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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 acolonlnotawrwsiibidunetcilrouansnigiosenboorffotmaoadptieicrnsioaalrnddtehrianttomaarekanencgsoeuarocafogsnettyrlmeiasbt.uetTrihioiansl eoAlrfleadiplalasugseftirga(ut1ir2oe3nssma(nmidn)cwlioulrdlianbgecpolhlaouitdmonogur(ta5p9th.os5)fmitamrte)hecowwniisddittdhh-. toourknowledgeofnaturalhistorybutforwhichthe It is important that thelegendisclearlyvisibleat traditional format ofscientific papers is not appro- these sizes. Photographs should be ofhigh quality/ wmaaprpicaiptcayrhotouepi.anrnntiNcsaalittuoneudft,reeoarobelrrssietepscrotoivrnmNatostmntieaoeotnnnsutsraeamroxleancuhdgmireesasnttieoitorrnenayrts.lshleTayrhnefsedlihseaoltertdiatnl,bnkgoysptt,eaoerwnssnhyaoaeotnlrnuasee-lo obsmhtreiaogyucdhtiobgclweioothnucaitrlotrmeasipslmouitardtgeweesthrsrio-.acrgcheiLcnniowgenilrelopalautdprrereeoradp.rwroirboTnldhgiauesncc,bkefl-imacgaalcunekrpdaers-Ilwnnyhd.auiinmTtadbheneegpIyrrrniakmnaptaonhsynds, straihloannheids5,t0o0bruyw.toLrtedhtset.eerdBsiotootorkstRahelesvoEidewiwetslorcaormemueussteunabqleuliyrnicoeosmlomfnirgsoe-mr fmtihugesutpreabpieenrdpsoennticetillae.tsaIhfomauilhndaibnemd-uwdrmirtaotfwenn30of0ingdutprhieeirbseasscocklauontfnieeonda.ciht potentialreviewers. Computer-generated figures should be submitted Guidelinesforpresentationofpapers as high quality TIFF, encapsulated postscript (EPS) Ifsubmittingbypost,threecopiesofthemanuscript orhigh qualityJPG files scanned at300dpiresolu- csohpoiuelsdofbefigpurroevs.idIefds,ubemaicthtiinngcblyudeimnagila,llontlayblaessinagnlde itnitoonaorMmSorWeo,rsdepdaorcautemleynto.nLdoiwsc-raensdolnuottioenmJbPeGddfieleds wciotphyhieslndecbeysstahreya.uOtrhiogrinuanltialratcwcoerpktaanncdepohfotthoesmcaannub-e wiTllabnloetsbmeuasctcefpitteidn.to 59.5 mm or 123 mm. Ifusing 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. 218 TheVictorianNaturalist Sequencedata 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 ttahbeleJsouarnnadl.ilAlufsutlrlatsitoonpsiassfoglilvoewnedinbyreacseinntgliesssupeasceo;f caonpdieBsooofkthReejvoiuerwnsal.wiPlllearesceeniovteiftywothecoemdiptloirmsebnetfaorrye 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> olibsst.oafnrdefpeerresn.cecso.mJmo,ursnhaolutlidtlnesotshboeuilndclbuedegdiviennthien Birds-ChristidisLandBolesWE(2008)Systematics full. andtaxonomyofAustralianbirds.(CSIRO:Colling- wood,Victoria) LeEingdhanJ,geBroeddenPlaRntsanodfABursitgrgalsiaJ.((1M9a8c4m)ilElxatnin:ctSoaunthd Plants-WalshNGandStajsicV (2007)A Censusof Melbourne) the VascularPlantsofVictoria,8thedn. (RoyalBo- LunneyD (1995) BushRat.In TheMammalsofAus- tanicGardensofVictoria:Melbourne) tralia, pp. 651-653. EdRStrahan. (Australian Mu- seum/ReedNewHolland:Sydney) Phillips Aand Watson R (1991) Xanthorrhoea: con- Pleasesubmitmanuscriptsandenquiriesto: sequences of‘horticultural fashion. The Victorian TheEditor Naturalist108, 130-133. Smith AB (1995) Flowering plants in north-eastern TheVictorianNaturalist Victoria. (Unpublished PhD thesis, The University POBlacLkobcukrne,dVBiacgto3ria3130 ofMelbourne) Wolf L and Chippendale GM (1981) The natural distribution ofEucalyptus in Australia. Australian Phone/Fax(03)98779860 [email protected] National ParksandWildlifeService,SpecialPubli- Webwww.fncv.org.au cationsNo6,Canberra. Vol 129 (6) 2012 219

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