Guidelines for Preparation of Manuscripts and Extended Abstracts for the Conference Proceedings

ORAL PRESENTATIONS: Please provide a full manuscript
POSTER PRESENTATIONS: Please provide at least an extended abstract (one to three pages); you may provide a full manuscript if you wish.

Submit your full manuscript, or extended abstract by December 31, 2007 to Ellen Goheen
EMAIL: egoheen@fs.fed.us

MAIL: USDA Forest Service
2606 Old Stage Road
Central Point, OR 97502 USA

General Instructions for Proceedings Papers
Authors are solely responsible for the technical content of the manuscript or extended abstract; limited technical editing will be done by the meeting organizers.

All manuscripts and all extended abstracts must conform to the following guidelines. There are additional guidelines specific to extended abstracts and to full manuscripts:

• Paper size: Letter (8.5 inches by 11 inches or 22 cm x 28 cm)
• Margins: 1 inch (2.5 cm) on all four sides
• Text Font: Times New Roman 12 pt.
• Title and authors names left justified and capitalize first letter in each word (see example below). The title should be bold. Authors' affiliation should be listed below names in 10pt font.
• All measurement units should be metric.

EXAMPLE:
Phytophthora ramorum and P. kernoviae in Europe

Joan Webber¹

Additional Guidelines for Extended Abstracts

• Body of abstract should be single spaced, left justified (aligned on left and ragged right side), and have full margins throughout. Do not indent first lines of paragraphs.
• Length: The maximum length for an extended abstract is 3 single-space pages. Authors are encouraged to include critical tables and figures along with literature citations in the extended abstracts, but brief abstracts are acceptable.
• Details as to how tables, figures, and literature citations should be written are given in the instructions for Manuscripts.
• Do not insert page numbers.
  

Additional Guidelines for Manuscripts

• Submission of full manuscripts is encouraged.
• A brief abstract (500 words maximum) should be included with the manuscript. It should start immediately after the authors name and have "Abstract:" at the beginning. The abstract should be indented on the left and right side approximately ½" or 1 cm.
• Body of manuscript should be single spaced and left justified (aligned on left and ragged right side). Do not indent first lines of paragraphs.
• The format for papers is flexible, but if possible, manuscripts should include the "standard" sections of a scientific paper (e.g. Abstract, Introduction, Methods and Materials, Results, Discussion, and Literature Cited).
  • Some sections can be combined (e.g. Results And Discussion)
• Length: The maximum length for a manuscript is 12 single-space pages including all text, figures, tables, and literature citations.
• Do not insert page numbers
• Tables should be placed within the text.
• Figures should be imbedded pictures or charts within the text.

Follow the literature citation convention of the "Pacific Northwest Research Station and Pacific Southwest Research Station Authors Guide - January 2007" for citation format.