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Call for submission of abstracts, SCB 2000 annual meeting

NOTE! The below information MAY be out of date by the time you read this! Please see the University of Montana, Missoula SCB Meeting site for the latest information.

The 14th annual meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology will convene 9-12 June 2000 at the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana. The theme of the meeting is Large Scale Conservation: Genes, Landscapes, and People. The scientific program will consist of two plenary addresses (Dan Simberloff and Michael Soulé), eight symposia, several workshops and discussions, up to 454 contributed spoken papers, and two poster sessions.

The SCB Board of Governors has limited the meetings to no more than eight concurrent sessions. Therefore, we may not be able to accept all submissions for spoken contributed papers. This means two things. First, we strongly encourage poster presentations. We will guarantee space for all poster submissions provided that the abstracts meet the specified requirements. Posters will be displayed for a full day, and there will be a social each evening (cash bar with snacks) from 6:30 - 8:30 P.M. to encourage interaction and socializing around the posters. Authors will be in attendance at their posters during the social. Posters have several advantages. They do not have the tight time constraints of the spoken sessions, and they provide opportunities for lively exchange between presenters and audience.

The second implication of the limited number of contributed spoken papers is that abstracts for spoken presentations should be prepared carefully, with attention to the following criteria:

The abstract should include new information. Do not plan to talk about a specific topic you have addressed at previous meetings, or that you will be discussing at related meetings such as Ecological Society of America or The Wildlife Society.

The abstract should include specific information. Do not use vague platitudes such as "results will be discussed."

The abstract should have a clear connection with conservation biology.

If your abstract cannot be accommodated as a spoken paper, we will notify you by 29 February so that you can prepare a poster instead.

Spoken contributed papers will be limited to 15 minutes, including questions. All sessions for spoken papers will have an overhead projector, slide projector, and LCD computer projector. We will group papers according to topic, and ask that you include three key words or phrases with your abstract to help us with this process. Presenting authors of spoken papers and posters must register as full participants (no single-day registration) by 15 April or their abstracts will be pulled from the program. Because cancellations of accepted papers create problems and exclude others who could have spoken, those who fail to present a paper or poster without adequate notification of withdrawal will be excluded from giving a spoken paper at the next annual meeting.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING ABSTRACTS

Abstracts should be submitted for contributed spoken papers, posters, and invited symposium presentations. Symposia and speakers already have been selected, and there are no additional openings for symposium talks. Each person can present only one paper or poster. If your name appears on more than one paper, make sure that you are the presenter for only one of them.

Abstracts must be submitted by Student Award candidates. In addition, students who wish to compete should submit four copies of an EXTENDED abstract (3-5 paragraphs, preferably including 3-5 tables or figures) by 7 February 2000 to Aram Calhoun, 5722 Deering Hall, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469 (Email calhoun@maine.edu).

Please follow the instructions carefully, including all requested information and formatting. Any abstract with errors will be returned to the sender for correction and runs the risk of being too late for inclusion.

ABSTRACTS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY VIA THE WEB at http://www.umt.edu/scb2000/. If you absolutely cannot submit abstracts via the web, please send your abstract as an email message to mailto:smills@forestry.umt.edu, on computer disk as a Word, RTF, or ASCII text file (listed in order of our preference), 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 Abstracts, c/o L. Scott Mills, Wildlife Biology Program, School of Forestry, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana 59812.

The first line of the abstract should indicate whether this is a SPOKEN, POSTER, or INVITED SYMPOSIUM (indicate which symposium in parentheses, e.g. S-8) presentation.

The second line should be three key phrases separated by commas (e.g., KEYWORDS: genetics, demography, extinction).

On the next 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).

On the next line give the title in CAPITAL letters. Titles should be 80 characters or less.

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.

Examples

SPOKEN

KEYWORDS: giants, oxen, fragmentation

BUNYAN, PAUL C., and B. Blue Babe. Environmental Studies Program, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 (buny@aol.com) (PCB), Fresh Wheat Farm Research Station, Kalispell, MT 56544 (BBB).

EFFECTS OF FOREST FRAGMENTATION ON LICHEN SPECIES COMPOSITION.

Forest fragmentation at the hands of giants and their blue oxen is an increasing threat to forests of North America. We performed replicate experimental manipulations . . . [maximum 200 words]

INVITED SYMPOSIUM (S-8)

KEYWORDS: canned salmon, genetic drift, Alaska

Wildhack, Montana, and BILLY PILGRIM. Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812 (MW), Institute for Transplanetary Studies, 1800 G Street, Washington, D.C. 20000 (Billy@tralfalmadore.net) (BP).

ESTIMATION OF EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE IN PINK SALMON.

We estimated the effective population size of pink salmon populations from Morgan Creek, Resurrection Bay, Alaska using the temporal allele frequency method. Populations were sampled in 1997 and 1999 . . .[maximum 200 words]

SYMPOSIA AND WORKSHOPS

We received 25 outstanding proposals for symposia at the meeting, and we had a tough time selecting the following eight symposia. Additional information on symposium speakers and titles can be found on the conference web page.

S-1 Spatial ecology and conservation (Sharon Collinge, University of Colorado)

S-2 Applying landscape ecology in biological conservation (Kevin Gutzwiller, Baylor University)

S-3 Conservation units and multi-scale conservation planning (Sue Haig, Oregon State University)

S-4 Regional conservation assessments of aquatic biodiversity: experiences in identifying and evaluating targets, setting goals, and selecting sites (Jonathan Higgins, The Nature Conservancy)

S-5 The role of top predators in ecological communities and biological conservation (Kyran Kunkel, Turner Endangered Species Fund)

S-6 Synergistic effects in fragmented landscapes (William Laurance, Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Brazil)

S-7 Conservation medicine: the ecological context of health (Mary Poss, University of Montana)

S-8 Evolutionary ecology of Pacific salmon: lessons from an exercise in applied conservation (Robin Waples, National Marine Fisheries Service)

Information about workshops and organized discussions also can be found on the conference web page.

OTHER INFORMATION

Please see the conference web page (http://www.umt.edu/scb2000/) for additional information and regular updates. More information on the conference, including field trips and housing, will appear in the February SCB newsletter and on the web site.

For more information, contact the appropriate person below:

Fred Allendorf
Program Committee Chair
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Montana
Missoula, Montana 59812
Telephone (406) 243-5503
FAX (406) 243-4184
darwin@selway.umt.edu

Dan Pletscher
Arrangements Chair
Wildlife Biology Program
University of Montana
Missoula, Montana 59812
Telephone (406) 243-6364
FAX (406) 243-4557
pletsch@forestry.umt.edu

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