CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

 

The deadline for abstract submission has now passed and we are no longer accepting abstract submissions.

On behalf of the Scientific Committee we invite you to submit an abstract for oral or poster presentations. We are especially keen to receive abstracts which focus on the lesser-studied mustelids, particularly polecats, European mink, stoats and weasels. 

 

Oral and poster presentations should be in English. The deadline for abstract submission is 15th September 2017. Please read all instructions before submitting your abstracts.

The abstract should include:

  • full title (limited to 150 characters including spaces, without any abbreviations, Calibri 12 pt)
  • name, affiliation, address, email of the corresponding author
  • name, affiliation, address of all co-authors
  • minimum 3 and maximum 5 keywords
  • abstract text should give a comprehensive summary of the oral/poster presentation and not exceed 300 words
  • abstracts should be written in English (Calibri 12 pt)
  • abstracts should not include subheadings or equations 
  • abstracts may include maximum one figure or table (use greyscale or black and white, proceedings will be printed in greyscale)
  • refer to references in the abstract text as follows: (Lyon et al. 2012); maximum 3 references in the references list.

 

Template for submission

Please use the blank abstract template which is available for download here. Only Word-files (.doc or .docx) will be accepted.

Please make sure that your abstract does not have scientific, spelling or grammatical errors.

Please remember to include all co-authors. Additional names will not be accepted after the submission deadline.

 

Submission guidelines 

Step 1: Make sure that you use the Word template to save your abstract.

Step 2: Save your abstract as follows: “ABSTRACT_YourName_number.doc”, e.g. “ABSTRACT_Lyoni_2”

Step 3: Submit your abstract through the "Submit an abstract" menu. You have to register to the sciencesconf.org platform before submitting your abstract.

 

You will receive an email notification when you make a successful abstract submission. If you do not receive this email within 7 days of submission, please contact us (32mustelidscol@sciencesconf.org) to check what has gone wrong.

More than one abstract may be submitted by each person but only one presenting author per abstract is permitted. The person who submits the abstract is the contact person for all communication regarding the abstract and its eventual presentation.

The authors retain full copyright of their abstract, presentation and full paper, but by submitting an abstract, authors also give the organisers consent and authorisation to utilise their abstract in the Abstract volume of the Colloquium.

 

Evaluation

Abstracts will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee and send back for corrections to the author if necessary. The organisers may reject any abstract that does not comply with the abstract format instructions. Authors will be notified about results of abstract submission by 15th October 2017.

All accepted abstracts will be published in the Abstract volume of the Colloquium. After 1st September 2017, the abstracts will not be published in the Abstract Volume because of the typography process.

Please avoid double submissions. If you need to modify your submission or replace an abstract, please contact us by email (sebastien.devillard@univ-lyon1.fr or sandrine.ruette@oncfs.gouv.fr) and we will respond to your requests.

  

Oral presentation

The planned time for the oral presentations is 20 minutes, including 5 minutes for discussion at the end of the talk, depending on the number of the oral presentations.

An overhead projector and computer will be provided. 

Load your presentation before your session starts. The conference room will be open 30 minutes before and after each colloquium day, as well as during coffee breaks.

 

Poster presentation

A maximum board of 115-120 cm (height) x 85-90 cm (width) will be accepted for a poster.

The A4 format copies added to each poster would be very welcome.

 

Presentation prizes 

We will be giving prizes for best oral presentation by a student and non-student and for best poster by a student and non-student. 

 
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