[cobirds] Call for Papers for the 2021 Virtual Conference of Western Field Ornithologists

COBirders:

CFO and WFO have a partnership that allows for members to attend each group's conventions, participate in field trips and other reciprocal benefits like membership discounts. Details are on the CFO website.

We received the following information from WFO inviting CFO members interested in presenting their scientific research at an online conference to submit an abstract by JULY 1.

Here is more detailed information:

Abstracts are being accepted for scientific presentations at the 2021 annual conference of Western Field Ornithologists, to be held virtually from Thursday, August 26 through Sunday, August 29. Science sessions – perennially one of the highlights of WFO's conferences – will be held for 2 hours each of the four days of the conference.

 

Oral presentations should reflect original research or summarize existing unpublished information, and should be presented in a manner that will interest both serious amateur and professional field ornithologists. All researchers, including students, are encouraged to present.

 

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

• 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 will be allotted 18 minutes, including 3 minutes for questions and discussion. We expect to have sufficient time in the schedule for up to 24 presentations.

 

Please submit an abstract of your presentation electronically to Steve Rottenborn at srottenborn@harveyecology.com no later than July 1, following this format (all in Times, 10-point font):

 

YOUR LAST NAME, YOUR FIRST NAME¹ and (if applicable) CO-AUTHOR FIRST NAME, CO-AUTHOR LAST NAME² [all caps]. Title of your talk. ¹Your affiliation and/or sponsoring organization(s), if any, complete mailing address; e-mail address [all in italics]. ²Co-author affiliation and/or sponsoring organization(s), if different, complete mailing address, if different; e-mail address [all in italics].

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

 

Use superscripts only if co-authors have different contact information. Also, please include a brief (60-word maximum) bio for the presenting author. Presenters do not need to be members of WFO.

 

Contact Steve Rottenborn with any questions, and – for more information about the conference – please visit the WFO website at http://www.westernfieldornithologists.org/conference, as conference information will soon be posted there. We look forward to seeing you – even if only virtually – at the conference!

Peter Burke

Colorado Birds Managing Editor

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