Submissions

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Author Guidelines

The first corresponding author must be accompanied with contact details:

  • E-mail address
  • Full postal address (incl street name and number (location), city, postal code, state/province, country)
  • Phone and facsimile numbers (incl country phone code)

All necessary files have been uploaded, and contain:

  • Keywords
  • Running titles
  • All figure captions
  • All tables (incl title and note/description)

Further considerations

  • Manuscript has been spell & grammar-checked. Better, if it is revised by a professional science editor or a native English speaker
  • References are in the correct format for this journal
  • All references mentioned in the Reference list are cited in the text, and vice versa
  • Colored figures are only used if the information in the text may be losing without those images
  • Charts (graphs and diagrams) are drawn in black and white images; use shading to differentiate

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word (.DOC not .DOCX), or RTF document file format.
  • The text is single-spaced, one column; uses a 10-point font (or adjust to the template); employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Guidance for Authors.
  • Most of the references come from current scientific journals (c. 80% published in the last 10 years), except for taxonomic papers.
  • Where available, DOIs for the references have been provided.
  • When available, a certificate for proofreading is included.