Call for Abstracts is now open!
We invite submissions that include scientific research or restoration case studies, or which encompass social, cultural, and economic aspects of ecological restoration and management. Presentations can cover topics that interest both a regional and a broader continental audience of practitioners and scientists involved in ecological restoration and ecosystem management. We especially encourage submissions relating to the conference theme, Cross-Biome Connections: Ecological Restoration on a Diverse Continent. The conference is planned to include the following thematic topics:
- Theories, approaches, and practices in a transdisciplinary environment
- Restoration across biomes, ecosystems, and communities
- Landscape-scale restoration and connectivity
- Trait-based restoration and functional ecology
- Ecological resilience and restoration under global climate change
- Restoration for migratory species
- Tribal or Indigenous perspectives and practices in restoration
- Community engagement and education
- Monitoring and assessment of restoration success
- Restoration specific to a given biome or ecosystem, such as wetlands and other aquatic
- Environments, forests, grasslands, sage-steppe, alpine, arctic and boreal
Presentations that address our conference themes are especially welcome, although other restoration topics relevant to North America are also encouraged. We encourage presentations that include scientific research or restoration case studies, or which encompass social, cultural, and economic aspects of ecological restoration and management.
Abstract Format:
All abstracts should include:
- Title
- Principal presenter (name, affiliation, contact information including e-mail)
- Co-authors (name, affiliation, e-mail)
- Brief abstract (<250 words). Include background information, objectives, importance and interest to the ecological restoration community
- Preference for oral or poster presentation format. Oral presenters should plan on speaking for 10-15 minutes and reserving 5 minutes to answer audience questions.
Submission
To be considered, abstracts must be submitted via the web form before 30 April 2024.
Next Steps
Next Steps: Submitters will be notified of abstract acceptance by May 31, 2024. Oral presentations will be assigned to a topical or organized subject session or reassigned to a poster format depending on scheduling and/or space limitations. The Program Committee will attempt to avoid conflicts between sessions and will give organizers an opportunity to notify the committee of known scheduling conflicts. Questions about the conference? Send an email to: naconference@ser.org.