期刊名称：METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Methods in Ecology and Evolution (MEE) promotes the development of new methods in ecology & evolution, and facilitates their dissemination and uptake by the research community. MEE brings together papers from previously disparate sub-disciplines to provide a single forum for tracking methodological developments in all areas. Papers will be rigorously peer-reviewed to ensure the highest possible quality.
MEE publishes methodological papers in any area of ecology and evolution, including:
Phylogenetic analysis
Statistical methods
Conservation & management
Theoretical methods
Practical methods, including lab and field
This list is not exhaustive, and we welcome enquiries about possible submissions. Methods are defined in the widest terms and may be analytical, practical or conceptual.
A primary aim of the journal is to maximise the uptake of techniques by the community. We recognise that a major stumbling block in the uptake and application of new methods is the accessibility of methods. For example, users may need computer code, example applications or demonstrations of methods.
We encourage the use of online enhancements to papers, and offer extensive facilities for doing this. For example, we are able to publish audio clips, video, flash video as well as computer code and tutorial materials. We encourage authors to view this element of the publication as a priority and to discuss with us ways in which methods can be more readily made available to readers and users.
Since the scope is large, contributions should be of the highest quality. Standard papers describe new methods and how they may be used. We seek Reviews or Mini-reviews that offer timely synthesis, and we encourage Forum articles that stimulate dialogue. For those developing computing tools we publish Applications which are short descriptions of software and its capabilities.
Instructions to Authors
Submission procedure
Submission
Online submission and review of manuscripts is mandatory for all types of papers. Please read and follow the instructions for authors given below. When your manuscript has been prepared in accordance with these instructions and you are ready to submit online, go to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/mee-besjournals, with full instructions and a helpline accessible from the 'Get Help Now' icon.
If submission is completed successfully, a manuscript ID will appear on screen and an e-mail acknowledgement will follow. Subsequent correspondence should be routed via the Journal Coordinator, Elizabeth Horne.
During submission, authors will be required to agree to the Author's Declaration confirming that:
The work as submitted has not been published or accepted for publication, nor is being considered for publication elsewhere, either in whole or substantial part;
The work is original and all necessary acknowledgements have been made;
All authors and relevant institutions have read the submitted version of the manuscript and approve its submission;
All persons entitled to authorship have been so included;
Any potential conflicts of interest have been declared;
All work conforms to the legal requirements of the country in which it was carried out, including those relating to conservation and welfare, and to the Journal's policy on these matters.
We have a word limit of 6000-7000 words, although we encourage authors to be as concise as possible.
Manuscripts should be typed in double-spacing with a generous margin, and pages should be numbered consecutively, including those containing acknowledgements, references, tables and figures. Lines must be numbered, preferably within pages. Typescripts must be in English and spelling should conform to the Concise Dictionary of Current English.
Manuscripts for review must consist of no more than two files and should, ideally, be a single Word or LaTeX file with figures embedded at the end of the text. Please note that we currently cannot accept OpenDocument format submissions. This file will be converted to PDF (portable document format) upon upload. Referees will be given access to the PDF version, although the Word file will remain accessible by the journal office. Authors must therefore open each of the PDF files created during submission to check that conversion has not introduced any errors.
Do not include high-resolution versions of figures at submission; reduce the size and resolution of graphics to give a total file size of less than 1 MB. If a manuscript is accepted, higher quality versions of figures can be submitted at a later stage, such as during a revision. Authors should retain their electronic manuscript file in case of any difficulties arising during online submission.
For full details of MEE's specifications, please refer to the article guide and general specification guide.
Papers must reach certain standards before referees are asked to consider them: submissions that are out of scope of the journal or do not match our criteria may be rejected without review. A member of the editorial team undertakes the pre-review assessment. Manuscripts that are not in the correct format, are too large or which cannot be downloaded and printed reliably, maybe also be returned to authors without review.
At submission, authors are asked to provide the names and contact details of at least four preferred referees. These should be scientists qualified to provide an independent assessment of the work. Authors are also asked to suggest a member of the editorial board to handle the review process. View the current editorial board on this site.
Pre-submission English-language Editing
Authors for whom English is a second language may wish to consider having their manuscript professionally edited before submission to improve the English. We provide a list of independent suppliers of editing services. All services are paid for and arranged by the author, and use of one of these services does not guarantee acceptance or preference for publication.
