Conference Agenda

Multi-taxa assessment of endangered and invasive alien species by environmental DNA revealed new opportunities to plan new protected areas

Simone Giovacchini, Enrico Mirone, Antonia Bruno, Fausto Ramazzotti, Luca Caprotti, Hannah Krupa, Pamela Monaco, Pushpinder Singh Jamwal, Mirko Di Febbraro, Andrea Galimberti, Anna Loy

Is eDNA metabarcoding an effective new approach for the monitoring of mine site restoration? Tips and tricks from 6+ years of research

Paul Gerard Nevill, Michael Bunce, Mieke van der Heyde

Using environmental DNA to search for the rare, endemic and endangered Apennine yellow bellied toad (Bombina pachypus) and its main threatening factor

Enrico Mirone, Simone Giovacchini, Marco Alberto Bologna, Antonia Bruno, Luca Caprotti, Mirko Di Febbraro, Pushpinder Jamwal, Hannah Krupa, Pamela Monaco, Fausto Ramazzotti, Leonardo Vignoli, Andrea Galimberti, Anna Loy

Surveying lichens with airborne eDNA

Aino Hämäläinen, Per-Anders Esseen, Fernando Fernandez Mendoza, Göran Thor, Per Stenberg

Biodiversity gradients trough a river basin: markers, methods and tributaries in an eDNA case of study.

Gabriele Cananzi, Irene Tatini, Tianshi Li, Giulio Petroni

Evaluating different approaches to integrate genome-wide genetic diversity in spatial conservation prioritization

Marco Andrello, Stéphanie Manel

Challenges and opportunities of inferring spatial genetic patterns of amphibians and reptiles for conservation planning across six global regions.

Silvia Benoliel Carvalho, Maria João Paúl, André Vicente Liz, Matthew Moreira, Ana Carnaval, Bryan Carstens, Salvador Carranza, Angelica Crottini, Duarte Gonçalves, Pedro Tarroso

Conserving genomic diversity in tropical trees from French Guiana

Myriam Heuertz, Julien Bonnier, Sylvain Schmitt, Olivier Lepais, Emilie Chancerel, Erwan Guichoux, Saint-Omer Cazal, Valérie Troispoux, Stéphane Traissac, Olivier Brunaux, Niklas Tysklind

Conserving genetic diversity of at-risk species across the data-availability spectrum

Brenna Forester, Ivan Paz Vinas

Using genomics to inform bat conservation under global change

Orly Razgour

Conserving evolutionary potential under global change: efficacy of the Italian protected areas for terrestrial vertebrates

Nina Luisa Santostasi, Andrea Chiocchio, Luigi Maiorano, Roberta Bisconti, Alice Pezzarossa, Daniele Canestrelli

Beyond SNPs: A holistic assessment of genome-wide diversity in New Zealand’s rarest breeding bird

Jana R Wold, Tammy E Steeves

Monitoring genetic diversity through effective population size (Ne) in plant populations with complex life-history traits

Roberta Gargiulo, Alex D. Twyford, Michael F. Fay

Conserving genetic diversity during climate change: Niche marginality and discrepant monitoring effort in Europe

Peter B. Pearman, Olivier Broennimann, Antoine Guisan

Uneven genetic data limits biodiversity assessments in protected areas globally

Ivan Paz Vinas

Emerging genomics tools and technologies: enhancing biodiversity conservation management with community insights

Elena Buzan, Gernot Segelbacher

Genetic diversity affects ecosystem functions across trophic levels as much as species diversity, but in an opposite direction

Simon Blanchet, Laura Fargeot, Delphine Legrand, Raffard Allan, Géraldine Loot

Predation by the European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) has species-specific effects on the ecology and evolution of bumblebees

Belinda Kahnt

Population Genomics of oil-collecting bees in a threatened tropical biodiversity hotspot

Paulo Miguel Pinheiro de Sousa, Belinda Kahnt

Enhancing honeybee conservation through gut microbiota insights

Simone Cutajar, Daniele Alberoni, Diana Di Gioia, David Mifsud

Defining the evolutionary footprint for an evocentric conservation

Thibault Genissel, Alexandre Robert, Jane Lecomte, François Sarrazin

Estimating Ne for the Global Biodiversity Framewok through proxies: how far can we go?

