Proceedings & Manuscripts

Original manuscripts, not submitted for publication elsewhere, will be peer-reviewed for inclusion in the proceedings of the conference, which will be produced electronically.

Conference participants will receive a copy of the proceedings on CD. Papers will also be available, in Adobe PDF format, through the SAMPAA website and through Library and Archives Canada.

Instructions for Authors

Seventh International Conference on Science and Management of Protected Areas

Banff National Park, Canada April 17-22, 2011 (SAMPAA 7)

Conference participants are encouraged to submit manuscripts based on oral or posters presentations given at the conference. These must be received in electronic form.  Manuscripts must not exceed 5,000 words, excluding references. Graphical material is acceptable, as outlined below.

Manuscript Specifications

1. Each manuscript should include a brief title (Capitalized), followed by the author’s name(s), current mailing address(es), telephone number(s), and e-mail address(es). See the following example:

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY:A FOOL’S ERRAND OR AN INADEQUATE PARADIGM
Richard Braithwaite
CSIRO Tourism Research Program, PO Box 84, Lyneham, Canberra, ACT 2602, Australia, phone number, fax number, E-mail address
 

2. A summary, labelled as such, should appear prior to the introduction of the manuscript.
  

3. Manuscripts should be double-spaced, with 1.5" (4cm) right hand margins.  Paper size should be: 8.5 X 11" (21.5 x 28 cm). Headings should be bolded and appear with numerical designations: see the following example.

SUMMARY
1. INTRODUCTION
2. METHODS
2.1 Study Site
2.2 Statistical Analysis
3. RESULTS
4. DISCUSSION
5. CONCLUSION
6. LITERATURE CITED

4. Citations should be in numerical order as they appear in the manuscript.

• Citations should be indicated in the text by numbers and should be listed in the literature cited section numerically, arranged by their first appearance in the text. See the following example:

Since islands have a high percentage of endemic species and subspecies, their protection ensures the conservation of processes and species that exists nowhere else in the world (1,2). Islands are breeding areas for seabirds, marine mammals and sea turtles (3), and.....
1.C. Darwin.1859. The Origin of Species. Murray, London
2. C.S. Elton. 1958. The Ecology of Invasions by Animals and Plants. Methuen, London.
3. L.Bourillilon, B. Tershie and C.Valses. 1993. Evaluation and Regulation of the Human Activities in the Midriff Islands Region of the Gulf of California, Mexico.......


5. Metric measurements must be used with English units in brackets if required. 
 

6. If scientific names are used they should appear in italics and appear after the common name.


7. Contributors should send a copy of their manuscript on a CD formatted for use on a PC compatible platform. This should be submitted as a Word file.
 

8. All non-essential stylistic formatting should be avoided as the format, style and layout will be done by the editor. Essential elements are upper and lower case lettering, punctuation, headings and paragraphing. 
 

9. The font should be in Times New Roman 12.
 

10. Tables and Figures



i) Tables and figures (in either colour or black and white) must have a number and caption included in the text.

ii) Tables and figures should be submitted as a separate high-quality TIF or JPEG file. The intended position of the graphic can be indicated by its inclusion in the text in the appropriate place. The provision of a separate file will make editing much easier.

11. Manuscript Submission

• Please submit electronic copies as attachments by forwarding them to info@sampaa.org.
• A digital CD of the manuscript can be mailed to:
  
  SAMPAA 7 Conference Manuscripts
  Att: Soren Bondrup-Nielsen
  c/o Biology Department
  Acadia University
  Wolfville, Nova Scotia
  Canada B4P 2R6

12. Review process and dates are as follows:

August 1, 2011: Associate Editors to meet and divide manuscripts into groups
September 15, 2011:  Select referees (two to three per manuscript). Send out for Review
November 1, 2011:  Referee comments deadline for return
December 1, 2011: Decision (Accept or Reject). Send back to Authors for revisions
January 15, 2012: Return manuscripts. Send to SAMPAA for set-up and publishing