Authors whose summary abstracts have been accepted for oral or poster presentations are now being invited to submit an extended abstract.

Extended abstracts are due 15 June 2007. Please submit abstracts to seedecology2007@bgpa.wa.gov.au. Late submissions will not be accepted.

Extended abstracts will be reviewed and edited and will represent a valid conference publication. The publication will be provided to all conference delegates.

To assist you in developing your extended abstract, please adhere to the instructions and refer to the example word file or the example pdf file that is provided. Extended abstracts not conforming to the 1-page limit (including optional tables and/or figures) or the specifications detailed in the instructions will be rejected.

Instructions for submitting your extended abstract:

• Extended abstracts are restricted to one A4 page in length, including up to two tables or figures. Any abstract exceeding one page in length will be returned immediately for author revision. Text should be typed using size 10 Arial font (unless otherwise specified), single-spaced throughout. Page margins should be 40 mm left hand margin, 20 mm right hand margin, and 20 mm top and bottom margins.

• The title should be centered in the page, in upper and lower case bold type and be informative, containing key words. Authors and institutional address(es) should be centered in the page. Where necessary, each author’s name should be followed by an identifying superscript number (1, 2, 3) associated with the appropriate institutional address(es). The same superscript number should precede the institutional address(es). For papers with more than one author, the corresponding author's name should be followed by a superscript asterisk*. Please provide an email address for the corresponding author immediately below the institutional address(es).

• The text should be divided into sections of Introduction, Methods, Results and Conclusions, References. All headings should be in upper and lower case, bold type and left justified.

• References should be listed chronologically in the text. Use “et al.” where there is more than one author. At the end of the paper, list references in alphabetical order. Please refer to the sample abstract for referencing styles. References should be in size 8 Arial font.

• Generic and specific names in the text should be in italics, with the nomenclatural authorities included upon first mention.

• The IS Units system should be used in all instances.

• Up to two tables and/or figures may be included, within the 1 page limit. Tables and figures should be numbered in the order they appear in the text. Table headings and figure captions should be in size 10 Arial font. Tables and/or figures should appear at the end of the text.

• The abstract file should be in PC-compatible Microsoft Word file type.