Thursday 5th of June

Landscapes, Management & Monitoring

07:00 - 08:00 Breakfast

08:30 - 09:00 Paolo Ciucci - Not only population abundance: reflections on the

quality of wolf conservation

09:00 - 09:30 Valeria Salvatori - TBA

09:30 - 10:00 Glenn Lelieveld - Challenges in living with wolves in Europe's most densely populated country

10:00 - 10:30 Hugh Jansman - Of wolves and men: The bold and the beautiful

10:30 - 11:00 Break

11:00 - 12:20 Panel Discussion - TBA

12:20 - 13:20 Lunch

*Please note that this program

is subject to change.

Last updated: 12-02-2025

13:20 - 15:00 Parallel Presentations & Sessions

Themes

Population management

Preventative measures

Wolves in cultural landscapes

Genetics and feeding ecology

Session: Governance

13:20 - 13:40

Joachim Mergeay

The effective size of European wolf populations and its implications for policy and management.

Barbara Zimmermann

Carnivore exclosures to protect sheep in the boreal forest affect the area use of moose.

Catherine Frizat

FERUS' Pastoraloup program: supporting appeased wolf coexistence.

Gregor Simčič

TBA

Visualisation an exploration of complex multi-generational pedigrees.

13:40 - 14:00

Cyril Milleret

Wolf population size estimation: Challenges and Insights from Scandinavia and France..

Annika Held

Effectiveness of strobe light as a potential deterrent stimulus for wolves.

Erik Versluijs

Living with wolves: A new framework to enhance coexistence with wolves by studying livestock behaviours.

Lilian Heinzel

Does Genetic Admixture Affect Ghost Wolf Ecology?

TBA

14:00 - 14:20

Florian Kunz

Using a stage-based life cycle implementation to model population viability of European wolves.

Chris Smit

Free-ranging cattle and the return of the wolf; implications for conservation management.

Katharina Kasper

Of wolves navigating a human landscape of fear.

Jack W. Rabe

TBA

Prey size mediates interference competition and predation dynamics in a large carnivore community.

14:20 - 14:40

Kathleen Petersen

Wolves on the Move: Investigating Dispersal and Human-Caused Mortality in a Social Carnivore.

Ray Nickerson

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Range Riders at Reducing Wolf-Livestock Conflict Across the American West.

Uri Arad

The effect of diseases on the depredation of calves by wolves.

Katarzyna Bojarska

TBA

Short-term responses of red deer to wolf presence are related to predation risk.

14:40 - 15:00

Nina Gerber

Evaluating the effect of lethal management in Switzerland.

Philippine Surer

Evaluating the non-lethal effects of wolves on cattle herds in the Swiss Jura mountains.

Hadrien Raggenbass

Anticipating wolf comeback to Western France.

Florin Kunz

TBA

Unveiling the Feeding Patterns & Preferences of Wolves in Switzerland

15:00 - 15:30

Break

15:30 - 17:30 Parallel Workshops

Wildlife Acoustics

Turning Sound into Discovery - Using Sound to Study Wolves

Theodoros Kominos

The use of UAV (Unmanned Aeral Vehicle) and handheld thermal cameras in research.