Ford Castle, Northumberland, UK 26th May to 30th May 2003 Welcome address Dear colleagues and friends, welcome to Ford Castle. On behalf of the organising committee I would like to welcome you to the Third International Colloquium of Tree Squirrels and the Seventh European Squirrel Workshop. We are particularly pleased to bring together meetings from […]
Goedele Verbeyen Investigation of the Asian Chipmunk (Eutamias sibiricus Laxmann 1769) in De Panne (Belgium) The Asian chipmunk is being imported in Belgium as a pet since the beginning of the sixties. Now there are four free-living populations in Belgium, one in the Zoniënwoud (Brussels, estimated at 18.000 individuals in 2000!), one in Westerlo, one […]
Acqui Terme (Alessandria), Italy, 11th to 13th September 2001 Organised and hosted by Professor Italo Currado, Peter J. Mazzoglio and Sandro Bertolino (University of Turin) Two hours south of Turin is the city of Acqui Terme, which is famous for its thermal spas and its castle that dates back to the 13th Century. The workshop […]
Sandro Bertolino The grey squirrel in Italy: species expansion and threats for neighbouring countries Origin and spread of the grey squirrel in Italy The grey squirrel was introduced into Piedmont (north-western Italy) in 1948, when two pairs were released at Stupinigi (province of Turin) (Bertolino et al., 2000). In 1966, 5 animals imported from Norfolk […]