Welcome to 13th Iczegar

Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the Organizing Committee, it is a great honour for me to invite any professional or student who shares our mutual interest in Zoology to the 13th International Congress on the Zoogeography and Ecology of Greece and Adjacent Regions to be held in Irakleio, Greece, from October 7 to 11, 2015.

The congress' scope includes all issues related to systematic, phylogeny, biogeography, ecology, evolution, and conservation on animal species in the eastern Mediterranean region. Research concerning all aspects of animal biodiversity (terrestrial, subterranean, freshwater and marine) within a geographical region that includes the Balkan and Italian peninsulas, Asia Minor and Anatolia, as well as the Near East and the Mediterranean coasts of north-eastern Africa are welcome.

The official language of the 13th ICZEGAR will be English.
Experience gained from the 12 previous successful congresses of this series during the last 38 years has shown that the meeting can become an important forum for contact and information exchange between scientists working on a wide range of subjects at a region with very high biodiversity. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss and collaborate on many basic and applied research subjects, such as conservation biology, biogeography, fisheries, population ecology, phylogenetics and phylogeography etc.
Please visit regularly the web-site for updated information on all issues related to the congress. Communication via e-mail is strongly encouraged.

I would like to express our special interest to welcome all of you in Irakleio.

Sincerely,
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nikos Poulakakis
Congress President.