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The
Instituto de Biología,
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
(UNAM),
and the Universidad de Colima
organize
the
53rd Annual
Meeting
of
the
Southwestern Association of
Naturalists
In Colima, Col. México
Dates:
Thursday, April 13th through Saturday, April 15th,
2006
The Local Committee is pleased to invite you to
the 53rd Annual Meeting of the
Southwestern Association
of Naturalists to be hosted by and held
at the
Universidad de Colima, at Colima, Mexico,
and organized by the
Instituto de Biología, UNAM. |
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| Highlights of the meeting will
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- Opening Reception and Social at the Casa de la cultura de
Colima.
(Thursday, April 13th, 6:30 pm)
- Wilks Award Session in the Teatro Miguel de la Madrid.
(Friday, April 14th, 08:30 am)
- Clark Hubbs Student Poster Award competition.
- Picnic.
(Friday, April 14th, 6:30 pm)
- Annual Banquet (Saturday, April 15th, 5:30 – 11:00
pm).
- Social (5:30 – 6:00 pm)
- Dinner (6:00 – 7:30 pm)
- Invited Speaker Presentation (7:30 – 8:30 pm)
- SWAN Auction and Social (8:30 – 11:00 pm)
- Field Trips: “Volcán Colima” and “El Terrero, Reserva de
la Biosfera de Manantlán”. Sunday, April 16th
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LOCAL COMMITTEE
CHAIR:Dr. Ricardo Ayala, Estación de Biología Chamela,
Instituto de Biología, UNAM. Tel. +52 (315) 3510200. e-mail: barajas@servidor.unam.mx.
LOCAL COMMITTEE:
Co-Chair Dr. Andrés García (chanoc@ibiologia.unam.mx),
and Dr. Jorge H. Vega, Dr. Miguel A. Ortega, Dr. Manuel A. Balcázar,
Dr. Gerardo Herrera, Dr. Felipe Noguera, Dr. Alfonso Pescador Rubio,
and Dr. Katherine Renton. |
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IMPORTANT
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- ABSTRACTS
10 February 2006. All Abstracts must be received no later than
5:00 pm on Friday, 10 February 2006. Abstracts received
after this deadline will not be accepted. See Instructions
for Abstract submission below.
- REGISTRATION:
The deadline for registration is 10 March
2006. The registration fee for professionals is $90 and $60
for students. Registration must be received by the
deadline. Late registration fees will be $120 for
professionals and $80 for students. The first 350 to
register will receive a Padfolio® commemorating the 53rd Annual
Meeting as part of the registration packet. Picnic and
Banquet seating is limited. Although tickets may be
available at the meeting, purchasing these tickets with your
registration is strongly encouraged. See the Registration
Form below.
- HOTEL RESERVATIONS:
Hotel María Isabel – This beautiful and
spacious hotel close to the University has blocked 200 rooms for
the 53rd Annual Meeting. Group rates of $68.40 per room will
be available for reservations made through 4 April 2006.
Reservations made after this date will be honored based upon
availability. PHONE: (52-312)
316-0757.
Local Hotels – There are
several hotels located close to the Universidad de Colima.
However, these hotel locations will require commuting a short
distance to and from campus. Below is a list of local hotels
in Colima and their contact numbers.
- Hotel María Isabel
52-312-316-0757
- Hotel Los Candiles
52-312-312-3212
- Hotel Fiesta In
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- Hotel Misión María Victoria
52-312-313-8101
- Hotel
Ceballos
52-312-312-4444
- Hotel
América
52-312-314-4424
- Hotel
Costeño. 52-312-312-1900
- Hotel Plaza
Madero
52-312-330-2895
- STUDENT AWARDS
Student awards and their descriptions appear below.
Information and instructions regarding award applications may be
found at the SWAN Student Awards web site (http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/swan/).
Any revisions or updates to these deadlines will be posted on the
SWAN Student Awards web page. All abstracts must be
received prior to the abstract deadline (10 February 2006) for
student award applications to be considered.
- Howard McCarley Student Research Awards – 15
January 2006
- Wilks Award – 3 February 2006
- Clark Hubbs Student Poster Award – 10
February 2006
- Student Travel Awards – 30 November 2005
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SYMPOSIUM:
(Saturday, April 15th)
LIVE AUCTION:
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This year, there will be a live auction to
follow the banquet. This auction and fund raiser for the
society will also provide entertainment for its meeting
participants.
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Donations for the SWAN 2006 auction are
welcome. Arrangements for donation items to be delivered to
the Universidad de Colima can be made by contacting (Chair,
Co-Chair and Local Committee).
