Dwarf galaxies : keys to galaxy formation and evolution : proceedings of Symposium 3 of JENAM 2010

Part I General Properties of Dwarf Galaxies.- Outstanding Questions in Dwarf Galaxy Research.- The ISM of Dwarf Galaxies.- Part II Dwarf GalaxyModels.- Predicting the frequencies of young and of tiny galaxies.- The Chemical and Dynamical Evolution of Isolated Dwarf Galaxies.- Formation and evolution of gas-rich dwarf galaxies.- Flat Metallicity Profiles in Rotating Dwarf Galaxies.- The formation of ultra-compact dwarf galaxies and nucleated dwarf galaxies.- MorphologicalMutations of Dwarf Galaxies.- Part III Dwarf Galaxies in the Local Group.- Stellar archeology: a cosmological view of dSphs.- Constraints on the Effects of Reionization in the Star Formation History of Dwarf Galaxies: some Conclusions from the LCID Project.- The Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy as a Product of Tidal Stirring.- Spatial Distribution of Stellar Components in the Magellanic Clouds.- Origin and Evolution State of the Fehrenbach-Duflot Star.- Part IV Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies.- Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies - United and Divided.- The [alpha/Fe] Ratios in Dwarf Galaxies: Evidence for a Non-universal Stellar Initial Mass Function?.- A SAURON study of dwarf elliptical galaxies in the Virgo Cluster: kinematics and stellar populations.- Dust in cluster dwarf elliptical galaxies.- LPVs as Possible Distance Indicators in NGC147 and NGC185.- Part V Star-Forming Dwarf Galaxies.- Star forming dwarf galaxies.- Measuring Star Formation Rates in Dwarf Galaxies.- 3D Spectroscopic Observations of Star-Forming Dwarf Galaxies.- Ionization Conditions in the Central Giant Hii Region of NGC 5253.- Mapping the properties of Blue Compact Dwarf galaxies by means of Integral Field Spectroscopy.- Physical properties of 6dF dwarf galaxies.- Wolf-Rayet galaxies in SDSS DR7.- Lyman alpha emission and Super-Star Clusters in dwarf galaxies.- Unveiling the nature of the "Green Pea" galaxies.- On the metallicity of Blue Compact Dwarfs.- The LITTLE THINGS Survey.- Warp or Lag? The Ionized and Neutral Hydrogen Gas in the Edge-on Dwarf Galaxy UGC 1281.- Part VI Dwarf Galaxies and their Environment.- Properties of Halpha emitting dwarf galaxies in nearby clusters.- Dwarf galaxies in nearby galaxy groups.- Dust content of Virgo star-forming dwarf galaxies.- Dwarf galaxies in nearby groups of galaxies: Photometric properties.- Near-Infrared Structural Properties of Irregular Dwarf Galaxies in Nearby Galaxy Groups.- Birth, life and survival of Tidal Dwarf Galaxies.- Dwarf galaxies in the nearby Lynx-Cancer void: photometry, colours and ages.- Pairwise dwarf galaxy formation and galaxy downsizing: some clues from extremely metal-poor Blue Compact Dwarf galaxies.