Network:
European council
The European council is made up of leading biologists representing 14 countries.
Austria
Prof Walter Hödl, Zoologisches Institut, Wien
Denmark 
Dr Jens Olesen, University of Aarhus
Dr Jon Fjeldsaa, Zoological Museum, Copenhagen
Finland
Prof Jukka Salo
France
Dr Pierre Charles Dominique, Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle
Dr Doyle McKey, Montpellier University
Dr Patrick Duncan, Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chize
Germany
Prof Michale Boppre, University of Freiburg
Prof Eduard Linsenmair, Universität Würzburg
Greece
Dr Andreas Y Troumbis, University of Aegean, Mytilene
Ireland
Prof Eammon Duke, University College, Dublin
Dr Micheline Skeffington, University College Galway
Italy
Prof Sandro Lovari, University of Siena
The Netherlands
Prof Jacques van Alphen, Leiden University
Prof Paul Brakefield, Leiden University
Prof Herbert Prins, University of Wageningen
Dr Kate Lessells, Netherlands Institute of Ecology
Poland
Dr Ryszard Laskowski, Jagiellonian University
Russia
Dr Boris Vasiliev, University of Moscow State
Spain
Dr Montserrat Gomendio, Museo Nacional de Cienchias Naturales
Sweden
Prof Thomas Elmqvist, University of Stockholm
United Kingdom
Prof Tim Clutton-Brock FRS, University of Cambridge
Prof Andrew Balmford, University of Cambridge
Prof Charles Godfray, Oxford University
Dr Rosie Trevelyan, Tropical Biology Association
Dr Lisa Thomas
Dr Sandra Knapp, Natural History Museum