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Guidelines for authors - The Victorian Naturalist The VictorianNaturalistwelcomesthe submis- Referencesarecited chronologically in thetext sion ofpapers presenting original and signifi- byauthoranddate. Allreferencesinthetextmust cant research. All Research Reports and be listed at the end ofthe paper in alphabetical Contributions are peer reviewed. When prepar- order. All entries in this list must correspond to ing a paper for publication, please follow the referencesinthetext. journal styleascloselyaspossible. An electronicversion and one hard copyofthe manuscript are required upon resubmission after Submission ofallManuscripts referees’ comments have been incorporated. meSaubnmtihsastitohneomfataermiaanluhsacsrinpottwbielelnbpeubtlaiksehnedt,o Documentsshouldbein MicrosoftWord. nor is being considered for publication, Abbreviations elsewhere, and that all authors agree to its The followingabbreviations should be used in submission. the manuscript (with italics where indieated): et Authors may submit material in the form of al.', pers, obs.; iinpubl. data; and pers, comm, research reports, contributions, naturalist notes, which are cited in the text as (RG Brown 1994 letters to the editor and book reviews. A pers.comm.3May).Use‘subsp.’ forsubspecies. Research Report is a succinct and original sci- entific paper written in the traditional format Units includingabstract, introduction, methods,results The International System ofUnits (SI units) and discussion. A Contribution may consist of should be used forexact measurementofphysi- reports, comments, observations, survey results, calquantities. bibliographies or other material relating to nat- FiguresandTables ural history. Thescopeofacontribution isbroad All illustrations (including photographs) are and little defined to encourage material on a considered as figures and will be designed to fit wide range oftopics and in a range ofstyles. within a page (115 mm) or a column (55 mm) This allows inclusion ofmaterial that makes a width. It is importantthatthe legend is clear- contribution toourknowledgeofnatural history ly visible at these sizes. Photographs should be but forwhich the traditional format ofscientific ofhigh qtiality/high contrast that will reproduce papers is not appropriate. Research reports and clearly. They may be colour slides or colour or contributions will be refereed by external refer- black-and-white prints. Line drawings, maps and ees. Naturalist Notes are generally short, per- graphs may be computer generated or in black sonal accounts ofobservations made in the field Indian Ink on stout white or tracing paper. The by anyone with an interest in natural history. figure numberandthepaper’stitleshouldbewrit- These may also include reports on excursions tenonthebackofeach figure inpencil. Ifahand- and talks, where appropriate, or comment on drawn figure is scanned itmustbedoneatamini- matters relatingto natural history. Letterstothe mumof300dpi. Editormust be no longerthan 500 words. Book Computer-generated figures should be submitted Reviews are usually commissioned, but the edi- ashigh-qualityTIFF,encapsulatedpostscript(EPS) tors also welcome enquiries from potential orhighqualityJPGfilesscannedataminitimumof reviewers. 300dpi,separatelyondiscandnotembeddedintoa Guidelinesforpresentationofpapers MSWorddocument. Low-resolutionJPGtileswill notbeaccepted. Three copies ofthe manuscript should be pro- vided, each includingall tables and copiesoffig- All figuresandtablesshouldberefeiredtointhe ures, Originalartworkandphotoscan bewithheld textandnumberedconsecutively. by the author until acceptance ofthe manuscript. Captions must be numbered consecutively (Fig. Manuscripts should betyped, double spacedwith I,Fig.2,etc.)andputonaseparatepageattheend wcsavapiatodieneldatebmhnleacere)tg.eiolnfSesupthbhaomennidesasupntiauhogomnerbsoewfrnhmuo(amanbniuesdsrcteerodmi.arpietlcPselieasvadhesdoeruceloisdrnsrdbeiie--f doufsoTitannhbogeltmeaausnstueamsbcculraesirtpretid.afiigtteori,rnettsouurc5nhs5wamsitmthhianotrcienl1ls1M.5SUmsWemo.tradbI,sf andnotspaceswhen settingupcolumnswithout aecompaniedbyacoveringletter. The title should be concise, interesting and atableeditor. informativeandnotstatedasaquestion. Tablesshouldbenumberedconsecutively(Table 1, Research reports and contributions must be Table 2, etc.) and have an explanatoiy caption at accompaniedbyanabstractofnotmorethan 150 thetop. words. Theabstractshouldstatethescopeofthe Pleaseconsulttheeditors ifadditionaldetailsare work, give the principal findings and be com- required regarding document formats and image pleteenough forusebyabstractingservices. aspteecisfhiocautlidonsc.onAtuatchtortshewheoditaorresnottoemoampkieitesrpelciitearl- arrangements. 