Science Flashes are short presentations, designed to showcase emerging research, unique management practices, policy applications, or collaborative efforts. Flashes will be limited to eight (8) minutes and eight (8) slides.
Criteria
Abstracts will be reviewed against the following criteria.
Clarity
The thought/expression/concept should be reasonable and comprehensible.
Scientific Approach
The proposal should define the problem, hypothesis, methodology, application, results, analysis.
Practice of Forestry
The proposal should bridge the gap between science and decision making in the field of forest management.
Originality
The proposal should report preliminary or novel results on limited data sets or applications of existing methodologies to new areas.
Contemporary Topics
The proposal should be relevant to the convention or track themes, will appeal to a large number of attendees, and contribute to professional development.