期刊名称：APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Applied Animal Behaviour Science is ranked 7th in the 2001 Agriculture, Dairy and Animal Sciences ISI category, with an impact factor of 1.274.
This journal publishes relevant information on the behaviour of domesticated and utilized animals.
Topics covered include:
- Behaviour of farm, zoo and laboratory animals in relation to animal management and welfare
- Behaviour of companion animals, for example in relation to the training of dogs for different purposes, in relation to behavioural problems
- Studies of the behaviour of wild animals, when these studies are relevant from an applied perspective, for example in relation to wildlife management, pest management or nature conservation
- Methodological studies within relevant fields
The principal subjects are farm, companion and laboratory animals, including, of course, poultry. The journal also deals with the following animal subjects:
- Those involved in any farming system, e.g. deer, rabbits and fur-bearing animals
- Those in ANY form of confinement, e.g. zoos, safari parks and other forms of display
- Feral animals, and any animal species which impinge on farming operations, e.g. as causes of loss or damage
- Species used for hunting, recreation etc. may also be considered as acceptable subjects in some instances
- Laboratory animals, if the material relates to their behavioural requirements
Abstracting / Indexing
- Agricultural Engineering Abstracts
- Animal Behaviour Abstracts
- BIOSIS
- Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology and Environmental Sciences
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- Ecology Abstracts
- Index Veterinarius
- PsycINFO Psychological Abstracts
- Veterinary Bulletin
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Instructions to Authors
Types of contribution
1. Original Research Papers (Regular Papers)
2. Review Articles
3. Short Communications
4. Letters to the Editor
5. Book Reviews
Original Research Papers should report the results of original research. The material should not have been previously published elsewhere, except in a preliminary form.
Review Articles should cover subjects falling within the scope of the journal which are of active current interest. They may be submitted or invited.
A Short Communication is a concise, but complete description of a limited investigation, which will not be included in a later paper. Short communications should be as completely documented, both by reference to the literature and description of the experimental procedures employed, as a regular paper. They should not occupy more than four printed pages (about eight manuscript pages, including figures, tables and references).
Letters to the Editor offering comment or useful critique on material published in the journal are welcomed. The decision to publish submitted letters rests purely with the Editors-in-Chief. It is hoped that the publication of such letters will permit an exchange of views which will be of benefit to both the journal and its readers.
Book Reviews will be included in the journal on a range of relevant books which are not more than 2 years old. Book reviews will be solicited by the Book Review Editor. Unsolicited reviews will not usually be accepted, but suggestions for appropriate books for review may be sent to the Book Review Editor:
D. Fraser
Department of Animal Science and Centre for Applied Ethics
University of British Columbia
2357 Main Mall
Vancouver V6T 1Z4
Canada
Submission of manuscripts
Submission of an article is understood to imply that the article is original and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. Submission also implies that all authors have approved the paper for release and are in agreement with its content. Upon acceptance of the article by the journal, the author(s) will be asked to transfer the copyright of the article to the publisher. This transfer will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information.
Circumstances relating to animal experimentation must meet the International Guiding Principles for Biomedical Research Involving Animals as issued by the Council for the International Organizations of Medical Sciences. They are obtainable from: Executive Secretary C.I.O.M.S., c/o WHO, Via Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland, or at the following URL: http://www.cioms.ch/frame_1985_texts_of_guidelines.htm Unnecessary cruelty in animal experimentation is not acceptable to the Editors of Applied Animal Behaviour Science.
Manuscripts (in English) should be submitted in triplicate to:
The Editorial Office of Applied Animal Behaviour Science
P.O. Box 181
1000 AD Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Fax: +31 20 485 3754
E-mail: agri-eo-f@elsevier.nl
Authors in the USA, Canada, South America, Australia, New Zealand and Japan should submit their manuscripts directly to:
Dr. Harold Gonyou
Prairie Swine Centre, Inc.