Decisions and invitations to revise
All submissions will be assessed by one or more editors to determine whether they fall within the general remit of Methods in Ecology and Evolution, address a broad rather than narrow ecological subject area, have the potential to make a substantial contribution and cover a subject area that is topical and, therefore, potentially of interest to a wide readership. Papers that do not fulfil these criteria are likely to be rejected without review. This reduces the burden on both the refereeing community and the editorial system, and enables authors to submit, without delay, to another journal.
After this initial screening, all types of papers are subject to peer review and authors can expect a decision, or an explanation for the delay, within 3 months of receipt. If a revision is invited, the corresponding author should submit the revised manuscript within 6 weeks. Otherwise, revisions may be treated as new submissions and sent for further evaluation by new referees unless there are special reasons for prolonged delay agreed, in advance, with editor.
Authors should ensure that any revised manuscripts do not exceed the journal's stated word limit upon resubmission, and that their response to reviewers' comments is uploaded in the appropriate field rather than attached as a pdf document.
Author material archive policy
Please note that unless specifically requested otherwise, Blackwell Publishing will dispose of all hard copy and electronic material 2 months after publication. If you require the return of any material, please inform the editorial office or production editor when your paper is accepted for publication.
Acceptance and beyond
Accepted manuscripts
Editors reserve the right to modify accepted manuscripts that do not conform to scientific, technical, stylistic or grammatical standards, and minor alterations of this nature may not be seen by authors until the proof stage.
All Authors will be required to sign an Exclusive Licence Form (ELF) when a paper is accepted for publication. Signature of the ELF is a condition of publication and papers will not be passed to the publisher for production unless a signed form has been received. Please note that signature of the Exclusive Licence Form does not affect ownership of copyright for the material. After submission authors will retain the right to publish their paper in various media/circumstances (please see the form for further details).
A link to the appropriate form will be supplied by the editorial office at acceptance. Please read carefully before signing; conditions are changed from time to time and may not be the same as the last time you completed one of these forms.
The copyright statement for all authors will read:
© [date] The Author(s).
Journal compilation © [date] British Ecological Society.
Following acceptance of a manuscript for publication, authors will be asked to upload their final version online at the same time as supplying a signed Exclusive Licence Form to the Editorial Office.
Author Services: tracking of accepted manuscripts
Author Services enables authors to track their article through the production process to publication online and in print. Authors can check the status of their articles online and choose to receive automated e-mails at key stages of production. The author will receive an e-mail with a unique link that enables them to register and have their article automatically added to the system. A complete, current e-mail address must be provided when submitting the manuscript. Visit http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor for more details on online production tracking.
Proofs
The corresponding author will receive an e-mail alert containing a link to a web address from where a PDF file of the proof can be downloaded. A reliable e-mail address must therefore be provided for the corresponding author. Adobe Reader (formerly Acrobat Reader) is required to open PDF files, and is available for free download.
Please note that this file should be annotated electronically and returned by email to the address below. Please correct your proof using the electronic annotation tools as instructed in the ‘Using E-annotation Tools’ guidelines that can be found next to your PDF proof on the e-proofing site. Should you encounter any problems please contact the Production Editor at mee@wiley.com. You will only be able to annotate the file using Acrobat Reader 7.0 or above or Acrobat Professional. NOTE: Earlier versions of Acrobat Reader do not have annotation capabilities.
Please keep a copy of the corrected proof for reference in any future correspondence concerning your paper before publication. Please return your corrected proof or advise the Production Editor if you have no corrections (email is sufficient) within 3 days of receipt. Please return your annotated PDF proof by e-mail to the Production Editor at mee@wiley.com
If you are unable to correct your proof using electronic annotation, please print out your proof and mark corrections onto the hard copy, using standard and consistent symbols, by following the marking in the proof correction symbols located on the e-proofing site. Please return the corrected proof by fax or letter carrier to the address given on the proof covering letter. Alternatively, email a list of your corrections to the Production Editor.
The editors reserve the right to correct the proofs, using the accepted version of the typescript, if the author's corrections are overdue and the journal would otherwise be delayed.
Early View publication
Methods in Ecology and Evolution is covered by the Early View service. Early View articles are complete, full-text articles published online in advance of their publication in a printed issue. Articles are therefore available as soon as they are ready, rather than having to wait for the next scheduled print issue. To register to receive an e-mail alert when your Early View article is published, please register at Wiley Online Library and 'Set Email Alert' from the journal page (view instructions). Alternatively you can receive an alert when your paper is published through Author Services.
