Submissions

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 text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
• The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word (.DOC not .DOCX), or RTF document file format.
• The text is single-spaced; uses a 10-point font; 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.
• 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.