P.O.Box 21057
Saskatoon, SK, S7H 5N9
Canada
All questions arising after acceptance of manuscript, especially those relating to proofs, should be directed to: Elsevier Ireland, Elsevier House, Brookvale Plaza, East Park, Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland, Tel.: (+353) 61 709600; Fax: (+353) 61 709111.
Electronic manuscripts
Electronic manuscripts have the advantage that there is no need for the rekeying of text, thereby avoiding the possibility of introducing errors and resulting in reliable and fast delivery of proofs.
For the initial submission of manuscripts for consideration, hardcopies are sufficient. For the processing of accepted papers, electronic versions are preferred. After final acceptance, your disk plus two final and exactly matching printed versions should be submitted together. Double density (DD) or high density (HD) diskettes (3.5 or 5.25 inch) are acceptable. It is important that the file saved is in the native format of the wordprocessor program used. Label the disk with the name of the computer and wordprocessing package used, your name, and the name of the file on the disk. Further information may be obtained from the Publisher.
Preparation of manuscripts
1. Manuscripts should be written in English. Authors whose native language is not English are strongly advised to have their manuscripts checked by an English-speaking colleague prior to submission. Manuscripts that do not conform to standard English style, usage and grammar will be returned to the author for modification prior to scientific review. Authors in Japan please note: upon request, Elsevier Japan will provide authors with a list of people who can check and improve the English of their paper (before submission). Please contact our Tokyo office: Elsevier Japan, 1-9-15, Higashi-Azabu 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0044, Japan; Tel.: (+81) 3 5561 5032; Fax: (+81) 3 5561 5045; e-mail: info@elsevier.co.jp.
In addition, the International Society for Applied Ethology can help members with the preparation of manuscripts for publication in Applied Animal Behaviour Science (and other English-language journals). Non-members of this Society will first need to join to gain access to this service: contact the Membership Secretary, Dr Janice Swanson (jswanson@oznet.ksu.edu). Members should send requests for assistance to Dr Lindsay Matthews, Ruakura Agricultural Centre, Private Bag, Hamilton, New Zealand, Tel.: (+64)7 838 5569; Fax: (+64) 7 838 5727; e-mail: matthewsl@agresearch.cri.nz. Include the paper title, authors, contact address (including fax and e-mail if possible), key words and the journal to which the paper will be submitted. Do not send the manuscript. You will be sent the details of someone who will help you with the English of your paper. The helper should be acknowledged in your paper, but will not expect to be included as an author.
2. Submit the original and two copies of your manuscript. Enclose the original illustrations and two sets of photocopies (three prints of any photographs). 3. Manuscripts should be typewritten, typed on one side of the paper (with numbered lines), with wide margins and double spacing throughout, i.e. also for abstracts, footnotes and references. Every page of the manuscript, including the title page, references, tables, etc., should be numbered. However, in the text no reference should be made to page numbers; if necessary, one may refer to sections. Avoid excessive usage of italics to emphasize part of the text.
4. Manuscripts in general should be organized in the following order:
Title (should be clear, descriptive and concise)
Name(s) of author(s)
Complete postal address(es) of affiliation/s
Full telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address of the corresponding author
Present address(es) of author(s) if applicable
Complete correspondence address, including postal or zip code, and e-mail address to which the proofs should be sent
Abstract
Keywords (indexing terms), normally 3-6 items. Please refer to the Cumulative Indexes (Volume 50, Issues 3-4).
Introduction
Material studied, area descriptions, methods, techniques
Results
Discussion
Conclusion
Acknowledgements and any additional information concerning research grants, etc.
References
Tables
Figure captions
5. In typing the manuscript, titles and subtitles should not be run on within the text. They should be typed on a separate line, without indentation. Use lower-case lettertype.
