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Conservation Capacity Building and Practice in a Globalized World SCB 2005 Annual Meeting t Call for Abstracts

The 19th annual meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology, hosted by Universidade de Brasília, will be held 15-19 July 2005 in Brasília, Federal District, Brazil. The call for proposals for symposia, workshops, and organized discussions was issued previously; the deadline was 31 October 2004. The local organizing committee is now accepting abstracts for oral and poster presentations.

The scientific program will include plenary sessions, invited symposia, workshops, organized discussions, short courses, poster sessions, and concurrent sessions of contributed oral presentations. Due to the high level of attendance expected at the 2005 meeting and, consequently, limited time and space for oral presentations, poster presentations are strongly encouraged. Posters will be displayed prominently and for long periods of time during the meeting; special sessions dedicated to posters will allow in-depth discussion between authors and attendees.

Please adhere to the following guidelines when preparing your abstract for an oral presentation or poster.

Oral presentations will be limited to 15 minutes, including time for questions.
The abstract should include new information. Abstracts should not be submitted for presentations that have been given at previous SCB meetings or similar conferences.
The abstract should include specific information about the results and conclusions of the research. Abstracts that state "results will be discussed" will not be accepted.
The abstract should have a clear connection to conservation biology.
Contributed oral presentations will be grouped by topic. Please choose from the list of general topic areas to assist us in selecting an appropriate session for your presentation.
If your abstract is accepted but cannot be accommodated as an oral presentation, you will be notified as soon as possible so that you will have ample time to prepare a poster.
Individuals are limited to presenting only one oral or poster presentation. If your name appears on more than one presentation, make sure you are listed as the presenter for only one of them.

Registration. Presenting authors (oral and poster) must register for the meeting prior to 15 April 2005 or their presentation will be dropped from the program. Because late cancellation excludes others who might have presented, authors who fail to notify the local organizing committee of their withdrawal by 15 June 2005 will be excluded from giving a presentation at the 2006 annual meeting.

Oral presentation. All oral presentation session rooms will be equipped with a slide projector, an overhead projector, a computer projector, and a laptop computer. Presenters who wish to give a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation are strongly encouraged to submit the PowerPoint file by 1 July 2005 so that it may be pre-loaded to avoid incompatibilities and similar problems. If possible, submit the file via the meeting Web site (available as of 1 November 2004); if this is not possible, send it on a CD to Daniella Mota at the address below. If absolutely necessary, the last opportunity to submit a PowerPoint file is the day before your presentation at the meeting's PowerPoint loading center. File submission cannot be accommodated on the day of your presentation. If you need to make special arrangements for other types of audio or video presentations, e-mail Daniella Mota at scb2005@unb.br for assistance.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING ABSTRACTS

Abstracts should be submitted for oral and poster presentations and for invited symposia. Abstracts for symposium presentations are by invitation only.

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 missing the abstract submission deadline. Beginning 1 November 2004, abstracts should be submitted electronically via the meeting Web site, www.conservationbiology.org/2005. Web submission is strongly encouraged.

If you cannot submit your abstract via the Web site, please e-mail your abstract to Daniella Mota at scb2005@unb.br. The abstract should be attached as a Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, RTF, or ASCII text file, and the subject line of the e-mail should read "Abstract for SCB 2005."

If neither Web nor e-mail submission is possible, please submit your abstract on a computer disk (CD preferred). Mail the disk along with a hard copy of your abstract to

Daniella Mota (SCB 2005)
Departamento de Zoologia, IB
Universidade de Brasília
70.910-900, Brasília, DF, Brazil

Regardless of the method of submission, all abstracts must be received by 23 January 2005. The local organizing committee will attempt to notify all authors by 15 March 2005. Abstracts must be submitted according to the following format.

ABSTRACT FORMAT

1. Type of presentation. Indicate whether the abstract is intended for an Oral, Poster, Either Oral or Poster, or an Invited Symposium presentation.

2. Name of invited symposium. If applicable, indicate the name of the invited symposium to which the abstract belongs.

3. Authors. List all authors with the name of the presenting author in CAPITAL LETTERS. Order should be last name first for the first author, but first name first for all other authors. Write out full first names.

4. Addresses. List the institutional affiliations and addresses, including countries, for each author in the same order as above. For the presenting author only, include an e-mail 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).

5. Title. List the title in CAPITAL LETTERS. Titles are limited to 150 characters.

6. Abstract. The body of the abstract is limited to one paragraph of 200 words (excluding formatting codes). 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." Follow the instructions given below to indicate any special formatting or symbols within the abstract. Abstracts that exceed 200 words will be returned to the author for revision.

7. Topic areas. Please choose from the list of general topic areas (below) to assist us in selecting an appropriate session for your presentation. Indicate your first, second, and third choices.

8. Student presentation. Indicate whether the presentation will be given by a student (regardless of whether the student is a candidate for a student award).

9. Session chair. Indicate whether you are willing to chair the session in which you will be presenting (chair own), a session in which you will not be presenting (chair other), or none.

10. Comments. List any necessary comments pertaining to your abstract submission, including any special scheduling requests.

11. Contact. Provide the name of the contact person for correspondence, including notification of abstract acceptance and program position. Include the contact person's complete mailing address and country. Also provide an e-mail address and telephone number, including the country and city codes.

12. Visual aid(s) needed. Indicate whether your presentation will be made using a PowerPoint projector, carousel projector, overhead projector, or other.

Topic Areas. The following general topic areas will be used to place your abstract in an appropriate session.

Conservation capacity building
Education and outreach
Landscape ecology
Spatial ecology and conservation
Biogeography
Community ecology
Population viability analysis
Population dynamics
Alien and invasive species
Restoration ecology
Disturbance ecology
Wetland ecology
Aquatic ecology
Marine conservation
Grassland / prairie ecology
Savanna and tropical forest ecology
Savanna and tropical forest conservation
Conservation genetics
Conservation medicine
Inventory and monitoring
Ecosystem management: theory and practice
Recovery of endangered species
Risk assessment and uncertainty
Conservation area planning, design, and management
Grazing and agricultural issues
Indigenous knowledge and conservation
Economic and social context of biological conservation
Science and policy in conservation
Scientists and managers: bridging the gap
Conservation issues concerning people
Conservation issues concerning plants
Conservation issues concerning fish
Conservation issues concerning amphibians and reptiles
Conservation issues concerning birds
Conservation issues concerning invertebrates
Conservation issues concerning mammals
Conservation issues concerning urban areas
Other ____________________________

Special Characters and Formatting

Abstracts submitted electronically via the meeting Web site are limited to ASCII text format. Please use the following codes to indicate the use of special formatting and symbols within the abstract. Replace special symbols, such as Greek characters, with their text equivalent whenever possible. If the abstract contains other special formatting or symbols, such as accented characters or mathematical symbols, e-mail Daniella Mota at scb2005@unb.br for further instructions.

FORMAT/CHARACTER EXAMPLE SUBMISSION EXAMPLE

STUDENT AWARD CANDIDATES

Student award candidates must submit two abstracts. One should be formatted according to the instructions given above and submitted online by 23 January 2005. In addition, an extended abstract (3-5 paragraphs, preferably including 3-5 tables or figures) must be submitted to Alan Thornhill at athornhill@conbio.org no later than 13 March 2005. The abstract should be attached as a Microsoft Word or ASCII text file, and the subject line of the e-mail should read "Extended Abstract for SCB 2005."

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