IBFRA 12th Annual Conference

Abstracts

The open call for abstracts is now closed. The conference coordinator has sent an email to all authors that submitted abstracts regarding acceptance and session selection.

Preview the Book of Abstracts

All abstracts submitted are now being reviewed for scientific content by members of the conference Publications Committee, with notification to authors scheduled for February 1, 2004. The conference coordinator (below) will contact author's directly to discuss any questions or discrepancies, and ensure any required changes are made. Authors should be prepared to make needed revisions on short notice. Failure to respond in a timely manner could result in the abstract not being printed.

Following content review, abstracts will be edited for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and to ensure they conform to length requirements (see below). Authors, or their previously-designated alternate, will be sent their revised abstract to review, with a very short deadline to reply. Again, failure to respond in a timely manner could result in the abstract not being printed.

* Note: In the case of multiple authorship, all correspondence will be with the first author listed, or a previously-designated alternate. First-listed author or designee's submission of a final, approved version will constitute legal permission for IBFRA to publish.

All accepted abstracts will be published in a Program and Abstracts book, subject to peer review, to be issued to conference attendees during registration.

Coordination

All correspondence concerning abstracts should be addressed to Dave McGuire (ffadm@uaf.edu). Please ensure any documents are sent in electronic form as email attachments. Microsoft Word documents (.doc) and plain text (.txt) are acceptable file formats.

Conference Proceedings

Presented work may be published in one or more special issues of journals, subject to peer review. In addition, we anticipate selected papers will be published as conference proceedings in an international, peer-reviewed scientific journal within the year following the conference.

Updated Information on Special Issues of Journals

Format and Style

Abstracts should be results oriented; very briefly state the main objectives and methodology of the research being reported, then discuss the results and indicate principal conclusions. Focus on the work being reported, omitting phrases such as, "This presentation will ...".

Other guidelines include:

Written in English (American spelling and grammar)
May be divided into paragraphs to facilitate readability
Maximum of 400 words, including title, authors' names and affiliations
12-point Times New Roman font
Spell out acronyms and abbreviations (other than standard scientific symbols) on first reference
Minimize use of unusual symbols to aid in transmission and software translation
No figures, tables or references
Use period for decimal notation
Use superscripts with metric units to indicate multiplication or division (50 g C ha^-2 yr^-1); periods are unnecessary
Billions = 10⁹, trillions = 10¹²
In equations, leave spaces on either side of +, -, and = signs
Italicize scientific species names
Standard abbreviations:
kilo = k
ton = t
hour = h
day = d
year = yr

View a sample abstract