6. SI units should be used.
7. If a special instruction to the copy editor or typesetter is written on the copy it should be encircled. The typesetter will then know that the enclosed matter is not to be set in type. When a typewritten character may have more than one meaning (e.g. the lower case letter l may be confused with the numeral 1), a note should be inserted in a circle in the margin to make the meaning clear to the typesetter. If Greek letters or uncommon symbols are used in the manuscript, they should be written very clearly, and if necessary a note such as 'Greek lower-case chi' should be put in the margin and encircled.
8. Elsevier reserves the privilege of returning to the author for revision manuscripts and illustrations which are not in the proper form given in this guide.
Abstracts
The abstract should be clear, descriptive and not longer than 400 words.
Tables
1. Authors should take notice of the limitations set by the size and lay-out of the journal. Large tables should be avoided. Reversing columns and rows will often reduce the dimensions of a table.
2. If many data are to be presented, an attempt should be made to divide them over two or more tables.
3. Drawn tables, from which prints need to be made, should not be folded.
4. Tables should be numbered according to their sequence in the text. The text should include references to all tables.
5. Each table should be typewritten on a separate page of the manuscript. Tables should never be included in the text.
6. Each table should have a brief and self-explanatory title.
7. Column headings should be brief, but sufficiently explanatory. Standard abbreviations of units of measurement should be added between parentheses.
8. Vertical lines should not be used to separate columns. Leave some extra space between the columns instead.
9. Any explanation essential to the understanding of the table should be given as a footnote at the bottom of the table.
Illustrations
1. All illustrations (line drawings and photographs) should be submitted separately, unmounted and not folded.
2. Illustrations should be numbered according to their sequence in the text. References should be made in the text to each illustration.
3. Each illustration should be identified on the reverse side (or, in the case of line drawings, on the lower front side) by its number and the name of the author. An indication of the top of the illustrations is required in photographs of profiles, thin sections, and other cases where doubt can arise.
4. Illustrations should be designed with the format of the page of the journal in mind. Illustrations should be of such a size as to allow a reduction of 50%.
5. Lettering should be in Indian ink or by printed labels. Make sure that the size of the lettering is big enough to allow a reduction of 50% without becoming illegible. The lettering should be in English. Use the same kind of lettering throughout and follow the style of the journal.
6. If a scale should be given, use bar scales on all illustrations instead of numerical scales that must be changed with reduction.
7. Each illustration should have a caption. The captions to all illustrations should be typed on a separate sheet of the manuscript.
8. Explanations should be given in the typewritten legend. Drawn text in the illustrations should be kept to a minimum.
9. Photographs are only acceptable if they have good contrast and intensity. Sharp and glossy copies are required. Reproductions of photographs already printed cannot be accepted.
10. Colour illustrations can only be included if the cost of their reproduction is paid for by the author.
11. Advice on the preparation of illustrations can be found at the following URL: http://www.authors.elsevier.com/artwork .
Preparation of supplementary data. Elsevier now accepts electronic supplementary material to support and enhance your scientific research. Supplementary files offer the author additional possibilities to publish supporting applications, movies, animation sequences, high-resolution images, background datasets, sound clips and more. Supplementary files supplied will be published online alongside the electronic version of your article in Elsevier web products, including ScienceDirect: http://www.sciencedirect.com. In order to ensure that your submitted material is directly usable, please ensure that data is provided in one of our recommended file formats. Authors should submit the material in electronic format together with the article and supply a concise and descriptive caption for each file. For more detailed instructions please visit the journal's home page and click on the left-hand side link to the Author Gateway.
References
1. All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references following the text of the manuscript. The manuscript should be carefully checked to ensure that the spelling of author's names and dates are exactly the same in the text as in the reference list.
2. In the text refer to the author's name (without initial) and year of publication, followed, if necessary, by a short reference to appropriate pages. Examples: "Since Peterson (1988) has shown that..."; "This is in agreement with results obtained later (Kramer, 1989, pp. 12-16)".
