Presentations & summaries 26th Meeting of the International Hamster Workgroup

The 26th Meeting of the International Hamster Workgroup (IHW) has been held on 18-20 October 2019 at GaiaZOO, Kerkrade (the Netherlands). At this meeting hamster experts form all over Europe have come together to exchange information on hamsters, showed their projects and have presented their new findings. An overview of all individual presentations and summaries can be found below and a compilation here (insofar as permission has been granted). Enjoy reading!

P1 New experiences with AES schemes for hamster in the Netherlands
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Gerard Müskens (WENR/Müskens Fauna), Maurice La Haye (Dutch Mammal Society), Ruud van Kats (WENR), Raymond Schrijver (WRDSU), Wolter Elbersen (WBBR), Rob Heldens (Ministry of Agriculture), Loek Kuiters (WENR)

P2 Combining Ecology and Economy: role of future CAP (Common Agriculture Policy)
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Harm Kossen (Natuurrijk Limburg/LLTB)

P3 Evaluation of innovative agricultural practices for Common hamsters: Results of 5 years of survey in the fields: the final results of the LIFE Alister program
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Charlotte Kourgy, Stéphane Marchandeau, Guillaume Souchay, Julien Eidenschenck  (ONCFS)

P4 Reintroduction project "Common Hamster in Aachen (North Rhine-Westpalia) - the second year"
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Manfred Aletsee (NABU-Naturschutzstation Aachen)

P5 Winter wonders of the Common hamster. Part I: Tooth records and thermologging
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Natialia Feoktistova, G.A. Klevezal, E.A. Zaytseva, D.V. Shchepotkin, M.M. Chunkov, A.V. Surov (Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution Russian Academy of Sciences)

P6 Winter wonders of the Common hamster. Part II: Winter activity and burrow using
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Alexey V. Surov, Pavel L. Bogomolov, Natalia Yu. Feoktistova (Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution Russian Academy of Sciences)

P7 Body condition and hibernation performance in common hamsters
To be published
Carina Siutz (University of Vienna)

P8 Study of the hamster's diet under controlled conditions. Food selection: What are the drivers?
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Florian Kletty, Tissier, Jean-Patrice Robin, Caroline Habold (Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC)

P9 Feldhamsterland – Current status of the large scale project and insight on the public relation and press relation work for hamster conservation in the project
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Moritz Franz-Gerstein & Christian Kemnade (Deutsche Wildtier Stiftung)

P10 Feldhamsterland - The common hamster in environmental education
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Nina Lipecki (Deutsche Wildtier Stiftung)

P11 Some results on spatial movements of reintroduced Common hamsters
To be published
Uli Weinhold (Institut für Faunistik)

P12 Predation and survival in populations of Common hamster in the Netherlands
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Maurice La Haye (Dutch Mammal Society), Gerard Müskens (WENR/Müskens Fauna),Ruud van Kats (WENR), Caspar Hallmann (Radboud University) & Eelke Jongejans (Radboud University)

P13 Automated Hamster Tracking Challenges
To be published
Ralf Zeidler (Radio-tracking.eu)

P14 The Common hamster in Saxony – Past and perspectives
To be published
Kerstin & Ubbo Mammen (ÖKOTOP GbR)

P15 Hamster Population Monitoring: strength, weakness and perspectives towards a new method
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Charlotte Kourkgy, Julien Tremeaud, Guillaume Souchay, Elena JeB (freelancer), Frédéric Mussier, Julien Eidenschenck, Stéphane Marchandeau (ONCFS)

P16 Hamsteratlas and EuroHamster – Online databases as opportunities for cross-border collaboration and meta-analysis
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Tobias Erik Reiners (Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt)

P17 Reproductive strategies in Common hamsters
To be published
Eva Millesi (University of Vienna)

P18 Breeding of Common hamsters at GaiaZOO
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Bas Martens (GaiaZOO)

P19 Status and conservation of hamsters in Bulgaria
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Nedko Nedyalkov (National Museum of Natural History – Sofia, Bulgaria)