FIELD TRIPS:
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El Terrero, Reserva de la Biosfera de
Manantlán : Dr. Manuel Balcazar and Dr. Sebastián
Lemus from the Universidad de Colima will organize a field trip to
visit “El Terrero”, a site with the few remnants of cloud forest
in western Mexico. This trip is planned for Sunday, April
16th, between 08:00 – 16:00 hrs. This field trip is
available for a transportation fee of $25, including lunch.
The trip is limited to 20 participants and is subject to
cancellation due to insufficient participation.
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Volcán Colima National
Park: Drs. Andrés García and Jorge H. Vega will
organize a field trip to the surroundings of one of the most
active volcanoes in the world. During the trip you will have an
excellent opportunity to watch birds and experience a gradient
from tropical to temperate ecosystems. This trip is planned for
April 16th from 06:00 to 14:00 hrs. Don’t forget your camera. This
field trip is available for a transportation fee of $25, including
lunch. The trip is limited to 18 participants and is subject
to cancellation due to insufficient participation.
PREPARATION AND
SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS:
Abstracts for oral or poster
presentations may be submitted in either English and Spanish.
The presenting and principal author must be registered for the
meeting. All abstracts must be submitted electronically by
either:
If your abstract is submitted by
e-mail, the following format must be followed as presented in
the example below:
- Entry 1: Indicate presentation type (Oral
or Poster) followed by an indication if this presentation
is to be considered for competition (Wilks or
Hubbs)
- Entry 2: Indicate one general topic that best
describes your presentation. (Taxonomy, Systematics,
Morphology, Ecology, Behavior, Evolution, Physiology)
followed by the taxonomic group of study (Plants,
Invertebrates, Fishes, Amphibians, Reptiles, Mammals,
Birds)
- Entry 3: List presentation title in all capital
letters.
- Entry 4: List Author(s) and affiliation(s).
If there are multiple authors, indicate the presenting author with
an underline. Use numbers to identify institutional
affiliations.
- Entry 5: Abstract limited to 300
words.
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| EXAMPLE: |
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Oral - Wilks
Ecology - Reptiles
COTTONMOUTH
(AGKISTRODON PISCIVORUS) NEURO-ECOLOGY: AN
INTEGRATIVE APPROACH TO EXAMINING PATTERNS OF SPATIAL
USE.
Roth, E.D.1, W.I. Lutterschmidt2 and
D.A. Wilson1.
1Department of Zoology, University of
Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, 2Department of Biological
Sciences, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
77341.
The reptilian medial and dorsal cortices
are putative homologues of the hippocampal formation in
mammals and birds. Studies on mammals and birds commonly
report neuro-ecological correlations between hippocampal
volume and spatial ecology. We examined the relationship
between homologous cortical volumes and spatial use in a
reptile (Agkistrodon piscivorus) that exhibits sex
differences in spatial use. Male and female brains were
sectioned and digitized to quantify regional cortical
volumes. Males had a significantly larger medial cortex
volume relative to telencephalon volume. We will discuss
volumetric sex differences within a reptilian putative
hippocampal homologue and the interesting correlates between
cortical volume and spatial ecology.
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PREPARATION OF
PRESENTATIONS:
- POSTER PRESENTATIONS: Posters must be no larger than 48
inches (120 cm) wide and 36 inches (90 cm) tall. Posters
will be mounted to display boards; push pins will be provided by
the local committee.
- ORAL PRESENTATIONS: All forms of audiovisual equipment
will be available. However, Microsoft PowerPoint©
presentations saved to CDs or data sticks are strongly recommended
and encouraged. Presenters will be required to submit
presentation material to moderators 30 minutes prior to the
beginning of each paper session.
STUDENT
AWARDS: All application materials and information
regarding student awards can be found on the SWAN web site
(www.biosurvey.ou.edu/swan/).
Many of these award applications require online electronic
submission.
- STUDENT TRAVEL AWARDS: The Southwestern
Association of Naturalists is granting student travel awards to
help defray travel and meeting expenses for students attending the
53rd Annual Meeting to be held 13-15 April 2006 in Colima,
Colima. These awards will be given to students from outside
Mexico who are presenting an oral or poster presentation.
Sorry, deadline has already passed.
- WILKS AWARD: The Wilks Award is
presented to the student giving the best oral presentation at the
Annual Meeting of the Association. Research must be
primarily the work of the student, not that of the major
professor, and the student must be the sole author of the
abstract. From those submitting written summaries, a judging
panel will select up to four students to make oral presentations
(15 minutes in length) in a special plenary session at the
beginning of the Annual Meeting. A winner will be selected
from this group based on the quality of the oral presentation and
the significance of the results. The Wilks Award has a cash
award of $500, a certificate, and a set of all available back
issues of The Southwestern Naturalist. The winner will be
announced at the Annual Banquet.
