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General style points for manuscript preparation
Give Latin names in full at first mention in the main text.
Subsequently, the genus name may be abbreviated, except at the beginning
of a sentence. If there are many species, cite a Flora or check-list
which may be consulted for authorities instead of listing them in the
text. Latin names following common names should not be separated by a
comma or brackets.
Authors should use the International System of Units (S.I., Système
International d’Unités; see Quantities, Units and Symbols, 2nd edn
(1975) The Royal Society, London). If the paper contains many symbols,
they should be defined as early in the text as possible, or within the
Materials and methods section. Journal style for time units are: s, min,
h, days, weeks, months, years. Use ‘L’ for litre not ‘l’ to avoid
confusion with ‘one’. Use the negative index for units, e.g. number of
insects g-1dry wt (also note there is no period for wt). Probability
values should be denoted as P.
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). 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. If there are several equations they
should be identified by an equation number (i.e. ‘eqn 1’ after the
equation, and cited in the text as ‘equation 1’).
Numbers from one to nine should be spelled out except when used with
units, e.g. two eyes but 10 stomata; 5 °C, 3 years and 5 kg. Do not use
excessive numbers of digits when writing a decimal number to represent
the mean of a set of measurements. 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.