ORGANIZED byCenter for Science & Technology Mendoza - CCT; CONICET - National Council of Science and Technology;

Institute for Aridlands Research-IADIZA; Biodiversity Research Group-GiB;International Federation of Mammalogists and Sociedad Argentina para el Estudio de los Mamíferos - SAREM

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Located in a preferential place and within easy reach of the commercial area, the Convention and Exposition Center is also included in the geopolitical center of the city. It has been specially designed to provide comfortable services with an outstanding infrastructure and up-to-date equipment.It consists of a 15 lecturing-hall complex, with a main body, a multi-purpose theatre and the old Enoteca, a must in a province where wine and hospitality are its symbols.

WELCOMEEMILIO CIVIT CONVENTION AND EXPOSITION CENTER

Parasite and disease ecology Conveners : Heikki Heittonen & Pablo Beldomenico

Large mammals as ecological engineers

Mammalogy in Latin America: past, present and future perspectives

Conveners: C. Miguel Pinto y Jorge Salazar-Bravo

Ecological aspects of mammal-parasite relationships

Convener: Boris Krasnov

The effects of aggressive interactions among species

of mammal predators on the structure of predator

communities and predator impacts on prey species

Convener: Chris Johnson Sym

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IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

- Deadline for Early Registration: March 6, 2009

- Deadline for Submission of Abstracts:  April 30, 2009*Authors must be registered by for the congress online before abstracts can be submitted

- Deadline for Symposium proposals: October 31, 2008

SITE: Mendoza Convention Center, Mendoza Province, Argentina.OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: English.

We´ll be waiting for you!9-14 August 2009

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Los esperamos en Mendoza