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Mini-symposium: Ecological and evolutionary perspectives towards understanding landbird migration

When:Mo 18-05-2026 13:00 - 17:05Where:5171.0415 & online

This symposium is organized on the occasion of the thesis defence "Phenotypic and genetic variations of two migratory songbirds in East-Central Asian flyways" by Tianhao Zhao.

18 May 2026
Mini symposium
5171.0415 & online (outside China)
or online (within China 中国大陆观众)

13:00 Tianhao Zhao (GELIFES): Phenotypic and genetic variations of two migratory songbirds in East-Central Asian flyways
13:30 Wieland Heim (University of Oldenburg): Consequences of long-distance migration detours in Siberian Rubythroats circumventing the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
13:55 Kristaps Sokolovskis (MPI Animal Behaviour): Innate components of migratory program in Willow Warblers
14:20 Kristen Ruegg (Colorado State University): Migration genomics of the Meadowlark species complex - Insights from the bird genoscape project
14:50 Break
15:20 Miriam Liedvogel (Institute of Avian Research): Blackcap migration - Adaptation in time and space
15:50 Matthias Weissensteiner (Institute of Avian Research): The genomics of partial migration in European Blackbirds
16:15 Georg Langebrake (Institute of Avian Research): Geolocation-by-genotype reveals systematic and unidirectional mass reorientation in a migratory songbird
16:40 Paul Dufour (Swiss Ornithological Institute): Understanding bird migration through abnormal movements
19 May 2026
Academy Building
& livestream
09:00 Tianhao Zhao - Thesis defence
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