Journal of Wildlife Management and Wildlife Society Bulletin Author Guidelines February 2016 Prepared by PAUL R. KRAUSMAN, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Wildlife Management ; University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA DAVID A. HAUKOS, Editor-in-Chief, Wildlife Society Bulletin; U.S. Geological Survey, Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA ALLISON S. COX,1 Content Editor, Journal of Wildlife Management, Gainesville, FL 32068, USA ANNA S. C. KNIPPS,1 Editorial Assistant, Journal of Wildlife Management, Golden, CO 80401, USA JANET L. WALLACE, 2 Editorial Assistant, Wildlife Society Bulletin, Lubbock, TX 79416 TRACY E. BOAL, 2 Editorial Assistant, Wildlife Society Bulletin, Lubbock, TX 79424 1 Journal of Wildlife Management Editorial Office: [email protected] 2 Wildlife Society Bulletin Editorial Office: [email protected] 2 Krausman et al. Table of Contents NAVIGATING THE GUIDELINES........................................................................................... 4 TWS JOURNAL POLICIES ....................................................................................................... 5 PREVIOUS PUBLICATION .................................................................................................................................... 5 SECURING APPROPRIATE APPROVAL(S) ......................................................................................................... 6 Animal Care and Use ............................................................................................................................................ 6 Human subjects ..................................................................................................................................................... 7 COPYRIGHT ............................................................................................................................................................ 7 EMBARGO POLICY ................................................................................................................................................ 7 PAGE CHARGES ..................................................................................................................................................... 8 SUBJECT MATTER DIFFERENCES BETWEEN JOURNALS ........................................... 9 JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT SUBJECT MATTER ........................................................................ 10 Research Articles and Notes ................................................................................................................................ 10 Commentary ........................................................................................................................................................ 11 Review ................................................................................................................................................................. 11 Letter to the Editor .............................................................................................................................................. 11 Invited Paper ....................................................................................................................................................... 12 Special Section ..................................................................................................................................................... 12 Book Review ........................................................................................................................................................ 13 WILDILFE SOCIETY BULLETIN SUBJECT MATTER ........................................................................................ 13 Original Article ................................................................................................................................................... 13 Emerging Issues ................................................................................................................................................... 14 Tools and Technology .......................................................................................................................................... 14 In My Opinion ...................................................................................................................................................... 14 From the Field ..................................................................................................................................................... 15 Letter to the Editor .............................................................................................................................................. 15 Special Section ..................................................................................................................................................... 15 Invited Articles ..................................................................................................................................................... 16 FORMAT ..................................................................................................................................... 16 PAGE FORMAT ..................................................................................................................................................... 16 TITLE PAGE: RUNNING HEAD, TITLE, AND AUTHORS ............................................................................... 17 ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................................................................ 19 KEY WORDS ......................................................................................................................................................... 20 TEXT PAGES ......................................................................................................................................................... 20 Headings .............................................................................................................................................................. 20 Major Sections of Manuscript ............................................................................................................................. 21 LITERATURE CITED ............................................................................................................................................ 24 FIGURES AND TABLES ....................................................................................................................................... 25 Figures ................................................................................................................................................................. 26 Tables .................................................................................................................................................................. 27 APPENDICES ......................................................................................................................................................... 29 SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL ............................................................................................................................. 30 STYLE AND USAGE ................................................................................................................. 31 NUMBERS AND UNIT NAMES ........................................................................................................................... 32 TIME AND DATES ................................................................................................................................................ 33 3 Krausman et al. MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS ................................................................................................................... 33 EQUATIONS .......................................................................................................................................................... 34 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ................................................................................................................ 35 PUNCTUATION ..................................................................................................................................................... 36 ENUMERATING SERIES OF ITEMS ................................................................................................................... 37 COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES ................................................................................................................ 37 MEASUREMENT UNITS ...................................................................................................................................... 38 CITING LITERATURE IN TEXT .......................................................................................................................... 39 Citing unpublished sources in text ....................................................................................................................... 40 Citing equipment and statistical software ........................................................................................................... 41 SUBMISSIONS ........................................................................................................................... 42 COVER LETTER ...................................................................................................................................................