Joachim Mergeay, Caroline Mouton, Luis Alberto Castillo-Reina

Unlocking Europe's hidden species diversity: a molecular phylogenetic study of the European lesser blind mole rats and its conservation consequences

Attila Németh, Edvárd Mizsei, Levente Laczkó, David Czabán, Zsolt Hegyeli, Szabolcs Lengyel, Gábor Csorba, Gábor Sramkó

Conservation genomics of a neglected European mammal, the garden dormouse

Paige Byerly, Alina von Thaden, Tilman Schell, Evgeny Leushkin, Leon Hilgers, Shenglin Liu, Sven Winter, Carola Greve, Hanno Bolz, Charlotte Gerheim, Alexander Ben Hamadou, Sven Büchner, Johannes Lang, Holger Meinig, Michael Hiller, Carsten Nowak

Lack of population differentiation of common tern (Sterna hirundo) populations in Europe

Ana Galov, Veronika Lončar, Jelena Kralj, Astrid Vik Stronen, Željko Pavlinec, Luka Jurinović, Simon Piro, Christof Herrmann, Iztok Škornik, Davorin Tome, Gyula Kovacs, Balint Preiszner, Peter Szinai, Stefano Volponi

The eDNA analysis in conservation

Caterina Maria Antognazza

An integrative framework for Dark Taxa biodiversity assessment at scale: a case study using Megaselia (Diptera, Phoridae).

Valerio Caruso, Emily Hartop, Caroline Chimeno, Sajad Noori, Amrita Shrivathsan, Michael Haas, Leshon Lee, Rudolf Meier, Daniel Whitmore

The Turtle Project de-siloes science and innovation for the protection of sea turtles

Christophe Eizaguirre

ORG.one: supporting rapid sequencing of any endangered species, anywhere, by anyone

Kara L Dicks

Epigenetics as a new biomarker of stressors in conservation research

Suvi Ruuskanen

An epigenetic toolbox for conservation biologists

Alice Balard, Miguel Baltazar-Soares, Christophe Eizaguirre, Melanie Jany Heckwolf

Wolf-dog hybridization and introgression in the Dinaric-Balkan region of southeastern Europe

Astrid Vik Stronen, Barbara Boljte, Djuro Huber, Maja Jan, Marjeta Konec, Josip Kusak, Carsten Nowak, Dragana Šnjegota, Gregor Rolshausen, Tomaž Skrbinšek

Hybridization, introgression, and conservation genetics of European wildcats

Carsten Nowak, Gregor Rolshausen, Paige Byerly

Impact of hybridization and genetic introgression on the long term survival of the critically endangered European mink (Mustela lutreola).

Johan Michaux, Alice Mouton, Lise Marie Pigneur, Christine Fournier-Chambrillon, Ingrid Marchand, Christelle Bellanger, Fermín Urra-Maya6, Pascal Fournier

Endangered hybrid swarms of caribou: glacial, interglacial climates, adaptation and current threats.

Samuel Deakin, Jocelyn Poissant, Kathreen Ruckstuhl, Marco Musiani

Forgotten in the pond: hybridization with alien taxa induces polyploidization in native water frogs

Adriana Bellati, Roberta Bisconti, Andrea Chiocchio, Giuseppe Martino, Antonio Siclari, Daniele Canestrelli

Comparative landscape genetics of two partly sympatric hare species

Jeremy Larroque

Epigenetic biomarkers provide a non-lethal sexing method for endangered sea turtles with temperature-dependent sex determination

Eugenie C. Yen, James D. Gilbert, Alice Balard, Inês O. Afonso, Kirsten Fairweather, Camryn D. Allen, Gabby Carvajal, Itzel Sifuentes-Romero, Blair P. Bentley, Sandra M. Correia, Albert Taxonera, Stephen J. Rossiter, José M. Martín-Durán, Jeanette Wyneken, Lisa Komoroske, Christophe Eizaguirre

Phylogeography and landscape genetic analyses for the conservation of the threatened saproxylic beetle Rosalia alpina in Italy

Vincenzo Buono, Silvia Gisondi, Alice Lenzi, Alessandra Riccieri, Giulia Fassio, Marco Alberto Bologna, Alessio De Biase, Emiliano Mancini, Alessandro Campanaro

A Genomics approach to the study of Formica wood ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) biodiversity in Italy

Giobbe Forni, Simona Corneti, Jacopo Martelossi, Fabrizio Ghiselli, Andrea Luchetti

Assisted evolution techniques: a proof of concept for plant conservation under Global Change.

