The International Federation of Mammalogists (IFM) is extremely pleased to invite mammalogists from all parts of our planet to participate in the 10th International Mammalogical Congress (IMC-10) to be held in Mendoza, Argentina from 9 to 14 August 2009. This congress continues a proud tradition of international conferences that began in Moscow (USSR) in 1974 (ITC-1). Moreover, this is the first time that we will meet in South America, making this the sixth and last continent (not counting Antarctica) to host at least one of these congresses. This is a wonderful opportunity, not only for the promotion of South American mammalogy, but for mammalogists from all over the world to get better acquainted with this fascinating part of our planet.

Plenary Lectures

SYMPOSIA & WORKSHOPS: Preliminary list of topics, organizers and participants

• - Historical biogeography of Neotropical mammals: the Setting
  
  Organizers: Bruce Patterson (Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago USA)
  Participants: Francisco Goin, John Flynn or Darin Croft, Bruce MacFadden, Ulyses Pardiñas, Liliana Dávalos, Duke Rogers
• - Historical biogeography of Neotropical mammals: the Patterns
  
  Organizers: Leonora Costa
  Participants: François Catzeflis ,Cibele Bonvicino, James Patton, Leonora Costa, Bruce Patterson, Sergio Solari, Enrique Lessa
• - Systematics of New World Marsupials
  
  Organizers: Robert S. Voss (American Museum of Natural History, USA) and Sharon A. Jansa (University of Minnesota, USA)
  Participants: Robert S. Voss , Sharon A. Jansa ,David Flores, Rogerio Rossi, Sergio Solari, Guillermo D’Elía, Juan Andre, Ana P. Carmignotto, Tom Giarla, Eliecer E. Gutierrez, Noe de la Sancha, Juan F. Díaz, Gabriel Martin
• - Ecological aspects of mammal-parasite relationships
  
  Organizers: Krasnov, Boris (Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel) R and Serge Morand
  Participants: Morand, Serge , Hugot, Jean-Pierre , Bordes, Frederic Nunn, Charles, Christe, Philippe, Rizzoli, Annapaola , Henttonen, Heikki, Krasnov, Boris .
• - Understanding species distributions - biogeography and phylogeography in mammals
  
  Organizers: Jeremy Searle (University of York UK, York )
  Participants: David Polly, Joe Cook ,Peter Arctander , Boris Krystufek, Gregory Adler
• - Advances in mammalian cytosystematics: insights from new molecular techniques and from new field explorations
  
  Organizers: Peter Taylor (Durban natural science museum South Africa and Milton H Gallardo (Institute of ecology and evolution Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile)
  Participants: Robinson, T. J. Rambau, R. V, Richards, L., Taylor, P. J. Goodman, S. M., Gallardo, Milton H. , Bakloushinskaya, Lyapunova, E.
• - Speciation in small mammals
  
  Organizers: Patricia Mirol (Buenos Aires) and Jeremy Searle (University of York UK, York)
  Participants: Robert Baker, Maarit Jaarola, Guillermo D'Elia, Pierre Boursot, Ernesto Capanna
• - Mammalogy in Latin America: past, present and future perspectives
  
  Organizers: Miguel Pinto and Jorge Salazar-Bravo
  Participants : M. Mónica Díaz, Joao Alves de Oliveira, Luis F.Aguirre, and Rodrigo a. Medellín.
• - Mammal disease ecology infection and host population dynamics
  
  Organizers: Pablo Baldomenico and Heikki Hentonnen
• - Large mammals arge mammals as ecological engineers
  
  Organizers: to confirm
  Participants : Mauro Galetti, Rob Pringle, Alexine Keuroghlian, Josh Donlan, Rodolfo Dirzo
• - Ctenomys: new perspectives from South American soil
  
  Organizers: Ana Paula Cutrera and Carlos Daniel Antenucci
• - Marsupial reproduction and development
  
  Organizer: Lynne Selwood (Australia)
• - Climatic changes and mammalian faunal evolution: in the past the key for understanding the present
  
  Organizers: Maria Rita Palombo (Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”CNR – Istituto di Geologia Ambientale e Geoingegneria, Rome, Italy), and José Luis Prado (Departamento de Arqueología, INCUAPA-Universidad Nacional del Centro de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Olavarría, Argentina
  Participants: Arroyo Cabrales, Joaquín, Azanza Asensio, Beatriz, Alberdi Alonso, Maria Teresa, Boldrini, Roberto, Cartelle, Cástor, Ortiz Jaureguizar, Edgardo, Perea Negreira, Daniel, Rodríguez Méndez,Jesús, Ubilla, Martin
• - Celebrating the Beagle and the Origin: Ecological and Evolutionary Dynamics in the Struggle for Existence
  
  Organizers: Joel S. Brown (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA), Burt P. Kotler, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel), and Douglas W. Morris (Lakehead University, Canada)
  Participants: Robert Holt, Timothy Coulson, Hugh Possingham, Elizabeth Hadley, Douglas Morris, Joel Brown, Burt Kotler
• - Mesopredator release: ecological effects of interactions among mammal predators, and their importance to biodiversity conservation
  Organizers: Chris Johnson, Euan Ritchie
• - Carnivorous mammals of South America: evolution and ecology
  Organizers: Analía Forasiepi, Francisco J. Prevosti
• - Intraguild Competition in meso and small Carnivores
  Organizers: Mauro Lucherini and Claudio Sillero-Zubiri
• - Camera Traps and Mammal Population Dynamics - Advances in Capture Recapture, Occupancy Modeling, Detectability, and Behavioral Applications
  Organizers: Allan F. O'Connell, Jr