10th International Behavioral Ecology Congress

We would like to welcome you to the 10th Jubilee Congress of the ISBE held in Jyväskylä, Finland between the 10th and 15th of July 2004. ISBE was established in the late 1980’s, and today the need for an interdisciplinary approach is expanding far beyond its initial integrative framework (e.g. to genetics, systematics, physiology and conservation). We will encourage an integrative approach during the Jubilee meeting of the Society in Jyväskylä, and the wide variety of topics is illustrated by our choice of plenary and Hamilton lecture speakers. The goal of the ISBE meetings has always been to allow the latest developments and results to be presented in a minimally formal context. Thus, we do not have any specific symposia for talks, rather we expect researchers to come with their latest ideas and results that can be fitted as oral and poster presentations into the program. However, we have composed a tentative, but not exclusive, list of session topics that we expect to have.

Jyväskylä is a lively University town in the heart of the famous Lake District of Finland. Our Evolutionary Ecology unit has gained a strong status in Behavioural Ecology research, and has been appointed as a Centre of Excellence in Research by the Academy of Finland. However, within the section of Ecology and Environmental Management at the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, there are many other research projects covering a wide taxonomic array of studies, including applied research, and we emphasize an integrative approach in all our research.

In addition to the scientific program, we are also planning to organise a stimulating social program including a boat excursion on the beautiful Lake Päijänne, the possibility to experience a traditional Finnish sauna and a midnight sun soccer tournament.

On the behalf of Organising Committee, we warmly invite you to the Jubilee Congress of ISBE

Sincerely Yours,
Rauno Alatalo, Taru-Maija Heilala, Janne Kotiaho, Johanna Mappes and Hannu Ylönen, University of Jyväskylä.