[Birdtalk] fwd: Revised Deadline: 2008 WFO Call for Papers

[Tim Avery]

Call for Papers for the 33rd Annual Meeting of Western Field Ornithologists

Abstracts are now being accepted for presentations at the 33rd annual meeting of Western Field Ornithologists, to be held 9-12 October 2008 in San Mateo, California.

Oral presentations should reflect original research or summarize existing unpublished information and should be presented in a manner that will be of interest to serious amateur and professional field ornithologists. Papers presented at other conferences will be considered provided that the material has not already been published.

Talks relating to the following themes are solicited:

. Status, distribution, migration, and population dynamics of birds

. Systematics and biogeography of birds

. Ecology, behavior, and evolution of birds

. New information on avian field identification problems

. Descriptive field identification

. Science-based conservation and management of birds

. Techniques for field study of birds, including censusing, monitoring, and other methods; and results of studies applying such techniques

Research described should apply to birds of the WFO region: western North America (from Alaska through Mexico, and the Great Plains to the Pacific coast) and the eastern Pacific Ocean. All talks should identify study objectives, describe methods and data analysis, present results, discuss the significance of the research, and propose future research directions.

We expect to allot 15 minutes per oral presentation, including 3 minutes for questions and discussion. Dialogue between presenters and audience is a hallmark of WFO meetings.


An abstract of your presentation should be submitted electronically to Debbie Van Dooremolen at Debbie.VanDooremolen at snwa.com  and Jay Withgott at withgott at comcast.net" no later than 31 July 2008. All queries and submissions must be via e-mail, and all abstracts must be submitted in exactly the following format:

YOUR LAST NAME, YOUR FIRST NAME, CO-AUTHOR NAMES (Times, 10-point type, all caps). Title of your talk (Times, 10-point type, bold). Your affiliation and/or sponsoring organization(s), if any, complete mailing address (Times, 10-point type, italics), e-mail address (Arial, 9-point type). 

Brief (300-word maximum) summary of the objectives, methods, results, significance, and generality of your study (Times, 10-point type).

Submissions should include a brief (60-word maximum) bio for the primary author.

For more information about the meeting, visit the WFO web site at www.wfo-cbrc.org. We look forward to seeing you in San Mateo!

Cheers

Tim
Salt Lake City, Utah
tanager at timaverybirding.com
http://www.timaverybirding.com
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