Call for Contributed Oral and Poster Abstracts 99th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America Sacramento, California August 10-15, 2014 http://www.esa.org/sacramento
Deadline for Submission: Thursday, February 27, 2014 at 5:00 PM Eastern Time (2:00 PM Pacific) Please note that the submission form will close precisely at the deadline even if you have not completed your submission! Any abstracts sent by email after the deadline will NOT be considered. We invite submissions of abstracts for contributed oral and poster presentations at the 99th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. The theme for the meeting is "From Oceans to Mountains: It's All Ecology." Abstracts related to this theme are highly encouraged, but submissions may address any aspect of ecology and its applications. We also welcome submissions that report interdisciplinary work, address communication with broad audiences, or explore ways of teaching ecology at any level. Each presenter will indicate at the time of abstract submission whether an abstract is intended for a talk or a poster. Abstracts will be placed in thematic sessions based on topics ranked by the submitting author at the time of abstract submission. Contributed oral presentations (talks) are allotted 15 minutes plus 5 minutes for questions. Contributed oral sessions will be scheduled on mornings and afternoons from Monday afternoon through Friday morning. Contributed poster sessions (posters) will be scheduled in the late afternoon from Monday through Thursday. By submitting an abstract, authors are indicating they expect to be available during any of the appropriate time slots. Students planning to present at the meeting who are interested in applying for awards should visit the ESA website for more information: http://www.esa.org/esa/?page_id=227 For more information about abstract guidelines and to begin the submission process, please visit: http://www.esa.org/sacramento. Please note that invited speakers for Symposia, Ignite ESA Sessions, Organized Oral Sessions, and Organized Poster Sessions should submit their abstracts by following the instructions they received by email in January. These abstracts are also due on February 27, 2014 at 5:00 PM EST and should not be submitted through the contributed abstract form.
