CALL for Technical PAPERS and Technical POSTER PPRESENTATIONS
      (Opportunity for Journal Publication in Human-Wildlife Interactions)

 

                                       BIRD STRIKE COMMITTEE-USA/CANADA

                                                               21-24 JUNE 2010

                                                        SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

Note: Deadline (1 March 2010) has passed for submission of Technical Papers and Technical Poster Presentations.  The Technical Committee is reviewing submitted abstracts, and authors will be notified concerning acceptance by 15 April 2010.  An agenda of presentations will be posted shortly thereafter.

 

Win $$!  The deadline for submission of posters for the Safety Poster Contest is 24 May 2010.  Click here for details.

  

The 12th joint meeting of BIRD STRIKE COMMITTEE-USA and BIRD STRIKE ASSOCIATION OF CANADA will be held 21-24 June 2010 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (See www.birdstrike.org for details).  Technical presentations (papers and posters) are solicited regarding biological, engineering, environmental, training, management or policy issues related to wildlife, aircraft and airports.  Presentations focused on mitigating the risk of damaging wildlife strikes are particularly encouraged regarding 1) land uses and habitat management on or near airport properties, 2) deployment of emerging technologies, and 3) air carrier policies and training.  Papers will be presented and posters displayed during technical sessions.  Abstracts of all presentations accepted will be printed in the program. 

 

Opportunity for Journal Publication! As with the 2008 conference, BSC-USA has entered into an agreement with the Jack H. Berryman Institute to publish papers from this meeting in a special edition of Human-Wildlife Interactions (formerly Human-Wildlife Conflicts (ISSN 1936-8046).  Go to www.BerrymanInstitute.org to see the Fall 2009 (Vol 3, No. 2) special issue of HWI on Bird Strikes.  HWI is a peer-reviewed journal published two or three times a year by The Berryman Institute, Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University, Logan, UT USA.  The journal has over 2,000 subscribers.  An electronic version is available for viewing at www.BerrymanInstitute.org.  This will be an outstanding opportunity for authors to have their work (written versions of their oral or poster presentation) published and disseminated worldwide.  Written papers must be submitted to the Human-Wildlife Interactions Journal office in the proper format (see www.BerrymanInstitute.org for instructions) by 21 June 2010 to be considered for publication.  Authors who do not submit a manuscript for HWI are expected to provide a copy of their power-point presentation which will be made available (as a pdf file) on the BSC-USA website.  The Steering Committee requests that all presentations be made available for future reference. 

 

 

Guidelines

Authors/presenters should send the title and abstract (<300 words) of their paper or poster with the authors' names and addresses to the Technical Program Committee (see below).  Deadline for submission is 1 March 2010.  Titles received after this date may not be considered.  Authors will be notified regarding acceptance by 15 April 2010.  Use the following example as a format:

 

THE BIRDSTRIKE IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM AT THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION AND NEW RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DNA SAMPLING

Carla J. Dove, Smithsonian Institution, Feather Identification Lab, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013 USA (dove.c@si.edu)

 

Abstract. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have supported a free-of-charge birdstrike identification program at the Smithsonian Institution for many years.  Approximately 50% of the birdstrike cases received are identified to species level using whole feathers, or feather fragments in comparison with museum…..

 

Abstracts should be mailed, faxed or e-mailed (preferred) to: brian.e.washburn@aphis.usda.gov

USDA/National Wildlife Research Center

6100 Columbus Avenue

Sandusky, OH 44870 USA

(419) 625-0242; (419) 625-8465 fax

brian.e.washburn@aphis.usda.gov

 

Preparing the abstract

A good abstract should briefly tell: (1) what problem you studied or addressed, and why; (2) how you did the investigation; (3) what you found out; and (4) what your results mean.  Focus on the most important findings, positive or negative.  Be quantitative and descriptive (e.g., body densities averaged 11-29% higher for starlings than for 3 species of gulls) as opposed to indicative (e.g., gulls and starlings had different body densities).  Make the title descriptive of the main topic but concise (<15 words).  Limit abstract to < 300 words.