We invite abstract submissions across all disciplines, including but not limited to:
Ecology and Conservation of Endemic Rodents
- Habitat requirements and preferences
- Impacts of climate change
- Rodents and ecosystem function
- Conservation strategies for endangered species
Managing Overabundant Rodents in Different Landscapes
- Agricultural, pastoral and forestry settings
- Intensive livestock production systems
- Urban and peri-urban rodent locations
- Island and remote environments
- Ecological impacts of rodent overabundance
Human-Wildlife Interactions and Diseases
- One-Health multidisciplinary approaches: reducing human-rodent conflicts
- Public health and risk – implications of rodent infestations
- Rodent-borne disease surveillance and monitoring
Social Attitudes to Managing Rodents
- Public perceptions/cultural attitudes
- Community engagement
- Ethical considerations
Evolutionary Biology, Including Taxonomy
- Taxonomy and phylogeny
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Evolutionary adaptations
Behavioural Ecology, Population Ecology and Modelling
- Foraging behaviour and diet
- Social structures and mating systems
- Rodent communication and signalling
- Predator-prey interactions
- Population ecology and modelling
Emerging Technologies
- Genetic biocontrol
- Fertility control
- Innovative rodent control technologies
- Remote sensing, tracking and GIS
General Topics
- Biology, physiology, ecology, and management
- Interdisciplinary approaches to rodent studies