ARC-BHS Joint Scientific Meeting 2019
Saturday, 30 November 2019 - Saturday, 30 November 2019

The Joint Scientific Meeting run by ARC and the British Herpetological Society (BHS) will be held at the Bournemouth Natural Science Society museum on Saturday 30th November 2019. This is a very popular one day conference with science and research based presentations from the UK and overseas and ends with a raffle which raises funds for various great herpetofauna related causes. 

For full details and to make a booking, go here:   ARC-BHS Scientific Meeting 2019

 

 

 

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

0930-1000 Arrival, registration and coffee
1000-1005 Welcome – Prof Richard Griffiths, ARC Trustee
1005-1030

Habitat preferences in golden Mantellas – Wayne Edwards, DICE, University of Kent

1030-1055

Chemical and microbial barriers to amphibian pathogens – Phil Jervis, Institute of Zoology and Imperial College London

1055-1120

Abundance and population structure of the Morelet's Crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) in the region of Calakmul, Campeche, Mexico - José António Lemos Barão-Nóbrega, University of Salford and Operation Wallacea

1120-1200  Coffee
1205-1230 

Disease transmission in larval amphibians – Bryony Allen, University of Liverpool and Institute of Zoology

1230-1255

Over the moon: the effect of the lunar cycle on three newt species in the UK – John Phillips, DICE, University of Kent

1255-1320

Using 3D-printed, GPS embedded, decoy turtle eggs to track poachers – Helen Pheasey, DICE, University of Kent

1320-1445 Lunch
1450-1515  

Aesculapian snakes - an introduced species in North Wales – Tom Major, Bangor University

1515-1540  

What do zoo visitors understand about global amphibian declines? – Marcileida (Leida) Dos Santos, University of Otago and IUCN/SSC Amphibian Specialist Group

1540-1615 African herp research – Gabriela B. Bittencourt-Silva, Natural History Museum
1615-1700 Coffee and departure 
   

 

 

Event Date Saturday 30th November 2019 9:30 am
Event End Date Saturday 30th November 2019 5:00 pm
Location Bournemouth Natural Science Society