Madroño

Instructions for manuscript preparation for Madroño

TITLE PAGE

On title page, provide:  

ABSTRACT and KEYWORDS

On a separate page, provide the abstract and up to eight keywords.  Words from the title may be included in the keywords.  Each keyword should be useful as a term for a literature search.

BOTANICAL NOMENCLATURE

Identify organisms by botanical name first (followed by common name in parentheses, if desired).  Identify the family of your species of interest in the title or at the first use, e.g., Juniperus communis L. (Cupressaceae).

Generic names are spelled out the first time they are used and should be abbreviated thereafter (unless starting a sentence or where abbreviations may be confusing).  If an article contains multiple botanical names, spell out the generic name the first time it appears in each major section.

Authorities for botanical names must be provided (preferably when first used, but not in the title), or a reference can be given wherein the authorities can be found.  Because usage of botanical names varies between investigators and can be ambiguous when out of context, conformance to a comprehensive nomenclatural standard is highly desirable.

Use Index herbariorum, 8th ed. (Regnum Veg. Vol. 120. 1990) for designations of herbaria.  http://www.nybg.org/bsci/ih/ih.html

Abbreviate subspecies as subsp. [never as ssp.]

Check spelling, including botanical names and names of people.

HEADINGS

No heading is needed for the "Introduction", but this should start on a new page, following the abstract and keywords.

Major headings should be centered and in all upper case.  This includes: methods (or materials and methods, results, discussion, acknowledgments (if included) and literature cited.  Results and discussion sections can be combined.  Example:

METHODS

Second-level headings should be centered and in upper and lower case.  Example:

Pollination Studies

Third-level headings should start the paragraph and be italicized, ending with a period.  Example:

            Reproductive isolation.  An additional criterion for establishing the taxonomic rank of sympatric taxa ...

STATISTICS

Provide P values for statistical tests [e.g., (P = 0.003) or  (P < 0.001)].  If P value is less than 0.001, just indicate this—you do not need to provide all significant figures.  If appropriate, also provide other statistical data (e.g., F values, etc.)

OTHER DETAILS

Use Fig. and Figs. in text and captions (not Figure or Figures).

Use Table in text and captions. 

Spell out numbers less than 10 (e.g., one, two, three, . nine). 

CITATIONS

Check format and capitalization of references before submitting your manuscript.  See below for examples.

Capitalize only the first word of titles.

Provide the publisher, city and state (or country of non-U.S. cities) of publication for books and book sections. 

Before submitting the manuscript, check each citation in the text against the Literature Cited to see that they match exactly.  Delete citations if they are not cited in the article.

Citations should be in order alphabetically by first author, then grouped by number of authors (1, 2, 3 or more), then alphabetically within each group.

TEXT REFERENCES

Within the text, you should refer to citations as follows (pay attention to the use of commas and semi-colons, and note that references should be in chronological order): 

(Johnson 2002; Franklin 2003; Jones 2003)

(Smith 1990; Franklin and Johnson 1995; Jones et al. 2000, 2001)

(Smith in press)

(Smith personal communication)

(Jones 1996a, b, c, 1997)

Smith (1990) found that .

Samples for citation format

Journal articles:

Critchfield, W. B.  1977.  Hybridization of foxtail and bristlecone pines.  Madroño 24:193-211.

Jones, R.M.  In Press.  Studies in the botany of California and parts adjacent.  Madroño.

Rajakaruna, N. and B. A. Bohm.  1999.  The edaphic factor and patterns of variation in Lasthenia californica (Asteraceae).  American Journal of Botany 86:1576-1596.

Books:

Lüttge, U.  1997.  Physiological ecology of tropical plants.  Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany.

Wickens, G.E.  2001.  Economic botany: principles and practices.  Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 

Zar, J. H.  1999.  Biostatistical analysis.  Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.

Edited Books:

Baker, H. G. and G. L. Stebbins (eds.).  1965.  The genetics of colonizing species. Academic Press, New York, NY.

Hickman, J. C. (ed.).  1993.  The Jepson manual: higher plants of California. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.

Section of a Book:

Barrett, S. C. H.  2000.  Microevolutionary influences of global changes on plant invasions. Pp. 115-140 in H. A. Mooney and R. J. Hobbs (eds.), Invasive species in a changing world. Island Press, Washington, DC.

Sawyer, J. O. and D. Thornburgh.  1988.  Montane and subalpine vegetation of the Klamath Mountains. Pp. 699-732 in M. G. Barbour and J. Major (eds.), Terrestrial vegetation of California. California Native Plant Society, Sacramento, CA.

Theses and Dissertations:

Hohn, J. E.  1975.  Biosystematic studies of the genus Lewisia, section Cotyledon (Portulacaceae).  Ph.D. dissertation.  University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

Mastrogiuseppe, R. J.  1972.  Geographic variation in foxtail pine, Pinus balfouriana Grev. & Balf.  M.S. thesis.  Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA.