arm of the Danube River. This allows the facile access towards any point of the Danube Delta.
- The first one-day trip is a visit in the northern side of Sulina arm, using the Old Danube way, canals and lakes towards the Mila 23 village (part of Crișan commune), the best illustration of one Lipovan community inside the Danube Delta and homeland of Ivan Patzaichin, famous Romanian canoeist (seven Olympic medals including four Gold medals and 22 championship medals). The breeding colony of pelicans from Roșca-Buhaiova, the most significant from the Danube Delta perimeter is present in the vicinity of Mila 23 village.
- The second one-day trip is a visit in the southern side of Sulina arm, using canals and lakes area towards the Caraorman Forest and village (part of Crișan commune, too), a very well preserved oak forest on the sandy dunes, with impressive old oak trees.
The costs inside the Danube Delta include:
- three nights’ accommodation,
- breakfast and a lunch-dinner (so, two meals/day) – excepting tea and coffee, no drink included,
- pick-up and back Murighiol - Crișan by boat (by the owner of hostels in Crișan village),
- two one-day trips by boat: Crișan - Mila 23 village (Old Danube trip) - Crișan, respectively, Crișan - Caraorman Forest trip – Crișan
- Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve access taxa
- auto-transport towards and inside the Caraorman Forest.
Offers
Hostels in Crișan village:
A. Two small family hostels (all the meal products are homemade produces), Floarea dintre ape (Flower between waters, https://www.facebook.com/floareadintreape/) – 20 persons (single beds and double beds – with separate blankets/covers) = 235 euro/person.
B. One large hostel, Pescarul vânător (Fisherman hunter, https://www.pescarulvanator.ro/) – 20-24 persons (single beds and double beds – with separate blankets/quilts) = 265 euro/person.
C. One large hostel (all the meal products are homemade produces), Casa Călin (Calin House, https://www.casacalin.ro/) - authorised tourism guide, speaking English, French and Russian – 20-26 persons (single beds and double beds – with separate blankets/quilts) = 405 euro/person.
Floating hotels:
A. Luxury category, Ibis Tours (https://ibistours.ro/) – 20 persons = 640 euro/person (the price includes accommodation for three nights, breakfast, lunch and dinner – without drinks! - for three days, the same visits towards Mila 23 village and Caraorman Forest, and also the transfer by bus from Tulcea city towards Otopeni/Bucharest International Airport, but not from Iași city towards Tulcea city).
B. Common category – 20 persons = 315 euro/person (the services are similar as in the hostel offer, but the pick-up and return is from Tulcea city. The advantage is that the arrival time for the return in Tulcea (Sunday, 25 May) will be earlier than via Murighiol village).
The costs for the auto transfer from Iași city towards the Danube Delta regard a group of 20 - 30 persons:
a. Iași city (university) - Murighiol - Iași International Airport = 50 euro/person.
b. Iași city (university) - Tulcea - Iași International Airport = 45 euro/person.
c. Iași city (university) - Murighiol - Otopeni (Bucharest) International Airport = 75 euro/person (we must cover the bus travel back to Iași city, finally).
d. Iași city (university) - Tulcea - Otopeni (Bucharest) International Airport = 65 euro/person (we must cover the bus travel back to Iași city, finally).
Very important note:
We must ask the reservation for the Danube Delta trip no late than 10 March 2025, and it is necessary a pre-payment (50% of total amount/person) for this trip in the moment of reservation without possibility of cancellation after 10 April 2025.
For any supplementary information, please contact Dr. Carmen Gache via email: cgache@uaic.ro
