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1. FORMAT OF THE MANUSCRIPT
REGULAR PAPERS
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Manuscripts must be sent as a MS
Word file, written with Times New Roman 12, double spaced (including
tables and figure legends), and aligned to the left. |
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Pages have to be numbered and include line
numbers. |
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The title, in capitals, is written in English
and Spanish for articles in English and in Spanish and English for
articles in Spanish. |
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A running title of a maximum of 50 characters
should be provided. |
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Author names are followed by affiliations and
the electronic address of the correspondent author. If there is
more than one author, affiliations are denoted by superscript numbers
after each name. |
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Manuscript is organized in ABSTRACT, KEYWORDS,
RESUMEN, PALABRAS CLAVES (for both keywords and palabras claves
include a maximum of five, avoiding repetition of words included
in the title; arrange them alphabetically), INTRODUCTION, MATERIAL
AND METHODS, RESULTS, DISCUSSION, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, and BIBLIOGRAPHY.
If an APPENDIX is needed place it after BIBLIOGRAPHY. |
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The fusion of RESULTS and DISCUSSION in one
section is not desirable. If the manuscript needs to be structured
in a different form, consult the Editor before submitting it. |
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The title of each section is written in capitals
and centered and subtitles in small caps (e.g., SAMPLING DESIGN)
and aligned to the left. |
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Use italics for scientific names and latin
locutions. Do not include underlined words or tabs. |
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The fist time that a taxon of species of subspecies
level is mentioned, write the whole name including the author. |
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Use units and symbols of the metric system;
for decimals use “.” if the text is written in English
or “,” if the text is written in Spanish. |
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Short communications are short articles of up to 1500 words (including
BIBLIOGRAPHY). Format differences with a regular article are:
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Short communications include Title,
Author(s), affiliation(s), Resumen (for notes written in English)
or Abstract (for those written in Spanish), text, Acknowledgements,
and Bibliography. |
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The resumen or abstract has a maximum extension
of 50 words. |
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Do not include key words. |
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS have a maximum of 30 words. |
2. TABLES
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Tables are numbered with Arabic
numerals, and above have a descriptive title in English and Spanish. |
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Titles should be concise but self informative.
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Tables are designed with the table editor
of MS Word. Do no use the space bar or tabs to align values. If
needed use the align paragraph function. |
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Each table with its title goes in separate
pages after BIBLIOGRAPHY or APPENDIX. |
3. FIGURES
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Figures are numbered with Arabic
numerals. |
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If needed refer to figure parts with letters. |
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Do not frame graphs. |
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Figures in color should be sent in EPS format.
For submission figures should be scanned with a minimum resolution
of 300 dpi, file format jpg, giff, or bmp. |
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Figure legends must be written in English
and Spanish |
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Figure legends are included in one page after
the tables if present. |
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Place figures one per page at the end of the
manuscript. |
4. SYSTEMATIC STUDIES
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Nomenclature must follow the International
Code of Zoological Nomenclature 2000. |
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Systematic studies must be based on specimens
housed in recognized collections. Museum numbers must be provided
in the manuscript. |
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For the scientific names, author names with
initials must be written without spaces between initials and name
(e.g., I.M.Johnst). |
5. GENETIC SEQUENCES
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Protein and DNA sequences must be submitted to Genbank
and their access number provided in the manuscript. |
6. BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Citations in the text must include
author name and year without comma (e.g., Mayr 1999). If there are
two authors use & (e.g., Vargas & Parra 2005). If there
are more than three authors write only the name of the fist one
followed by et al. (e.g., Vergara et al. 2006). If there
are more than one paper by the same author in the same year, use
letters to differentiate them (e.g., Gallardo et al. 1998a,
1998b, 1998c). Multiple cites are ordered chronologically (e.g.,
Vergara et al. 2006; Fernández 1992, 2005; Mayr
1999). |
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Do not cite meeting abstracts. |
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The bibliographic list includes only references
cited in the text, alphabetically arranged according the name of
the first author. Author names are written in small caps (SMALL
CAPS). |
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Journal names are not abbreviated. |
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Use the following format: |
Journal article:
ANGULO, A.O., LEMAIRE, C. & OLIVARES, T.S. 2004. Catálogo crítico
e ilustrado de las especies de la famila Saturniidae en Chile (Lepidoptera:
Saturniidae). Gayana 68(1):20-42.
Book:
DONOSO-BARRIOS, R. 1966. Reptiles de Chile. Ediciones Universidad de Chile,
Santiago. 458 pp.
Chapter in and edited book:
DE QUEIROZ, K. 1998. The general lineage concept of species, species criteria,
and the process of speciation: a conceptual unification and terminological
recommendations. In: Endless Forms: Species and Speciation (Eds. Howard,
D.J. & S.H. Berlocher), pp. 57-75. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Thesis (acceptable only if there is not alternative source):
RODRÍGUEZ, M.A. 2001. Scriptania Hampson, 1905 y Strigania Hampson,
1905: dos géneros de hadeninos de la región neotropical
(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hadeninae). ¿Igualdad o Similitud? Tesis
de Magíster. Universidad de Concepción. Concepción,
Chile.
Web Pages (acceptable only if there is not alternative
source):
SHACKLE, L. 1998. Citing Electronic Resources. Arizona State University
Libraries. URL: http://www.asu.edu/lib/noble/library/cit_elec.htm
Accessed: September 30, 1999.
7. ELECTRONIC REPRINT
A PDF of the published paper will be sent to the correspondent author. |
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