Abstract Submission Instructions & Example

We are requesting that this year’s joint meeting abstracts be formatted for publication in the Fall issue of Northwestern Naturalist, the open-access journal of the Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology, available via BioOne.

Specifications

• Length: 250 words or less
• Font: Times New Roman, 12-point.
• Specify your presentation type—“oral,” “ignite,” or “poster.” If oral, include either the invited session name or three keywords to help us place you in a breakout session.

Abstract Title

Title case (see example below), capitalizing the first letter of each substantive word, bold face, end with a period. Note that articles and prepositions are not capitalized unless they are the first word of the title: the second half of a hyphenated term is not capitalized.

Author name(s)

Names follow directly after title, standard face, type in upper and lower case. No period following middle initial(s).

Author address(es)

Italicize. If there are several authors with different addresses, follow each author’s name with the appropriate address; spell out street addresses, but use state acronyms; no comma between state and zip code; include the name of the country if other than the United States or Canada; separate street address and email address with a semi-colon.

Abstract

Begin on a new line with an indent. Use single spacing and sentence case (capitalize only the first word and proper nouns). Leave one space after each period. Italicize scientific names and include them with the first mention of the capitalized standard English name (e.g., Foothill Yellow-legged Frog, Little Brown Myotis, Red-shouldered Hawk). The abstract should summarize the paper, emphasizing results and their significance.

Example