ATBC 2008 - Call for papers

The Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation

Call for Papers

CLOSED

English is the official language of the meeting

POSTRAL and Poster presentation

Please, prepare a 1-min postral presentation (one slide only), ie a presentation or your poster and of yourself before each Poster session at 15:30-16:30. The postral and poster presentation will be by alphabetical order.

Abstract submission (CLOSED)

With 4-to-5 ~~(up to 6 eventually depending on sponsorship)~~ concurrent sessions individual registered participants might present more than one talk and/or poster, final decision being dependent on the overall number of papers accepted in each session.

Abstract length should be limited to 1500 characters.

Please, do not use text in full CAPITAL when registering, avoid using published references, mention your protocol when needed, the main results and give a clear take-home message. You can eventually use the comment box to add more information to be used by reviewers.

Students and/or new ATBC members should mail a copy of their student ID card and/or their ATBC 2008 subscription number to atbc2008@yahoo.com.

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Paper review

Submitted papers will be reviewed based on: Scientific content (objectives and hypothesis, Data and results, conclusion) ; Originality; Clarity & writing quality

Registration fee should be paid before abstracts are reviewed. If you have a problem when registering, contact us at atbc2008@yahoo.com.

If you need a letter of invitation or acceptance, write to the chair pmforget@yahoo.fr

Gentry Award and Bacardi Award

All students and participants who wish to be considered for the Gentry Award and Bacardi Award must indicate so on their registration forms.

Travel Award

All candidates who wish to be considered for Travel Awards must indicate so on their registration forms.

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