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Next article FreeAnnouncementsFull TextPDF Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmailQR Code SectionsMore2006 Annual Meeting of the American Society of NaturalistsThe annual meetings of the American Society of Naturalists (ASN) will be held jointly with the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE) and the Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB) at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, June 23–27, 2006. More information is available at http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/ee/sse2006/.Natural History MiscellanyThe American Naturalist is pleased to announce the revival of the “Natural History Miscellany,” which appeared in the journal from 1867 to 1872. The short observations of behavior and ecology that first appeared there—what often is referred to as “natural history”—were a mainstay of the journal for many decades. Natural History Miscellany submissions should be short contributions, preferably note length (approximately eight printed pages), that not only enlighten our understanding of the natural history of a species in important ways, but also have significance beyond the biology of the species involved by their relevance to important conceptual issues or understanding of the dimensions of biological diversity. Authors are encouraged to take advantage of the recently lowered cost of color printing ($350 a page for American Society of Naturalists members, $400 a page for nonmembers) and the capabilities of online publication to illustrate manuscripts with online photographs, sound files, videos, and other electronic media.SynthesesIn keeping with its mission to support “the conceptual unification of the biological sciences,” the American Naturalist invites submission of a new type of article, the synthesis. Syntheses will analyze and synthesize recent findings in the biological sciences that are of interest to the readership of the journal. These articles should review recent work, but more important, these articles should present a new and synthetic perspective of those results.Before writing the synthesis, potential authors should contact the editors via the journal office with a proposal for the article, including a detailed outline and a statement of the novel goals and perspective of the article. Authors of successful proposals will be invited to submit their syntheses through the Web Peer Review system, which will then go through the same process as other submissions to the journal, with normal peer review. Syntheses should be at most the length of a normal article in the journal, and they should be accessible for a broad academic audience.2006 Annual Meeting of the American Society of MammalogistsThe 86th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) will be held June 17–21, 2006, at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts. In addition to contributed oral and poster presentations covering all aspects of mammalian biology, this year's program will feature two symposia. “Large‐scale marine ecosystem change and the conservation of marine mammals” will be convened by Drs. Tom O'Shea and Dan Odell. “The Northern flying squirrel: a biological portrait of a forest specialist in post‐European North America” will be convened by Dr. Winston Smith. Special addresses will be offered by the recipients of the Joseph Grinnell (Dr. Mark Hafner) and C. Hart Merriam (Dr. Kay Holekamp) awards, as well as by student honorees. Also included are the usual ASM socials, ideal for professional interaction. Nonmembers who are interested in attending the meetings and/or presenting papers should request materials from the chairpersons of the Local Program Committee, Drs. Virginia Hayssen ([email protected]) and Betsy Dumont ([email protected]). For additional information, please visit the meeting website at http://asm06.org/. For more information about the ASM, please visit the web site at http://www.mammalsociety.org. Next article DetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The American Naturalist Volume 167, Number 3March 2006 Published for The American Society of Naturalists Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/499321 Views: 57 Crossref reports no articles citing this article.