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2001 SOCIETY FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGY ANNUAL MEETING: CALL FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
The 15th annual meeting of SCB will be held 30 July-1 August 2001 at the University of Hawaii, Hilo. The local organizing committee invites abstracts for oral papers and poster presentations. The theme of the meeting, Ecological Lessons from Islands, includes such figurative islands as natural and man-made habitat patches. The scientific program will consist of a plenary address, 6-8 symposia, several workshops and discussions, up to 354 contributed oral presentations, and two evening poster sessions. The University of Hawaii at Hilo consists of 115 acres in the heart of tropical Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii, and all meeting facilities are in close proximity to one another. Because the campus is small and intimate, space for contributed paper sessions and symposia is limited, and we therefore strongly encourage poster presentations. Posters will be displayed for a full day, and there will be a social each evening to encourage interaction and socializing around the posters. Authors will be in attendance at their posters during the social, providing the opportunity for lively and in-depth discussion of the research. Please adhere to the following guidelines when preparing your abstract.
All sessions for spoken papers will be equipped with a slide projector and overhead projector. We are sorry but we will not be able to accommodate PowerPoint presentations. This decision was made in order to avoid significant delays due to software incompatibilities and other malfunctions, which could cause serious problems for everyone. If you need to make special arrangements to make audio or video presentations, please contact the chair of the Scientific Program Committee for assistance (Bethany_Woodworth@usgs.gov).
Instructions for preparing abstractsAbstracts should be submitted for contributed spoken papers, posters, and invited symposium presentations. Symposia and speakers will be selected separately. (Note: the call for proposals for symposia, workshops, and discussions appeared in the May 2000 newsletter. Deadline for abstracts was 15 August. See the meeting website for details.) Each person can present only one paper or poster. If your name appears on more than one paper, make sure you are the presenter for only one of them. Student award candidates must submit two abstracts. One should be formatted according to the instructions below and received by Bethany Woodworth by 31 January 2001. In addition, an extended abstract (3-5 paragraphs, preferably including 3-5 tables or figures) must be sent directly to the Student Awards Committee. Five hard copies (no email or FAX submissions) of the extended abstract must be received by 7 February 2001. Send extended abstracts to Aram Calhoun, 5722 Deering Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, calhoun@maine.edu. Detailed instructions will be available on the SCB website. Please follow the instructions carefully, including all requested information and formatting. Any abstract with errors or omissions will be returned to the sender for correction and runs the risk of being too late for the deadline. Abstracts should be submitted electronically via the web at http://www.hear.org/SCB2001/. Website submittal will become available in autumn 2000. If you cannot submit abstracts via the web, please send your abstract as an email message to Bethany_Woodworth@usgs.gov. The abstract should be attached as a Word, RTF, or ASCII text file (in order of our preference) and the subject line should read "Abstract for SCB2001." If neither web nor email submission is possible, please submit on a computer disk as a Word, RTF, or ASCII text file, or prepare a clean typed copy that can be scanned (in a 12-point simple font such as Courier or Arial). Mail the disk or paper copy to SCB2001 Abstracts, c/o Bethany Woodworth, PIERC/BRD/USGS, Kilauea Field Station, P.O. Box 44, Hawaii National Park, HI 96718. Regardless of the method of submission, all abstracts must reach us by 31 January 2001 at 5:00 P.M. Hawaii time (10:00 P.M. EST). Email, diskette, and paper submissions must follow the format below exactly. (1) On the first line, indicate whether this is a spoken, poster, either, or invited symposium (indicate which symposium in parentheses, e.g., S-8) presentation. (2) Authors and addresses. On the second line list the authors, with the name of the presenting author IN CAPITAL LETTERS. Order should be last name first for first author, but first name first for all other authors (the format for Literature Cited in Conservation Biology). Write out full first names. Immediately following the last author, list institutional affiliations in the same order as the authors. For the presenting author only, include an email address in parentheses at the end of the address. If there are multiple addresses, place the initials of the author in parentheses at the end of each address (see examples below). (3) Title. On the next line give the title in CAPITAL letters. Titles should be 90 characters or less. (4) Abstract. On the next line begin the text of the abstract. Do not indent, do not exceed one paragraph, and do not exceed 200 words. Begin with a clear statement of the problem or objectives, give brief methods and major results, and end with a substantial conclusion. Do not use vague statements such as "results will be discussed." (5) Email address for necessary correspondence, including notification of program position. Also include a four-line, March 2000 address of corresponding author for postal contact (if necessary) and telephone number, especially if no email address. Receipt of abstract will be acknowledged upon receipt by email (or post). Notification of program position will be made by 15 March 2000. (6) If willing to chair your lecture session or another session, enter "Chair own" or "Chair other." Otherwise leave blank. (7) Recommended session. Please suggest up to four topics from this list in order of your preference. Alien and invasive species
(8) Other comments or special scheduling requests, e.g., "Schedule after paper by Staus."
Example abstract #1 SPOKEN
Example abstract #2 INVITED SYMPOSIUM (S-8, EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION)
Important dates 2 October 2000: Decisions on symposium proposals announced
For more information Bethany Woodworth
David Duffy
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