Hello, Ecologists. Here is the call for papers for the October 2010 Western Field Ornithologists conference, to be held in Palm Desert, California. Thanks, --Ted Floyd, [email protected] ================================================ Call for Papers for the 35th Annual Meeting of Western Field Ornithologists Abstracts are now being accepted for presentations at the 35th annual meeting of Western Field Ornithologists, to be held 13–17 October 2010 in Palm Desert, California. Oral presentations should reflect original research or summarize existing unpublished information, and should be presented in a manner that will interest both serious amateur and professional field ornithologists. 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. Oral presentations shall be allotted 15 minutes, 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 [email protected] and to Dave Quady at [email protected] no later than 1 July 2010, following this 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, italics). Brief (300-word maximum) summary of the objectives, methods, results, significance, and generality of your study (Times, 10-point type). Please include a brief (60-word maximum) bio for the primary author. In total, we expect to have sufficient time in the schedule for about 22 presentations. For more information about the meeting, please visit the WFO web site at www.westernfieldornithologists.org. We look forward to seeing you in Palm Desert! _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1
