ORGANIZED byCenter for Science & Technology Mendoza - CCT; CONICET - National Council of Science and Technology;

Institute for Aridlands Research-IADIZA; Biodiversity Research Group-GiB;International Federation of Mammalogists and Sociedad Argentina para el Estudio de los Mamíferos - SAREM

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Located in a preferential place and within easy reach of the commercial area, the Convention and Exposition Center is also included in the geopolitical center of the city. It has been specially designed to provide comfortable services with an outstanding infrastructure and up-to-date equipment.It consists of a 15 lecturing-hall complex, with a main body, a multi-purpose theatre and the old Enoteca, a must in a province where wine and hospitality are its symbols.

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EMILIO CIVIT CONVENTION AND EXPOSITION CENTER

Some proposed Symposia

Parasite and disease ecology

Large mammals as ecological engineers

Mammalogy in Latin America

The effects of aggressive interactions among species

of mammal predators on the structure of predator

communities and predator impacts on prey species

Ctenomys: new perspectives from South American soil

Ecological niche modeling in analysis geographic distribution of mammalian species:approaches, perspectives and potential pitfalls S

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Historical biogeography of Neotropical mammals I: the Setting and the patterns

Marsupial reproduction and development

Ecological aspects of mammal-parasite relationships

Understanding species distributions – biogeographyand phylogeography in mammals

Speciation in small mammals

New World marsupial systematics

…and workshops, posters & round tables, among other scientific activities

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

- Deadline for Early Registration: March 6, 2009

- Deadline for Submission of Abstracts:  April 30, 2009*Authors must be registered by for the congress online before abstracts can be submitted

- Deadline for Symposium proposals: October 31, 2008

SITE: Mendoza Convention Center, Mendoza Province, Argentina

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: English.

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, the International Federation of Mammalogists and the Sociedad Argentina para el Estudio de los Mamíferos, we hope to see you in Mendoza in August 2009...los esperamos!

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