Quail 8 – The Eighth National Quail Symposium
Meeting Announcement & First Call for Papers
The University of Tennessee, Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency, National Bobwhite
Conservation Initiative (NBCI) and National Bobwhite Technical Committee (NBTC), invite
you to the Eighth National Quail Symposium, July 24-29, 2017, in Knoxville, Tennessee. The
week begins with the 23rd Annual Meeting of NBTC and continues as Quail 8. Conference
information and the Call for Papers can be found on the Quail 8 web site.
This is the eighth in the series of Northern Bobwhite symposia dating back to 1972, and since
Quail III in 1992, western quail have been included. Proceedings from previous symposia can
be found online at the Quail 8 website. Beginning with Quail VII, the symposia series has been
led by NBCI and the National Bobwhite Technical Committee.
Quail 8 will feature current quail management and research, including updates and progress of
the National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative and The Western Quail Plan.
Abstracts will be reviewed by the Quail VIII editorial committee, and those deemed suitable for
development as full manuscripts will be selected, with authors notified by 15 February 2016.
Subsequent manuscript deadline is 1 July 2016, enabling distribution of the peer-reviewed
proceedings at the meeting. Authors are urged to closely follow these deadlines:
ABSTRACT, MANUSCRIPT, PRESENTATION & PROCEEDINGS TIMELINE
:
Abstract Submission Deadline:
31 December 2015
Notification of Abstract Acceptance:
15 February 2016
Manuscript Submission Deadline:
1 July 2016
Proceedings Distributed:
26 July 2017
PowerPoint Submission Deadline:
30 June 2017
Quail 8 Presentations:
27-28 July 2017
For further information contact Thomas V. Dailey, Assistant Director/Science Coordinator,
National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative, 3661 E. Doe Brook Lane, Columbia, MO 65202; EMail: tdailey_NBCI@utk.edu; Telephone: 573-881-1782.