Abstract
The 2nd European Ground Squirrel Meeting was held in Svatý Jan pod Skalou, Czech Republic on 1–5 October 2008, hosting 44 participants from 11 countries. During the programme, 21 lectures and 14 posters concerned to monitoring and distribution, genetics, ecology, behaviour and conservation of ground squirrels were presented.
Field excursions into two Protected Landscape Areas, i. e. Český kras and České středohoří were a part of the Meeting. The following institutions and organisations were partners of the Meeting: Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague; Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice; Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic; Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic; Kavyl, the Centre of Ecological Research and Education in Svatý Jan pod Skalou; and the Prague ZOO.