3. If reference is made in the text to a publication written by more than two authors the name of the first author should be used followed by "et al.". This indication, however, should never be used in the list of references. In this list, names of first author and all co-authors should be mentioned.
4. References cited together in the text should be arranged chronologically. The list of references should be arranged alphabetically on authors' names, and chronologically per author. If an author's name in the list is also mentioned with co-authors, the following order should be used: publications of the single author, arranged according to publication dates - publications of the same author with one co-author - publications of the author with more than one co-author. Publications by the same author(s) in the same year should be listed as 1974a, 1974b, etc.
5. Use the following system for arranging your references:
a. For periodicals
Mastrota, F. M., Mench, J. A., 1994. Avoidance of dyed food by the northern bobwhite. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 42, 109-119.
b. For edited symposia, special issues, etc. published in a periodical
Thompson, K.V., 1991. Flehmen and social dominance in captive female sable antelope, Hippotragus niger. In: Mungal, E.C. (Ed.), Ungulate Behavior and Management. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 29, 121-133.
c. For books
Alcock, J., 1975. Animal Behavior. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA, pp. 173-204.
d. For multi-author books
Challis, J., Olson, D., 1988. Parturition. In: Knobil, E., J. (Ed), The Physiology of Reproduction, Vol. 2. Rven Press, New York, pp. 2177-2216.
6. Abbreviate the titles of periodicals mentioned in the list of references, according to the International List of Periodical Title Word Abbreviations. The correct abbreviation for this journal is: Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci.
7. In the case of publications in any language other than English, the original title is to be retained. However, the titles of publications in non-Latin alphabets should be transliterated, and a notation such as "(in Russian)" or "(in Greek, with English abstract)" should be added.
8. Work accepted for publication but not yet published should be referred to as "in press".
9. References concerning unpublished data and "personal communications" should not be cited in the reference list but may be mentioned in the text.
Formulae
1. Formulae should be typewritten, if possible. Leave ample space around the formulae.
2. Subscripts and superscripts should be clear.
3. Greek letters and other non-Latin or handwritten symbols should be explained in the margin where they are first used. Take special care to show clearly the difference between zero (0) and the letter O, and between one (1) and the letter l.
4. Give the meaning of all symbols immediately after the equation in which they are first used.
5. For simple fractions use the solidus (/) instead of a horizontal line.
6. Equations should be numbered serially at the right-hand side in parentheses. In general only equations explicitly referred to in the text need be numbered.
7. The use of fractional powers instead of root signs is recommended. Powers of e are often more conveniently denoted by exp.
8. Levels of statistical significance which can be mentioned without further explanation are *P< 0.05,**P< 0.01 and ***P< 0.001.
9. In chemical formulae, valence of ions should be given as, e.g. Ca2+ , not as Ca++.
10. Isotope numbers should precede the symbols, e.g. 18O. 11. The repeated writing of chemical formulae in the text is to be avoided where reasonably possible; instead, the name of the compound should be given in full. Exceptions may be made in the case of a very long name occurring very frequently or in the case of a compound being described as the end product of a gravimetric determination (e.g. phosphate as P2O5).
Footnotes
1. Footnotes should only be used if absolutely essential. In most cases it will be possible to incorporate the information in normal text.
2. If used, they should be numbered in the text, indicated by superscript numbers, and kept as short as possible.
Nomenclature
1. Authors and editors are, by general agreement, obliged to accept the rules governing biological nomenclature, as laid down in the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria, and the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
2. All biotica (crops, plants, insects, birds, mammals, etc.) should be identified by their scientific names when the English term is first used, with the exception of common domestic animals.
3. All biocides and other organic compounds must be identified by their Geneva names when first used in the text. Active ingredients of all formulations should be likewise identified.
4. For chemical nomenclature, the conventions of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and the official recommendations of the IUPAC-IUB Combined Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature should be followed.
Copyright
1. Authors, when quoting from someone else's work or when considering reproducing an illustration or table from a book or journal article, should make sure that they are not infringing a copyright.
