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Guidelinesforauthors Guidelines for Authors - The Victorian Naturalist The Victorian Naturalistwelcomesthe submission of References are cited chronologically in the text by papers presenting original and significant research. author and date. All references in the text must be When preparing a paper for publication, please fol- listed at the end ofthe paper in alphabetical order. lowthejournalstyleascloselyaspossible. Entries in this list must correspond to references in thetext. Submission ofa manuscriptwillbetaken to mean An electronic version and one hard copy of the thatthematerialhasnotbeenpublished,norisbe- manuscriptarerequireduponresubmissionafterref- ingconsideredforpublication,elsewhere,andthat erees’commentshavebeenincorporated.Documents allauthorsagreetoitssubmission. ssohfotuwladrebe‘EinndNMoitcer’ossohfotulWdoNrdOT. bTeheusbeidb.liographic AuthorsmaysubmitmaterialintheformofResearch Reports, Contributions, Naturalist Notes, Letters to Abbreviations the Editor and Book Reviews. All Research Reports The following abbreviations should be used in the andContributionsarepeerreviewedbyexternalref- manuscriptwhereappropriate (italicised as indicat- erees. A Research Report is a succinct and original ed): etair, pers. obs.; unpubl. data; pers. comm, (fol- scientificpaperwritteninaformthatincludesanab- lowedbyadate);‘subsp.’forsubspecies. stract,introduction,methods,resultsanddiscussion. A Contribution may consist ofreports, comments, Units TheInternationalSystemofUnits(SIunits)shouldbe observations, survey results, bibliographies or other material relating to natural history. The scope of a usedforexactmeasurementofphysicalquantities. contribution isbroad inorderto encouragematerial FiguresandTables onawiderangeoftopicsandinarangeofstyles.This All illustrations (includingphotographs) are consid- allowsinclusionofmaterialthatmakesacontribution ered as figures and will be laid out to fit the width toourknowledgeofnaturalhistorybutforwhichthe ofa page (115 mm) or a column (55 mm) width. It traditional format ofscientific papers is not appro- is important that the legend is clearly visible at priate. NaturalistNotesaregenerallyshort,personal these sizes. Photographs should be ofhigh quality/ accountsofobservationsmadeinthefieldbyanyone highcontrastwhichwillreproduceclearly.Theymay with an interest in natural history. These notes also becolourslides orcolourorblack-and-white prints, may include reports on excursions and talks, where or digital images. Line drawings, maps and graphs appropriate,orcommentonmattersrelatingtonatu- maybecomputergeneratedorinblackIndianInkon ral history. Letters to the Editor must be no longer stout white ortracingpaper. The figure number and than 500 words. BookReviews are usually commis- thepaperstitleshouldbewrittenonthebackofeach sioned, but the editors also welcome enquiries from figurein pencil. Ifahand-drawn figureisscanned it potentialreviewers. mustbedoneataminimumof300dpiresolution. Computer-generated figures should be submitted sGIfhusoiuudblemdliitnbteeisnpfgroobrvypirdpeoessdt,e,ntetahatrcieheonicnoocpflipueasdpionetgrsthalelmtaanbulsescrainpdt oatsriohhniiggohrh-qmquuoaarlleii,ttyyseJTpIPaFGrFa,tfielelenyscsoacpnasnudilnsaectdeadantdp3o0snt0ostcdrepiimpbtree(dsEodPleSud)- wcwcsdaecoiviinoracpcttpiiaiehhpylte.thaes.iwebSsilloutMneddfhbea)eemcbfnoeiiuymgstfssusaetstcralhriherreegseoiyp.inap.ahnutIuoOosftstnrfhsheiamousognarbhrinndmonuuwuiuanmsptlhltatcbdioaglirerenibairtsgpsecwttcb(ontsoeyaryupsrnpkmetehdebmaacodaenen,ueiricdlmlveed,daepdoiobho.uclfeonbotltlrPaahyolerdceseedacassrmcosspepaaiemasonnnpscngiuabedln--edi-e-f wiacwtineahlTAtxtrlealotarblbinnallaoaefegstMniseegedStbdurtmeireiutWentnaossuogurctr,crmaunebndpssfpideuttwcdcreiotoihdetanlc.dhbtauuliosmmencsent5ocnsh5sneatlshwtl.emosic.uitLumnlhUtodoiswMvu-oebeStrrleteyaasW1.rbot1oesal5frbTuaedlhtrmne,eirdmieeodrdd.nnioottJctoIonPrafo.spGiutptnsaifiuicotlnsehnegesess niTehdebytitalecsohveoruilndgbleetcteorn.cise,interestingandinform- maunsdtpbuteonnumabeserpeadractoenspeacguetiavtetlhye(Feingd. 1o,fFtihg.e2m,aentuc.