Alfredo García-Fernández, Sandra Sacristan-Bajo, Carlos Lara-Romero, Samuel Prieto-Benitez, Javier Morente-Lopez, Elena Torres, Jose María Iriondo

Conservation actions for endangered plant Eryngium alpinum L. in Eastern Alps: genotype and germination study

Riccardo Mancinelli, Jože Bavcon, Alberto Biscontin, Francesco Boscutti, Enrico Braidot, Laura Della Mea, Emanuele De Paoli, Nicoletta Felice, Sara Gargiulo, Fabio Marroni, Michele Morgante, Paloma Perez Bello Gil, Elisa Petrussa, Blanka Ravnjak, Giacomo Trotta, Marco Vuerich, Valentino Casolo

Gut microbial functions are impacted by habitat: implications for the conservation of non-human primates

Marina Bambi, Giulio Galla, Barbara Crestanello, Francesco Rovero, Heidi C. Hauffe, Claudia Barelli, Matthias Scholz

Development of novel eDNA-based tools for supporting sturgeon repopulation monitoring plans

Caterina Maria Antognazza, Fausto Ramazzotti, Antonella Bruno, Andrea Galimberti, Monica Di Francesco, Serena Zaccara

Temporal changes in plant use and plant-pollinator networks revealed using pollen DNA metabarcoding

Natasha de Vere, Laura Jones, Abigail Lowe

Feliplex: a high throughput sequencing (HTS) microsatellite panel for genetic monitoring of felids

Divyashree Rana, Frédéric Boyer, Marta De Barba, Pierre Taberlet, Uma Ramakrishnan

Genetic Management and Population Rescue of an Inbred Felid: a Case Study on Dinaric Population of Eurasian Lynx

Tomaž Skrbinšek, Marjeta Konec, Barbara Boljte, Maja Jan, Astrid Vik Stronen, Magda Sindičić, Ira Topličanec, Tomislav Gomerčić, Ladislav Paule, Matej Bartol, Barbara Promberger, Robin Rigg, Mihai Pop, Jakub Kubala, Vedran Slijepčević, Miha Krofel, Urša Fležar, Hubert Potočnik, Ivan Kos, Elena Pazhenkova

How many wolf ecotypes? The urgency of conserving biodiversity within species

Marco Musiani, Ettore Randi

Bottleneck legacies at the whole-genome level: reduced genetic diversity, inbreeding and genetic load in the Italian wolf population

Daniele Battilani, Roberta Gargiulo, Paolo Ciucci, Romolo Caniglia, Elena Fabbri, Jazmin Ramos Madrigal, Claudia Fontsere, Shyam Gopalakrishnan, Marta Ciucani, Matteo Girardi, Matteo Mastroiaco, Cristiano Vernesi

Seagrass movement: oceanographic modelling and genetic data reveal connectivity patterns of Posidonia oceanica along the Western coast of Sicily

Miriam Ruocco, Guglielmo Lacorata, Luigi Palatella, Isabella Provera, Arturo Zenone, Marco Martinez, Emanuela Dattolo, Jessica Pazzaglia, Vincenzo Maximiliano Giacalone, Fabio Badalamenti, Gabriele Procaccini

Multidimensional conservation gaps and indications in seahorses

Luciano Bosso, Melisa Olave, Maeva Gabrielli, Roberto Biello, Josefin Stiller, Ralf Schneider, Andrea Benazzo, Giorgio Bertorelle, Francesca Raffini

Fine-scale spatial genetic structure and dispersal among Italian smooth newt populations in a rural landscape

Vincenzo Buono, Alessandra Maria Bissattini, Francesca Davoli, Chiara Mengoni, Nadia Mucci, Leonardo Vignoli

Conservation genetic strategies for the Hula painted frogs (Latonia nigriventer) by assessing habitat preferences

