Restoring Balance: Integrating Invasive Species Management and Native Wildlife Conservation

The Florida Chapter of The Wildlife Society will hold its annual Spring Meeting at the Westin Cape Coral Resort at Marina Village, Cape Coral, Florida, April 24-26, 2024. The Meeting will include a symposium, business meeting, networking socials, student interaction activities, keynote speakers, technical sessions, poster session, banquet dinner, awards ceremony, a field trip and an invasive species workshop 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. A symposium on Wednesday afternoon will include presentations on the theme: Success Stories from Invasive Species Management. Our overall meeting theme relates to invasive species, but all types of presentations are welcome to be submitted. We will have tracks on research and tracks on management.

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 Abstracts will be edited and included in a meeting program booklet; proceedings will not be published.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 (Presentations and Posters)

The deadline for submitting abstracts is March 15, 2024. 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; (see sample abstract using the link below). 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 (see example below). 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 March 20, 2024. Abstracts should be submitted via email in MSWord format to Paul Moler at abstracts@fltws.org.

To view paper and poster guidelines along with sample abstract, click here!