Early View articles are complete and final. They have been fully reviewed, revised and edited for publication, and the authors' final corrections have been incorporated. Because they are in their final form, no changes can be made after online publication. The nature of Early View articles means that they do not yet have volume, issue or page numbers, so Early View articles cannot be cited in the traditional way. They are therefore given a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), which allows them to be cited and tracked before allocation to an issue. After print publication, the DOI remains valid and can continue to be used to cite and access the article. More information about DOIs can be found at http://www.doi.org/faq.html.
Open Access: OnlineOpen
OnlineOpen is available to authors of primary research articles who wish to make their article available to non-subscribers on publication, or whose funding agency requires grantees to archive the final version of their article. With OnlineOpen, the author, the author's funding agency, or the author's institution pays a fee to ensure that the article is made available to non-subscribers upon publication via Wiley Online Library, as well as deposited in the funding agency's preferred archive. For the full list of terms and conditions, click here.
Any authors wishing to send their paper OnlineOpen will be required to complete the payment form.
Prior to acceptance there is no requirement to inform an Editorial Office that you intend to publish your paper OnlineOpen if you do not wish to. All OnlineOpen articles are treated in the same way as any other article. They go through the journal's standard peer-review process and will be accepted or rejected based on their own merit.
Offprints
The corresponding author will receive a PDF offprint of their article free of charge at the time of publication within an issue of the journal (i.e. once the article is paginated). Printed offprints may be ordered using the Offprint Order Form supplied with the proofs (see form for charges), provided that the form is returned promptly (i.e. at the time of proof correction). Order forms should be returned to
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Printed Offprints are normally dispatched by surface mail within 3 weeks of publication of the issue in which the paper appears. Please contact the publishers if offprints do not arrive: however, please note that offprints are sent by surface mail, so overseas orders may take up to 6 weeks to arrive. The PDF offprint is e-mailed to the first author at his or her first e-mail address on the title page of the paper, unless advised otherwise; therefore please ensure that the name, address and e-mail of the receiving author are clearly indicated on the manuscript title page if he or she is not the first author of the paper. A copy of the Publisher's Terms and Conditions for the use of the PDF file will accompany the PDF offprint and the file can only be distributed in accordance with these requirements. Authors can also nominate up to three colleagues whom they would like to receive a complimentary PDF offprint.
Robert M. May Prize for the best young author
The British Ecological Society awards the Robert May Prize to the author of the best paper by an early career investigator in any subject area published in each volume of Methods in Ecology and Evolution. Authors will be invited to indicate their eligibility at the time of acceptance. The first-named or sole author will be considered if they are at the start of their independent research career.
Specifications
Please adhere to the following stylistic guides when preparing your material for submission to Methods in Ecology and Evolution.
Article types
STANDARD PAPERS
The manuscript should be arranged as follows.
Title page. This should contain:
A concise and informative title. Do not include the authorities for any taxonomic names.
A list of authors' names and addresses.
The name, address and e-mail address of the corresponding author. Include a telex or fax number if possible.
A running title not exceeding 45 characters.
A word count of the entire paper including references, tables and figure legends.
Summary (called the Abstract on the web submission site). This should outline the purpose of the paper and the main results, conclusions and recommendations, using clear, factual numbered statements. The Summary should follow a formula in which point 1 sets the context and need for the work; point 2 indicates the approach and methods used; the next 2-3 points outline the main results; and the last point identifies the wider implications and relevance to management or policy. The whole Summary should be readily understandable to all the Journal's readers, and must not exceed 350 words.
Key-words. A list in alphabetical order not exceeding 10 words or short phrases. Avoid overlap with the title.
Introduction. State the reason for the work, the context and the hypotheses being tested.
Materials and methods. Include sufficient details for the work to be repeated.
Results. State the results, drawing attention to important details in tables and figures.
Discussion. Point out the importance of the results and place them in the context of previous studies and in relation to the application of the work (expanding on the Synthesis and applications section of the Summary). Where appropriate, set out recommendations for management or policy.
Acknowledgements. Be brief.
References (see Specifications below).
Tables (see Specifications). These should be referred to in the text as Table 1, etc. Avoid duplication between figures and tables.
Figures (see Specifications). Figures and their legends should be grouped together at the end of the paper. Figures should be referred to in the text as Fig. 1, Figs 1 & 2, etc. Photographic illustrations should also be referred to as Figures.