Franklin Sargunaraj, Eli Geffen, Sarig Gafny, Uri Roll

Ecosystem services provided by birds in the agroecological niche and mangrove restoration in the oil-polluted Niger Delta region of Nigeria

Nyimale Grace Alawa

Combined effects of cropping system, soil fertility, and landscape cover on biodiversity, pest control, and crop yield in East Africa

Grace Mercy Amboka, Mattias Jonsson, Sigrun Dahlin, Benjamin Feit

Forest-agriculture mosaic landscapes for ecosystem services and conservation: a case from social-ecological systems of southwestern Ethiopia

Girma Shumi, Joern Fischer

A perspective on human-wildlife conflicts in the context of global change

Carlos Bautista, Nuria Selva

Nearly 40% of carnivore ranges threatened by human pressures

Nyeema Charmaine Harris, Congyi Zeng, Aishwarya Bhandari

Spatial temporal dynamics of wildland-urban interface as a driver of conflicts – the case of the Polish Carpathians

Dominik Kaim, Carlos Bautista, Michael Leitner, Franz Schug, Nuria Selva, Volker Radeloff

A 700-years historical perspective on the ecological regression of bears and wolves

Néstor Fernández, Miguel Clavero

Human-caused mortality can prevent range expansion of a large carnivore. The case of wolves in the Iberian Peninsula

Ana Morales-González, Alberto Fernández-Gil, Mario Quevedo, Maria Paniw, Eloy Revilla

Climate change as a global amplifier of human-wildlife conflict: a quantitative review of case studies across our lands and oceans

Briana Abrahms, Neil H. Carter, T.J Clark-Wolf, Kaitlyn Gaynor, Erik Johansson, Alex McInturff, Anna C. Nisi, Kasim Rafiq, Leigh West

The curious story of sympatric bees and their viruses: the implication of floral resources and bee immunity on virus sharing across bee taxa

Avi Eliyahu, Sean T Bresnahan, Christina M Grozinger, Aviv Dombrovski, Asaf Sadeh, Yael Mandelik

Preserving the Ground beneath the Paws: does the Biodiversity Hypothesis matter for Wildlife Health?

Toni Markus Jernfors, Esa Koskela, Giulio Galla, Heidi Hauffe, Eva Kallio, Tapio Mappes, Phillip C. Watts

Ecological networks in an Alpine glacier ecosystem

Arianna Crosta, Francesca Pittino, Marco Caccianiga, Barbara Valle, Mauro Gobbi, Andrea Franzetti, Valeria Lencioni, Jakub Buda, Krzysztof Zawierucha, Francesco Gentile Ficetola, Roberto Ambrosini

Floristic studies and their importance in biodiversity conservation

Robert Philipp Wagensommer

Impacts of future forest use on biodiversity, ecosystem services and climate

Cristian Santiago Montalvo Mancheno, Federico Lingua, Sampo Soimakallio, Jari Niemi, Jenni Nordén, Line Nybakken, Tord Snäll

Lichens on standing deadwood: the role of deadwood age and challenges for conservation

Aleksi Nirhamo, Pemelyn Santos, Mariina Günther, Alina Kiiskinen, Aino Hämäläinen, Tuomas Aakala, Jari Kouki

Long-standing deadwood – the impact of substrate origin on wood-inhabiting fungal communities.

Monika Kolényová, Jan Běťák, Lucie Zíbarová, Daniel Dvořák, Linda Majdanová

Comparative study of habitats & sustainability of natural & reintroduced populations of Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros

Bhraaz Kashyap, Gergely Schally, Sándor Csányi

The future is not bright for Anatolian Brown Bears

Ercan Sıkdokur, Morteza Naderi, Emrah Çoban, İsmail Kudret Sağlam, Çağan Hakkı Şekercioğlu

The effects of landscape woody features cover and spatial configuration on bat activity – implications for woodland creation

Eleri Kent, Kirsty Park, Elisa Fuentes-Montemayor, Isabel Jones, Mark Whittingham, Chloe Bellamy, Carol Williams, Katherine Boughey

Can olive groves support bat conservation during winter? A case study from Tuscany, Italy

Rym Nouioua, Tara Hanf-Dressler, Bea Maas