Call for Papers and Posters

CALL FOR PAPERS AND POSTERS

2023 Spring Meeting

Embassy Suites Baymeadows, Jacksonville, FL

March 22-24, 2023

Climate Change Impacts on Florida Wildlife

The Florida Chapter of The Wildlife Society will hold its annual Spring Meeting at the Embassy Suites Baymeadows in Jacksonville, FL, 22-24 March 2023. The Meeting will include a symposium, business meeting, networking socials, student interaction activities, keynote speakers, technical sessions, poster session, banquet dinner, awards ceremony, and several field trips on Friday.

This meeting provides an excellent opportunity for students and professionals working on wildlife research or habitat management in Florida to present results of recent research, talk about ongoing monitoring efforts, discuss collaborations, and share ideas. Students will have special incentives to attend, such as reduced registration and lodging, interaction activities, a chance to win awards for best student presenter and poster, as well as networking opportunities throughout. Oral presentations and posters dealing with any wildlife-related topic are encouraged, including ecology, economics, management, restoration, risk assessment, policy and regulation, evolutionary biology, and interdisciplinary projects. Abstracts will be edited and included in a meeting program booklet; proceedings will not be published.

Instructions for submitting abstracts (Papers and Posters)

The deadline for submitting abstracts is 17 February 2023. Abstracts should be a single paragraph with 350 words or less, with no embedded citations. It should conform to the general style of Journal of Wildlife Management abstracts (keywords not necessary; click here to see sample abstract). The full name, affiliation, and email of all authors should be provided with the abstract. The name of the author presenting at the conference should be underlined. Student abstracts should be clearly identified as such, as well as type of presentation (paper or poster). An abbreviated heading including the title and author name(s) should also appear before the abstract body. Use standard abbreviations for units of measure. Other abbreviations and acronyms should be spelled out in full at first mention, followed by the abbreviation/acronym in parentheses.

A notification of acceptance will be emailed to the corresponding author no later than 22 February 2023. Abstracts should be submitted via email in MSWord format to Paul Moler at abstracts@fltws.org.