Supporting Information and Appendices. Supporting information may be published in the online version of the article. Instructions for the preparation of Supporting Information are given at http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/suppmat.asp.
In order to promote the advancement of science through the process of documenting and making available the research information and supporting data behind published studies, the editors of this journal strongly encourage authors to make arrangements for archiving their underlying data.
REVIEWS
Reviews should provide timely synthesis of topical themes in major areas of applied ecology. They should also offer new insights or perspectives to guide future research efforts. The editors are actively seeking reviews and mini-reviews, and will be happy to discuss proposals with authors before submission. The title page, summary, references and supporting elements should follow the format for standard papers, but the layout of the main text can be flexible.
FORUM ARTICLES
Forum articles are inteneded to stimulate debate in the ecological community. They should be short contributions offering conceptual advances, opinions, responses to previous articles, or identifying gaps in knowledge. We welcome items that develop dialogue between ecologists and environmental managers. The title page, summary references, tables and figures should follow the format for standard papers.
APPLICATIONS
These are short (1-2 published pages; around 3000 words) descriptions of new software, equipment or other practical tools. These are intended to describe and promote new tools as well as to act as a citeable source for developers. Application papers are made free to access for all readers, to encourage uptake of the methodologies they describe. Uploading a package to a site such as CRAN or sourceforge in advance is not considered prior publication, and will not hinder your submission to Methods in Ecology and Evolution.
Content specifications
FIGURES
Figures should appear above their respective legends on separate pages at the end of the paper. Legends should provide enough details for the figures to be understood without reference to the text. Information (e.g. keys) that appear on the figure itself should not be duplicated in the legend. In the full-text online edition of the Journal, figure legends may be truncated in abbreviated links to the full screen version. Therefore, the first 100 characters of any legend should inform the reader of key aspects of the figure.
Figures should be drawn to publication quality and to fit into a single column width (7 cm) wherever possible. To make best use of space, you may need to rearrange parts of figures. Please ensure that axes, tick marks, symbols and labels are large enough to allow reduction to a final size of c. 8 point, i.e. capital letters should be c. 2mm tall. Figures should not be boxed and tick marks should be on the inside of the axes. Lettering should use a sans serif font (e.g. Helvetica, Arial) with capitals used for the initial letter of the first word only. Bold lettering should not be used. Units of axes should appear in parentheses after the axis name.
Electronic images and figures should be submitted as TIFF files (for half-tones), EPS files (for vector graphics) or PDF files, if possible. These are standard formats when exporting from graphics packages such as CorelDraw, Excel, Freehand and Illustrator.
Photographs should have good contrast. Where photographs are used together to make one figure, they should be well matched for tonal range. Photographs submitted electronically should be saved at 300 d.p.i. in TIFF or BMP format at the final reproduction size.
For full instructions on preparing your figures, please refer to our Electronic Information for Authors.
Colour photographs or other figures are reproduced online free of charge. This includes the PDF version. Authors are encouraged to make good use of colour wherever possible.
TABLES
Units should appear in parentheses after the column or row title. Each table should be on a separate page, numbered and titled, and included at the end of the paper before the figures.
REFERENCES
References in the text should be separated by a semi-colon. Papers with more than three authors should be abbreviated: (Manel et al. 1999). Work with the same first author and date should be coded by letters: (Thompson et al. 1991a,b). References should be listed in chronological order within the text. The references in the list should be in alphabetical order with the journal name in full. The format should be as follows:
Begon, M., Harper, J.L. & Townsend, C.R. (1996) Ecology: Individuals, Populations and Communities, 3rd edn. Blackwell Science, Oxford.
Tuyttens, F.A.M. (1999) The consequences of social perturbation caused by badger removal for the control of bovine tuberculosis in cattle: a study of behaviour, population dynamics and epidemiology. PhD thesis, University of Oxford, Oxford.
McArthur, W.M. (1993) History of landscape development. Reintegrating Fragmented Landscapes (eds R.J. Hobbs & D.A. Saunders), pp. 10-22. Springer Verlag, Berlin.
Hill, M.O., Roy, D.B., Mountford, J.O. & Bunce, R.G.H. (2000) Extending Ellenberg's indicator values to a new area: an algorithmic approach. Journal of Applied Ecology, 37, 3-15.