346 The Victorian Naturalist . Animalethics the editors should be consulted. The biblio- Papers reporting work with animals must pro- graphic software ‘EndNote’ should NOT be videdetailsofpermitsforthestudy. used. A styleguidefor The VictorianNaturalist SequenceData isavailableon ourwebsite. Forfurtherinforma- All nucleotide sequence data and alignments tion on style, w'rite to the editors, orconsult the should be submitted to an appropriate public latest issue of The Victorian Naturalist or edi- database, such as Genbank or EMBL. The tion ofStyle ManualforAuthors, Editors and accession numbers for all sequences must be Printers(John Wiley&Sons: Milton,Qld). citedinthearticle. ManuscriptCorrections .JournalStyle Page proofs are sent to the corresponding Authorsareadvisedtonotethelayoutofhead- author for checking prior to publication. At this ings, tables and illustrations as given in recent stageonlyminoralterationsmaybemade. issues ofthe Journal. Single spaces are used afterfull stops, and single quotation marksare ComplimentaryCopies usedthroughout. After publication ofan article in thejournal, Inall papers, firstreferencetoaspeciesshould five complimentary copies ofthat issue are sent use both the common name and binomial. This to the author(s) for each paper. Authors of journal uses capitalised common names for NaturalistNotes and Book Reviewswill receive species, followed bythebinomial in italicswith- twocomplimentary copiesofthejournal. Please out brackets, e.g. Kangaroo Grass Themeda notify the editors before publication ifmore Iriandra. However, where many species are copiesarerequired. bmoetnhticonoemdm,oanlaisntd(abninaopmpieanldinxamaets,themaeynd)b,ewpirteh- TaxonomicNames ferred. Lists must be in taxonomic order using Cite references used for taxonomic names. rtheecoormdmeernidnedwhbieclhowt.hey appear in the references aCuhtehcokris.ngThspeecbioeosksnawmeesusiesatshererfeesrpeonncseisbifloirtyartoif- cles in The VictorianNaturalist are listed below. References Authors should refer to the source used for References in the text should cite author and species names in their manuscripts. In every year,e.g. Brown (1990), (Brown 1990), (Brown case, the latest edition ofthe source should be 1990, 1991),(Brown 1995 unpubl.),(Brownand used. Green 1990), (Brown and Green 1990; Blue Mammals - Menkhorst PW (ed) (1995) 1990; Red 1990). Ifthere are more than two Mammals ofVictoria: Distribution, Ecology authors for a paper use (Brown et al. 1990). and Conservation. (Oxford University Press: These should be included under References, in South Melbourne) alphabetical order, at the end ofthe text (see Reptiles and .Amphibians - Cogger H (2000) below). The use ofunpublished data is accepted ReptilesandAmphibiansofAustralia,6tli edn. only ifthedata isavailableon request forview- (ReedBooks: Chatswood,NSW) ing. Pers. obs. and pers. comm, should not be Insects-CSIRO(1991) TheInsectsofAustralia: included in the list ofreferences. Journal titles a textbookforstudents andresearch workers. sLheoiguhldJ,heBoqudoetnedRiannfdullB.riggs J (1984) Extinct BiVrodlsI-anCdhrIiIs.t(idMiUsP;LMaenldboBuorlnees)WE (1994) The and Endangered Plants ofAustralia. Taxonomy andSpecies ofBirds ofAustralia (Macmillan: South Melbourne) and its Territories Royal Australasian Lunney D(1995) Bush Rat. In The Mammalsof Ornithologists Union Monograph 2, (RAOU: Melbourne) Australia, pp. 651-653. Ed R Strahan. (Australian Museum/Reed New Holland: Plants - Ross JH (ed) (2000) A Census ofthe Sydney) Vascular Plants ofVictoria, 6th edn. (Royal Phillips A and Watson R (1991) Xanthorrhoea: BotanicGardensofVictoria: Melbourne) consequences of‘horticultural fashion’. The VictorianNaturalist 108, 130-133. Pleasesubmitmanuscriptsandenquiriesto: Smith AB (1995) Flowering plants in north- eastern Victoria. (Unpublished PhD thesis. The Editors UniversityofMelbourne) The VictorianNaturalist WolfdiLstarnidbuCthiiopnpeonfdaEluecaGlMypt(u19s81in) TAhuestnraatluiraa.l PO BlacLkobcukrend,VBiacgto3r,ia3130 Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service,Special PublicationsNo6,Canbeira. Phone/Fax(03)98779860. Email vicnat(2!vicnet.net.au Othermethodsofreferencingmaybeacceptable Webaddress: in manuscripts other than research reports, and http://www.vicnet.net.au/~fncv/vicnat.htm Vol. 123 (6) 2006 347