Guidelines for authors

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Guidelines for Authors - The Victorian Naturalist
December2012
77ie VictorianNaturalistwelcomesthesubmissionof Referencesare cited chronologically in the text by
papers presenting original and significant research. author and date. All references in the text must be
When preparinga paper forpublication, please fol- listed at the end ofthe paper in alphabetical order.
lowthejournalstyleascloselyaspossible. Entries in this list must correspond to references in
thetext.
Submissionofamanuscriptwillbetaken tomean An electronic version and one hard copy of the
thatthematerialhasnotbeenpublished,norisbe- manuscriptarerequireduponresubmissionafterref-
ingconsideredforpublication,elsewhere,andthat erees’commentshavebeenincorporated.Documents
allauthorsagreetoitssubmission. should be in Microsoft Word. The bibliographic
software‘EndNote’shouldNOTbeused.
AuthorsmaysubmitmaterialintheformofResearch
Reports, Contributions, Naturalist Notes, Letters to Abbreviations
the Editor and Book Reviews. All Research Reports The following abbreviations should be used in the
andContributionsarepeerreviewedbyexternal ref- manuscriptwhereappropriate (italicised asindicat-
erees. A Research Report is a succinct and original ed):etal.\ pers.obs.;unpubl.data;pers.comm, (fol-
scientificpaperwritteninaformthatincludesanab- lowedbyadate); subsp.’forsubspecies.
stract,introduction,methods,resultsanddiscussion.
ResearchReportsshouldbewritten in thirdperson. Units
A Contribution may consist ofreports, comments, TheInternationalSystemofUnits(SIunits)shouldbe
observations, survey results, bibliographies or other usedforexactmeasurementofphysicalquantities.
material relating to natural history. The scope ofa FiguresandTables
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toourknowledgeofnaturalhistorybutforwhichthe It is important that thelegendisclearlyvisibleat
traditional format ofscientific papers is not appro- these sizes. Photographs should be ofhigh quality/
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potentialreviewers.
Computer-generated figures should be submitted
Guidelinesforpresentationofpapers as high quality TIFF, encapsulated postscript (EPS)
Ifsubmittingbypost,threecopiesofthemanuscript orhigh qualityJPG files scanned at300dpiresolu-
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script. Manuscripts should be typed, double spaced a table editor, such as that in MS Word, do not use
with wide margins and pages numbered. Please in- carriagereturnswithincells.Usetabsandnotspaces
dicate the telephone number (and email address if whensettingupcolumnswithoutatableeditor.
available)oftheauthorwhoistoreceivecorrespond- All figures and tables should be referred to in the
ence.Submissionofmanuscriptsshouldbeaccompa- text and numbered consecutively. Their captions
niedbyacoveringletter. (Fig. 1, Fig. 2, etc.) should be placed on a separate
Thetitleshouldbeconcise,interestingandinform- page at the end ofthe manuscript. Tables (Table 1,
ativeandnotstatedasaquestion. Table2, etc.) should have an explanatory caption at
Researchreportsandcontributionsmustbeaccom- thetop.
paniedby an abstract ofnot more than 150 words. Please consult the editors ifadditional details are
Theabstractshouldstatethescopeofthework,give required regarding document formats and image
theprincipalfindingsandbesufficientlycompletefor specifications.
usebyabstractingservices. Permits
KeywordswillbeincludedfollowingtheAbstract in Papers reportingwork thatrequiredpermits should
ContributionsandResearchReports.Amaximumof quotetheapropriatepermittypeandnumbers.
fivetermswillbeused.
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Allnucleotidesequence data andalignmentsshould Other methods ofreferencing maybe acceptable in
besubmittedtoan appropriatepublicdatabase,such manuscriptsotherthanresearchreports,andtheedi-
asGenbankorEMBL.Theaccessionnumbersforall torsshouldbeconsulted.
sequencesmustbecitedinthearticle. Manuscriptcorrections
Journalstyle Pageproofsaresenttothecorrespondingauthorfor
Forfurtherinformationonstyle,writetotheeditors, checkingpriortopublication. Atthisstage only mi-
orconsultthelatestissueofThe Victorian Naturalist noralterationsmaybemade.
EodritmoorsstarnedcenPtrinetdeirtsion(JoofhnStyWlielMeayn&ualSofnosr:AMutihlotrosn,, CFoolmlpowliinmgepnubtlaicrayticonopoifeasnarticleinthejournal,five
Qld). complimentary copies ofthat issue are sent to the
Authorsareadvisedtonotethelayoutofheadings, author(s) foreachpaper.AuthorsofNaturalistNotes
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siInnglaellqpuaopteartsi,ofnirmstarrekfseraerneceusteodatshpreocuigehsousth.oulduse publicationifmorecopiesarerequired.
both the common name andbinomial. Thisjournal Taxonomicnames
uses capitalised common names for species, fol- Cite references used for taxonomic names. Check-
lowedbythebinomialinitalicswithoutbrackets,e.g. ing species names isthe responsibility ofauthors.
Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra. However,where The books we use as references for articles in The
many species are mentioned, a list (an appendix at VictorianNaturalistarelistedbelow. Authorsshould
the end), with both common and binomial names, refertothe sourceusedforspeciesnames intheir
maybepreferred. Lists mustbe in taxonomic order manuscripts. Ineverycase,thelatesteditionshould
usingtheorderinwhichtheyappearinthereferences beused.
recommendedbelow.
References Mammals - Menkhorst PW and Knight F (2011) A
Referencesinthetextshouldciteauthorandyear,e.g. Field Guide to theMammals ofAustralia, 3rd edn.
Brown (1990), (Brown 1990), (Brown 1990, 1991), (OxfordUniversityPress:SouthMelbourne)
(Brown 1995 unpubl.), (Brown and Green 1990),
(Brown and Green 1990; Blue 1990; Red 1990). Reptiles and Amphibians - Cogger H (2000) Rep-
Ifthere are more than two authors for a paper use tiles andAmphibians ofAustralia, 6th edn. (Reed
(Brown etal. 1990). Allreferencesmentioned in the Books:Chatswood,NSW)
text should be included, in alphabetic order, at the
end ofthe text under References (see examples be- InsectsandMarineCreatures-ABRS:<http://www.
low). The use ofunpublished data is accepted only environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-
ifthedataareavailable onrequest forviewing. Pers. resources/fauna/index.html>
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full. andtaxonomyofAustralianbirds.(CSIRO:Colling-
wood,Victoria)
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seum/ReedNewHolland:Sydney)
Phillips Aand Watson R (1991) Xanthorrhoea: con- Pleasesubmitmanuscriptsandenquiriesto:
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