Dear participants, On behalf of the Organizing Committee, I would like to thank your for your participation in the 11th ICZEGAR. Please visit regularly the web-site for updated information on the issue of submission of your articles in a special issue of the Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. Sincerely, Prof. Dr. Moisis Mylonas Congress President. Letter before the congress 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 11th International Congress on the Zoogeography and Ecology of Greece and Adjacent Regions to be held in Irakleio, Greece, from September 21 to 25, 2009. The congress' scope includes all issues related to the animal systematics, ecology, phylogeny, phylogeography, and population genetics 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 11th ICZEGAR will be English. Experience gained from the 10 previous successful congresses of this series during the last 33 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 etc. Please visit regularly the web-site for updated information on all issues related to the congress. Communication via e-mail is strongly encouraged. On behalf of the Local Organizing Committee, I would like to express our special interest to welcome all of you in Irakleio. Sincerely, Prof. Dr. Moisis Mylonas Congress President. 11th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON THE ZOOGEOGRAPHY AND ECOLOGY OF GREECE AND ADJACENT REGIONS