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Publication policy
The South African Journal of Wildlife Research accepts
original full-length papers, short communications, book reviews
as well as reviews on science-based research and management in
the field of renewable natural resources. Contributions will be
sent to at least two referees for review and papers will usually
be published in order of acceptance. Submission of a manuscript
will be taken to imply that the material is original and that no
similar paper is being or will be submitted for publication
elsewhere. Copyright of papers that are published in the Journal
is vested in the Southern African Wildlife Management Association
and authors bear the sole responsibility for the factual accuracy
of their publications. Contributions must be written in English.
Please Note: page charges will be levied for articles
published in the Journal. These are currently R80.00 per printed
page, or part thereof, for members of the Southern African
Wildlife Management Association and R160.00 per printed page, or
part thereof, for non-members. Authors will be invoiced by the
Secretariat: Southern African Wildlife Management Association.
Presentation of manuscripts
The original manuscript and two clear copies should be
submitted. Print on one side of the paper only in double- or
triple-spacing with generous margins; this spacing applies to the
entire article, including abstract, references, tables, figure
captions, etc.
The title must be short (not more than about twelve
words) but sufficiently informative for use in title lists or in
coding for information storage and retrieval.
The abstract may be up to 200 words long and should
give the content of the paper factually and concisely. It should
be suitable for separate publication and adequate for indexing.
The first page should contain the title of the paper, the
author(s) name(s), mail and e-mail address(es) and the abstract.
Please indicate the author to whom correspondence should be
addressed with an asterisk and a footnote '*To whom
correspondence should be addressed'. Start the paper itself on a
new page. Number pages consecutively and identify each page by
the author(s) name(s).
Cite references by name and date in brackets. If there are
more than two authors, all of them should be named at first
mention, thereafter et al. should be used. Refer to all tables
and figures in the text and indicate approximately where they
should appear. Personal communications and unpublished work
should be cited in the text giving the initials, name and date;
they should not appear in the list of references.
Use the SI metric system for units of measurement.
Spell out numbers from one to nine; use numerals for larger
numbers, groups of numbers, fractions or with units, e.g. three;
8-16; 4 kg/ha; 27 impala. Statistical symbols e.g. c should be
identified in the margin (Greek I.c. chi), and variables in
formulae should be in italics.
Scientific names should be given in full in the text
when a genus or species is first mentioned, and should be in
italics or underlined.
References should be listed alphabetically by authors'
surnames. Authors' names appear in capital letters, the rest of
the reference in lower case. Journal names must be abbreviated
according to the World List of Scientific periodicals.
Abbreviations of journal names, NOT book titles, should be in
italics.
MANGNALL, M.J. & CROWE, T.M. 2001. Managing Egyptian geese
on the croplands of the Agulhas Plain, Western Cape, South
Africa. S. Afr. J. Wildl. Res. 31(1&2): 25-34.
BRAND, D.J. 1993. Physical capture of the black-backed jackal
(Canis mesomelas). In: A.A. McKenzie (Ed.), The capture and care
manual: capture, care and transportation of wild African mammals
(pp. 278-285). Wildlife Decision Support Services, Lynwood Ridge.
Tables should be carefully constructed so that the data
presented may be easily understood. Care should be taken not to
overload tables with information or to have an unnecessary
proliferation of tables. When compiling tables the size of the
printed publication should be borne in mind. Consult recent
issues of the Journal for examples of the layout of tables and,
in particular, the layout of column headings. Tables should be
numbered consecutively as they are mentioned in the text, using
arabic numerals, e.g. Table 1, Table 2. All tables must be typed
on separate pages and grouped together at the end of the article.
Illustrations must be prepared on separate A4 sheets
and should be numbered chronologically as they are referred to in
the text using arabic numerals, e.g. Fig. 1, Fig. 2.
Black-and-white illustrations such as drawings, diagrams, maps
and graphs must be originals executed in black on a clean white
background, and one set of original illustrations and two sets of
copies must be submitted, the originals being essential for good
quality reproduction. Photographs should be of excellent quality
on glossy paper with clear details, and.adequate contrast, and
three sets of prints should be submitted. It is important that
lines and symbols be printed sufficiently boldly to withstand
reduction which affects not only the size of the figure but also
the thickness of all lines. Where very fine lines or small dots
are used for shading these may disappear completely with
reduction. Freehand and typewritten lettering and lines are not
acceptable. Authors are requested to pay particular attention to
the proportions of illustrations so that they can be accommodated
in single (69 mm) or double (142 mm) columns after reduction.
Capital letter height should not exceed 10 mm (or be smaller than
3 mm).
All figures should bear on the reverse side and written in
soft pencil, the name of the author, the figure number and, where
confusion might result, an arrow indicating the top of the
figure. Captions for figures must be collected together and typed
on a separate sheet headed 'Captions for Figures'.
Acknowledgments should be brief and direct, and should be made
only for assistance outside the normal duties of the parties
concerned.
Reprints
Twenty-five reprints of papers or reviews are provided free to
the sole or senior author, who must see to an equitable
distribution if there is more than one author. No extra reprints
will be provided but reprints on CD ROM in Adobe Acrobat PDF
format can be ordered (R150) at proof stage. The CD ROM includes
a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader version 4.
Manuscripts for publication should be submitted to:
(We encourage electronic submission in a common word
processing package, as this speeds up the review process.)
The Scientific Editor
Belinda Reyers
South African Journal of Wildlife Reseach
Conservation Planning Unit
Department of Zoology and Entomology
University of Pretoria
Pretoria
0002 South Africa
Tel: +27 [0]12-318 5215
Fax: +27 [0]12-420 3210
e-mail: [email protected]
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