- CLARK HUBBS STUDENT POSTER AWARD: The
Clark Hubbs Student Poster Award is presented to the student or
students displaying the best poster at the Annual Meeting of the
Association. This award provides a certificate, a cash award
of $300, and a set of all available back issues of The
Southwestern Naturalist. Although posters may be co-authored
with the major professor, the work presented must be primarily
that of the student(s). A panel of judges will select the
winner based on quality of the visual presentation and
significance of the results. The winner will be announced at
the Annual Banquet.
- HOWARD McCARLEY STUDENT RESEARCH
AWARDS: The Howard McCarley Student Research Fund
provides up to five awards annually, up to $1000 each, to support
student research. Applicants must be students (undergraduate
or graduate) currently enrolled in an institution of higher
education, sponsored by a faculty member, and a member of the
Southwestern Association of Naturalists. Awards (maximum of
$1000) will be made in support of any aspect of research on biota
of the southwestern United States, Mexico, and Central America,
except for travel to meetings. Individuals may receive a
maximum of two grants from the Association. All qualified
students are encouraged to apply, especially those in developing
countries. Grant applications may be in either English or
Spanish. Awards will be announced at the Annual Meeting of
the Association. Two letters of recommendation must be
submitted in support of the application. One must be from the
research advisor and the second from someone familiar with the
student’s academic career and proposed research project. All
materials must be received by the President-Elect no later than 15
January each year.
TRAVEL DIRECTIONS to SWAN
2006:
- AIR TRAVEL: There are three options for
those members traveling by plane that include the Colima Domestic
Airport (16 miles northeast of Colima City), or the international
airports of Manzanillo (80 miles southwest of Colima City)
and Guadalajara (125 miles northeast of Colima City).
Taxis will be available from all airports to Colima City at
varying fares depending of the arrival airport ($12 US from the
Colima airport, $180 US from Guadalajara and $60 US from
Manzanillo), These airports have several choices in ground
transportation including a variety of rental car services. Taxis
from airports to bus stations are about $13 US in all cases.
- TRAVEL to Colima City from Puerto Vallarta (~ 253
miles) or Manzanillo (~ 61 miles):
- Take Carretera Federal 200 south along the coast from Puerto
Vallarta to Barra de Navidad.
- Once you pass Barra de Navidad, keep driving to Manzanillo
- There are two options near Manzanillo, one goes through
Manzanillo and the other around it (Toll is ~ $4 US).
- From Manzanillo, passing through or around it, you can take
a toll road ($8 US) or again Carretera Federal 200 to Colima.
- Colima City is small such that you can get to the University
easily by following signs or by asking directions. Many
people speak English.
- TRAVEL to Colima City from Guadalajara (~ 141
miles):
- After leaving Guadalajara towards Colima (~ 13 miles) you
find a “Y.” Take the left fork to Colima expressway. The
right fork goes to Barra de Navidad; don´t take the fork to
Barra since you will make a huge loop.
- The registration site for the meeting is the
Paraninfo, which is a building very easy to locate at the
Universidad de Colima. See the map on the SWAN webpage
http://www.ibiologia.unam.mx/
REGISTRATION
INSTRUCTIONS:
If you work/study in the United
States, use the following instructions. If you work/study in
Mexico or Latin America, see the Instructions in Spanish
(below). Go to the SWAN website (www.biosurvey.ou.edu/swan/)
and find the on-line Registration Form in English.
Fill it out on-line and submit it, then print it off and send it
along with a check or money order for the total registration costs
(and payable to SWAN 2006) to:
Dr. Jake Schaefer, SWAN
Treasurer
The University of Southern Mississippi
Department of
Biological Sciences
118 College Drive #5018
Hattiesburg, MS
39406-0001
Save a paper copy of the completed
Registration Form to take with you to the meeting as proof of
registration. |
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Sample Registration
Form
Deadline: 10 March
2006 |
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Name (As to appear on name badge):
____________________________________________
Institutional Affiliation:
________________________________________________________
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Event |
After 10 March
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Registration Fees
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Registration $90.00 US |
$120.00 US |
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$__________ |
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Student $60.00
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$90.00 US |
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Picnic Ticket ($15.00 US) |
Number of Tickets ( ) |
$__________ |
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Banquet Ticket ($20.00 US)
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Number of Tickets ( ) |
$__________ |
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Opening Social (Paraninfo) |
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No Charge |
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SWAN 2006 T-Shirt ($15 US)
*Indicate number for
each size ordered |
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$__________ |
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Field Trip
Volcán Colima ($25 US)
or
El Terrero ($25 US) |
Indicate which |
$__________ |
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TOTAL Registration = |
$__________ |
Contact Information:
Phone:
____________________ E-mail: _______________ |
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