R Development Core Team (2009) R: A Language and Environment for Statistical Computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna. URL http://www.R-project.org [accessed 18 November 2009]
References should be cited as 'in press' only if the paper has been accepted for publication. Work not yet submitted for publication or under review should be cited as 'unpublished data', with the author's initials and surname given; such work should not be included in the Reference section. Any paper cited as 'in press' or under review elsewhere must be uploaded as part of the manuscript submission as a file 'not for review' so that it can be seen by the editors and, if necessary, made available to the referees.
We recommend the use of a tool such as EndNote or Reference Manager for reference management and formatting. EndNote reference styles can be searched for here and Reference Manager reference styles can be searched for here.
CITATIONS FROM THE WORLD WIDE WEB
Methods in Ecology and Evolution accepts that authors may sometimes wish to cite information available from the world wide web in similar ways to the citation of published literature. In using this option, authors are asked to ensure that:
Fully authenticated addresses are included in the reference list, along with titles, years and authors of the sources being cited, and the most recent date the site was accessed;
The sites or information sources have sufficient longevity and ease of access for others to follow up the citation;
The information is of a scientific quality at least equal to that of peer-reviewed information available in learned scientific journals;
Hard literature sources are used in preference where they are available.
It is likely that official web sites from organisations such as learned societies, government bodies or reputable NGOs will most often satisfy quality criteria.
SCIENTIFIC NAMES
Give Latin names in full, together with the naming authority at first mention in the main text. Alternatively, where there are many species, cite a Flora or check-list. Do not give authorities for species cited from published references. Latin names following common names should not be separated by a comma or brackets.
MAKERS' NAMES
Special pieces of equipment should be described such that a reader can trace specifications by writing to the manufacturer; thus: 'Data were collected using a solid-state data logger (CR21X, Campbell Scientific, Utah, USA).' Where commercially available software has been used, details of the supplier should be given in brackets or the reference given in full in the reference list.
UNITS, SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATION
Authors should use the International System of Units (S.I., Systeme International d'Unités; see Quantities, Units and Symbols, 2nd edn (1975) The Royal Society, London). Use 'L' for litre not 'l' to avoid confusion with 'one'. Use the negative index for units, e.g. number of insects g-1 dry wt (also note there is no period for wt). Probability values should be denoted as P. Mathematical expressions should contain symbols not abbreviations. If the paper contains many symbols, they should be defined as early in the text as possible, or within the Materials and Methods.
MATHEMATICAL MATERIAL
Mathematical expressions should be carefully represented. Wherever possible, mathematical equations and symbols should be typed in-line by keyboard entry (using Symbol font for Greek characters, and superscript options where applicable). Do not embed equations or symbols using Equation Editor or Math Type, or equivalents, when simple in-line, keyboard entry is possible. Equation software should be used only for displayed multi-line equations, and equations and symbols that cannot be typed. Suffixes and operators such as d, log, ln and exp will be set in Roman type: matrices and vectors will be set in italic. Make sure that there is no confusion between similar characters like l ('ell') and 1 ('one'). Ensure that expressions are spaced as they should appear. Equations should be identified as eqn 1, eqn 2, etc.
NUMBER CONVERSATIONS
Text: Numbers from one to nine should be spelled out except when used with units, e.g. two eyes but 10 stomata and 5 °C, 3 years and 5 kg.
Tables: Do not use excessive numbers of digits when writing a decimal number. The level of significance implied by numbers based on experimental measurements should reflect, and not exceed, their precision; only rarely can more than 3 figures be justified. Be consistent within tables.
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Professor Rob Freckleton, Sheffield University, UK
Main Editorial Office
Elizabeth Horne, British Ecological Society, UK
Editorial Board
Gabriel Bowen, Purdue University, USA
Dan Faith, Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia
Thomas Hansen, University of Oslo, Norway
Luke Harmon, University of Idaho, USA
Dave Hodgson, University of Exeter, UK
Jana McPherson, Calgary Zoological Society and Simon Fraser University, Canada
Jane Molofsky, University of Vermont, USA
David Murrell, University College London, UK
David Orme, Imperial College London, UK
Sergei L Kosakovsky Pond, University of California, San Diego, USA
Emmanuel Paradis, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, France
Pedro Peres-Neto, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
Oliver Pybus, University of Oxford, UK
Satu Ramula, Lund University, Sweden
Sean Rands, University of Bristol, UK
Mark Rees, University of Sheffield, UK
Andy Tatem, University of Florida, USA
David Warton, The University of New South Wales, Australia
Nigel Yoccoz, Institute of Biology, University of Tromsø, Norway
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