-) aptaiRnveieseeadanrbdcyhnoartnepsaotbrastttsedraaancsdtacooqfnunteorstitibomunto.iroenstmhuasnt1b5e0awcocrodms-. bsclreip1t,.TTaabbllees2,shetocu.l)dabnednhuamvbeearnedexcpolnasneactuotriyveclaypt(iToa-n The abstractshould state thescopeofthework, give atPtlheeasteop.consult the editors ifadditional details are theprincipalfindingsandbesufficientlycompletefor required regarding document formats and image usebyabstractingservices. specifications. KeywordswillbeincludedfolllowingtheAbstractin ContributionsandResearchReports.Amaximumof PPaepremristsreportingwork that required permits should fivetermswillbeused. quotetheapropriatepermittypeandnumbers. TheVictorianNaturalist 30 Guidelinesforauthors Sequencedata All nucleotide sequence data and alignmentsshould Other methods ofreferencing maybe acceptable in besubmittedtoanappropriatepublicdatabase,such manuscriptsotherthanresearchreports,andtheedi- asGenbankorEMBL.Theaccession numbersforall torsshouldbeconsulted. sequencesmustbecitedinthearticle. Manuscriptcorrections Journalstyle Pageproofs aresentto thecorrespondingauthorfor Astyleguidefor The VictorianNaturalistisavailable checkingprior to publication. At thisstageonlymi- on our website. For further information on style, noralterationsmaybemade. writetothe editors, orconsultthelatestissueofThe Victorian Naturalist or edition of Style Manualfor Complimentarycopies Authors, Editors and Printers (John Wiley & Sons: Followingpublicationofanarticleinthejournal,five Milton,Qld). complimentary copies of that issue are sent to the Authorsareadvisedtonotethelayoutofheadings, author(s) foreachpaper.AuthorsofNaturalistNotes tables and illustrations as given in recent issues of and Book Reviews will receive two complimentary theJournal. Afullstopisfollowedbyasinglespace; copiesofthejournal. Pleasenotifytheeditorsbefore singlequotationmarksareusedthroughout. publicationifmorecopiesarerequired. Inallpapers, firstreferencetoaspeciesshoulduse Taxonomicnames both the common name and binomial. Thisjournal luKsoaewnsegdacrbaopyoittahGleriabsseisdnoTmchioeammlmeidonanitatlrniiacasmnwderisat.hfoHouortwebsrvpaeeccrki,eetsws,,hefeo.rlge-. bCsipoteoeckisreeswfeenraeumnsceeessasuissretedhfeefrorerenstcpeaosxnofsnoirobmialiritcitcynlaeomsfeisanu.tTChhoheresVc.ikciTthnoeg- tmhaeneynds)p,ecwiietsharbeotmhenctoiomnmeod,naanlidstb(iannomaipaplenndaimxesa,t troiatnhNeastuoruarlciestusareedlfiosrtesdpbeeclioews.nAaumtehsorisnsthheoiurlmdarnefue-r maybe preferred. Lists must be in taxonomic order scripts. In everycase, the latest edition ofthe book shouldbeused. usingtheorderinwhichtheyappearinthereferences recommendedbelow. Mammals-MenkhorstPW(ed) (1995)Mammalsof References Victoria: Distribution, Ecology and Conservation. Referencesinthetextshouldciteauthorandyear,e.g. (OxfordUniversityPress:SouthMelbourne) Brown (1990), (Brown 1990), (Brown 1990; 1991), (Brown 1995 unpubl.), (Brown and Green 1990), ReptilesandAmphibians-CoggerH(2000)Reptiles (Brown and Green 1990; Blue 1990; Red 1990). and Amphibians ofAustralia, 6 ed. (Reed Books: Ifthere are more than two authors for a paper use Chatswood,NSW) (Brown etal. 1990). All references mentioned in the text should be included, in alphabetic order, at the Insects - ABRS: <http://www.environment.gov.au/ end ofthe text under References (see examples be- biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/index. low). The use ofunpublished data is accepted only html> ifthedataare available on requestforviewing. Pers. obs. and pers. comm, should not be included in the Birds-ChristidisLandBolesWE(2008)Systematics list ofreferences. Journal titles should be given in andtaxonomyofAustralianbirds.(CSIRO:Colling- full. wood,Victoria) Leigh J, Boden R and Briggs J (1984) Extinct and Plants-RossJH(ed)(2000)ACensusoftheVascular EndangeredPlants ofAustralia. (Macmillan: South PlantsofVictoria, 6 ed. (Royal Botanic Gardensof Melbourne) Victoria:Melbourne) LunneyD (1995) Bush Rat. In TheMammalsofAus- tralia, pp. 651-653. Ed RStrahan. (Australian Mu- Pleasesubmitmanuscriptsandenquiriesto: seum/ReedNewHolland:Sydney) Phillips A and Watson R (1991) Xanthorrhoea con- TheEditor : sequences of ‘horticultural fashion. The Victorian TheVictorianNaturalist Naturalist108, 130-133. LockedBag3, P.O. Smith AB (1995) Flowering plants in north-eastern Blackburn,Victoria3130 Victoria. (Unpublished PhD thesis, The University ofMelbourne) Phone/Fax(03)98779860. Wolf L and Chippendale GM (1981) The natural [email protected] distribution ofEucalyptus in Australia. 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