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3.2 Format
Initial submission
As a rule the manuscript should be arranged as follows: Title page, Abstract (max. 300
words), Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions (optional),
Acknowledgements, Literature Cited. If necessary, these sections may be structured
using further subtitles. When different methods apply to different subsections (e.g.
describing stand-alone experiments) the Methods and Results for that specific section
can be combined. Manuscript layout must have double-line spacing, a left-hand margin
of at least 2.5 cm and line numbers throughout the text (use continuous line numbers, if
possible). Pages should be numbered from the title page to the figure legends inclusive.
Each figure and table should be placed on a separate page.
Both English and American spelling is permissible, but spelling should be used
consistently throughout the manuscript.
The first page of the manuscript must contain the following information: title; first name
and further initials and surname(s) of the author(s); name and full institutional address
of each author (including an E-mail address if available) - if there are multiple authors
add '(corresponding author)' after the appropriate name; running title (should not exceed
72 characters, including spaces); the total number of words in the text including the
title, references and figure legends.
Final submission
After final acceptance the original manuscript text and tables, and files of all figures
should be uploaded to the
Manuscript Central Author centre. We ask that you convey
the essential information of each figure and table within the first 60 characters of the
captions to accommodate the online edition. Each figure, table, and bibliographic entry
must have a reference in the text.
Please do not import the figures into the text file. Tables should be supplied as text and
not as graphics files. The text should be prepared using standard word processors
(Microsoft Word) or saved in rich-text (rtf) format, but please note that we are unable to
accept files created in PDF or WordPerfect format. Do not use automated or manual
hyphenation.
For further information please consult
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/authors/journal.asp
3.3 Length
Papers, including figures, tables, literature cited, etc. should normally not exceed 12
printed pages which corresponds to approximately 5000 words.
3.4 Units, Abbreviations and Nomenclature
All units of measurement must conform to the SI-System. Days = d, hours = h, minutes
= min, seconds = s, grams = g, litres = l, metres = m, sample size = n, median =('x tilde')
or median, arithmetic mean =('x bar'), degrees of freedom = df, standard error of the
mean = SE, standard deviation = SD, probability = p, not significant = ns, year(s) = yr,
month(s) = mo, figure = Fig., table = Table, versus = vs, species = sp.