FYI: Here's info. on submitting abstracts... Shawchyi ________________________________ From: Neotropical migratory birds in southeastern United States discussion list [mailto:SEPART-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Woodrey Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 10:43 AM To: SEPART-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Call for Abstracts - 2007 Southeast Partners in Flight Meeting, Memphis, TN Dear Colleagues: Please find the call for abstracts below (and in attached file...) for the upcoming 2007 Southeast Partners in Flight Meeting to be held 7-10 February 2007 in Memphis, TN. Please feel free to distribute this call for abstracts as widely as possible. If you have questions concerning the details of the meeting, please see the website listed in the announcement. If you have any questions regarding abstract submission, please contact Mark Woodrey directly (msw103@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; 228-697-0460). Thank you in advance for your interest in the Southeast Partners in Flight Working Group. Merry Winter, Mark Woodrey & Bob Cooper Co-Chairs, Research Working Group, Southeast Partners in Flight ------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHEAST PARTNERS IN FLIGHT ANNUAL MEETING Memphis, Tennessee 7-10 February 2007 http://www.state.tn.us/twra/pifmeeting.html <http://> CALL for ORAL and POSTER PRESENTATIONS We are encouraging researchers, agency personnel, and especially graduate students in natural resources, ecology and biology curricula to make oral and poster presentations that summarize research, monitoring, or management projects addressing any aspect of bird conservation. Participation is anticipated from state and federal agencies, universities, and non-government conservation organizations contributing to bird conservation under the umbrellas of Partners in Flight and the North American Bird Conservation Initiative. The poster session will occur during an evening social on Thursday, February 8th. As in past years, students presenting posters will be eligible for a Best Student Poster cash award. In addition, we are encouraging southeastern researchers in bird conservation to give oral presentations, which will be organized into concurrent sessions on both Thursday and Friday. We especially encourage graduate students to present, but request that oral presentations be limited to research efforts that are complete or nearly so, rather than presenting preliminary research results that are largely inconclusive (note however, that preliminary results are suitable for poster presentations). Researchers from all regions of the southeast, Mexico and the Caribbean, and those involved with any aspect of bird conservation, are invited to participate. Students presenting papers or posters will also be eligible for a SEPIF stipend reimbursement, the exact amount of which is yet to be determined (depending in part on Meeting sponsorship), but in the past has been $100 to assist with travel. Students should indicate their need for financial assistance when they submit their abstract. Abstracts for oral or poster presentations (< 250 words, not including title or names and affiliations of authors) should be submitted by email to BOTH Mark Woodrey (msw103@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) AND Bob Cooper (rcooper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) by 12 January 2007. Abstracts must be prepared using Times New Roman font (12 font size) and should include title (in bold text), authors' names, affiliations, and e-mail address of the presenter only. Also indicate if the presentation is oral or poster and who will be presenting if more than one author (use underlining to denote presenter). Depending on the response, we may require that some oral presentations be changed to posters. The poster presenter is required to be on-hand for the evening poster reception (approx 2 hours), though posters will remain mounted for the rest of the meeting. Details regarding oral presentations and poster dimensions and mounting materials will be provided upon acceptance of abstracts. ABSTRACT FORMAT: Really cool birds of the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico (POSTER) MARK S. WOODREY1 and ROBERT J. COOPER2, 1Coastal Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University, Biloxi, MS 39532, msw103@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; 2Warnell School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 The Gulf of Mexico is home to some of the coolest birds on the planet. We used various methods... * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Mark S. Woodrey, Ph.D. Research Coordinator/Research Biologist Mississippi State University - Coastal Research and Extension Center Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve 6005 Bayou Heron Road Moss Point, MS 29562 Office Phone: 228-475-7047 Mobile Phone: 228-697-0460 E-mail: msw103@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:msw103@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>