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Death of the International Wader Study Group’s founding father, Dr Clive Minton
12 November 2019
We are very sad to report the death of the International Wader Study Group’s founding father, Dr Clive Minton, in a car accident in Victoria, Australia, on 6 November 2019. Clive was returning home after a trip to see birds on Kangaroo Island in South Australia along with his wife, Pat, and another lady, Erma. Both ladies were badly injured and are now recovering in hospital. Our thoughts are very much with Pat and Erma and their families at this difficult and sad time. Clive Minton’s
Postdoc Movement Ecology: “Studying the causes of shorebird movement and habitat selection” | NIOZ
25 October 2019
The department of Coastal Systems (COS) is looking for a highly motivated Postdoc. We offer a postdoctoral position of maximally 3 years on movement and spatial ecology of shorebirds under the supervision of Dr. Allert Bijleveld. This project is part of ongoing research on understanding how individual differences, sociality and the distribution of resources affect movement and spatial distributions of shorebirds in the Dutch Wadden Sea. ‍ LOCATION:            ROYAL NIOZ TEXEL (THE
III. ÉLVONAL Conference and Demographic workshop | 10–19 January 2020 Debrecen, Hungary
25 October 2019
ÉLVONAL Shorebird Science (elvonalshorebirds.com) is happy to announce the III. ÉLVONAL conference during 10–12 January 2020 in Debrecen (Hungary) followed by workshop „Modeling population dynamics: Estimating demographic parameters for wildlife conservation“ in the same venue during 13–19 January 2020 led by Brett Sandercock.   Find more details here: III. ÉLVONAL CONFERENCE – III.ELVONAL conference flyer DEMOGRAPHIC WORKSHOP – Demography Workshop December 2020 details Both

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  • The International Wader Study Group (IWSG) brings together everyone who has a passion for waders (shorebirds), the habitats they use and their conservation.
  • Members include research scientists, citizen scientists and conservation practitioners from all around the world. Membership is open to all.
  • Details on our aims and objectives can be found here.
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