2. Although in general authors may quote from other published works, they should obtain permission from the holder of the copyright if they wish to make substantial extracts or to reproduce tables, plates, or other illustrations. If the copyright-holder is not the author of the quoted or reproduced material, it is recommended that the permission of the author should also be sought.
3. Material in unpublished letters and manuscripts is also protected, and must not be published unless permission has been obtained.
4. A suitable acknowledgement of any borrowed material must always be made.
Proofs
One set of proofs will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author as given on the title page of the manuscript. Only typesetter's errors may be corrected; no changes in, or additions to, the edited manuscript will be allowed.
Elsevier will do everything possible to get your article corrected and published as quickly and accurately as possible. Therefore, it is important to ensure that all of your corrections are sent back to us in one communication. Subsequent corrections will not be possible, so please ensure that your first sending is complete.
Offprints
1. Twenty-five offprints will be supplied free of charge (100 for Review Articles).
2. Additional offprints can be ordered on an offprint order form, which is included with the proofs.
3. UNESCO coupons are acceptable in payment of extra offprints.
Author Services
Enquiries concerning manuscripts and proofs: questions arising after acceptance of the manuscript, especially those relating to proofs, should be directed to Elsevier Ireland, Elsevier House, Brookvale Plaza, East Park, Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland. Tel.: (+353) 61 709600; Fax: (+353) 61 709111/113.
For privacy, information in each article is password-protected. The author should key in the "Our Reference" code (which is in the letter of acknowledgement sent by the Publisher on receipt of the accepted article) and the name of the corresponding author.
Small Ruminant Research has no page charges.
Editorial Board
Editors-in-Chief:
H. Gonyou, Prairie Swine Centre Inc., Saskatoon, Canada
P. Jensen, Department of Biology, IFM, Linköping university, Sweden
Book Review Editor:
D. Fraser, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Editorial Advisory Board:
M.C. Appleby, The Humane Society of the United States, NW Washington DC, USA
R.G. Beilharz, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
H.J. Blokhuis, Lelystad, The Netherlands
X. Boivin, St-Genés Champanelle, France
J.J. Cooper, Riseholme, Lincoln, UK
S. Edwards, University of Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
E.D. Ekkel, University of Wageningen, Wageningen, The Netherlands
I. Estevez, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
J-M. Faure, Nouzilly, France
A. Fisher, FD McMaster Laboratory Chiswick, Australia
T. Friend, College Station, TX, USA
P.J. Goddard, Graigiebuckler, Aberdeen, UK
K.A. Houpt, Ithaca, NY, USA
R.B. Jones, Edinburgh, UK
L.S. Katz, New Brunwick, NJ, USA
P. Le Neindre, Genes Champanelle, France
A. Leuscher, West Lafayette, IN, USA
V. Molony, Edinburgh, UK
R.C. Newberry, Pullman, WA, USA
C. O'Connor, Lincoln, New Zealand
E.A. Pajor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
L.C. Pinheiro Machado, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
S.M. Rutter, Okehampton, Devon, UK
M.B.H. Schilder, Utrecht, The Netherlands
J. Serpell, Philadelphia, PA, USA
P.B. Siegel, Blacksburg, VA, USA
M. Spinka, Prague, Czech Republic
H. Tanida, Hiroshima, Japan
D.M. Weary, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
T. Widowski, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Manuscripts (in English) should be submitted in triplicate to:
The Editorial Office of Applied Animal Behaviour Science
P.O. Box 181
1000 AD Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Fax: +31 20 485 3754
E-mail: agri-eo-f@elsevier.nl
Authors in the USA, Canada, South America, Australia, New Zealand and Japan should submit their manuscripts directly to:
Dr. Harold Gonyou
Prairie Swine Centre, Inc.
P.O.Box 21057
Saskatoon, SK, S7H 5N9
Canada
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