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Functional Ecology Author Guidelines:
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Manuscript Style and Formatting for Standard Papers
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Any Author* a, Another Author b, Third Author c, … and Author Name x
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Department of Life Sciences, University of Somewhere, City, Country
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Department of Life Sciences, University of Somewhere, City, Country
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Department of Life Sciences, University of Somewhere, City, Country
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Department of Life Sciences, University of Somewhere, City, Country
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Corresponding author: a.author@email.com
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Summary
1. This should list the main results and conclusions, using simple, factual,
numbered statements.
2. Summaries are typically less than 350 words and should be understandable in
isolation and by the non-specialist.
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3. Summaries should start with a bullet point 1 describing the broad conceptual
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question addressed by the study, and only delve into the study system and
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specific question in bullet point 2.
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4. Summaries should also end with a final bullet point highlighting the
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conceptual advance(s) that comes from the current study; i.e. it should
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highlight the broader conceptual implication of the results and conclusions of
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the current study.
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5. Advice for optimizing your Summary (and Title) so that your paper is more
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likely to be found in online searches is provided at
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http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/seo.asp
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Key-words A list in alphabetical order not exceeding ten words or short phrases,
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excluding words used in the title.
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Introduction
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The Introduction should state the reason for doing the work, the nature of the
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hypothesis or hypotheses under consideration, and the essential background. Though
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the exact structure of Introductions will vary among papers, they should always start
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by developing the broad conceptual context for the work before delving into the
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details of the study system and the specific question as framed for this paper.
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Materials and methods
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This section should provide sufficient details of the techniques to enable the work to
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be repeated. Do not describe or refer to commonplace statistical tests in Methods but
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allude to them briefly in Results. Details that are valuable but not critical can be
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presented in an Appendix to be published as online supporting information.
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Results
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The results should draw attention in the text to important details shown in tables and
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figures.
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Discussion
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This should point out the significance of the results in relation to the reasons for doing
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the work, and place them in the context of other work.
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Acknowledgements
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In addition to acknowledging collaborators, research assistants, and previous
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reviewers of your manuscript, include relevant permit numbers (including institutional
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animal use permits), acknowledgment of funding sources, and give recognition to
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nature reserves or other organizations that made this work possible.
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Data Accessibility
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Authors are required to provide a statement here. If the paper has archived data
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associated with it, the authors are required to stating the location. To enable readers to
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locate archived data from papers, we require that authors list the database and the
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respective accession numbers or DOIs for all data from the manuscript that has been
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made publicly available.
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For example:
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- Data deposited in the Dryad repository: http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.2vf74
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(Seebacher et al. 2013).
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- Species descriptions: uploaded as online supporting information
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- Phylogenetic data: TreeBASE Study accession no. Sxxxx
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- R scripts: uploaded as online supporting information
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- Sample locations, IMa2 input files and microsatellite data: DRYAD entry doi:
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xx.xxxx/dryad.xxxx
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Archived data should also be included in the references, as a full citation, eg.
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Seebacher, F., Beaman, J. & Little, A.G. (2013) Data from: Regulation of thermal
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acclimation varies between generations of the short-lived mosquitofish (Gambusia
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holbrooki) that developed in different environmental conditions (2013). Dryad Digital
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Repository: http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.2vf74.
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If there is no archived data associated with this paper, the authors should give a
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statement with an explanation, eg.
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All data used in this manuscript are present in the manuscript and its
supporting information.
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This manuscript does not use data (eg. Perspectives, FE Spotlights, etc.)
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Some or all of the data associated with this paper has not been publically
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archived. [Please state the approved justification for this. Long embargoes and
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waivers will only be granted in exceptional circumstances.]
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Specifications
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Manuscripts should be typed in double spacing with a generous margin. The paper
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must include sequential line numbering throughout, and pages should be numbered
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consecutively, including those containing acknowledgements, references, tables and
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figure legends. Authors should submit the main document as a RTF or Word file.
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Figures can be embedded or uploaded as separate files. The RTF and Word will be
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converted to PDF (portable document format) upon upload. Reviewers will review the
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PDF version while the Word file will remain accessible by the Editorial Office.
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Manuscripts must be in English, and spelling should conform to the Concise Oxford
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Dictionary of Current English.
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References
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References to work by up to three authors in the text should be in full on first
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mention, e.g. (Able, Baker & Charles 1986), and subsequently abbreviated (Able et al.
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1986). When different groups of authors with the same first author and date occur,
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they should be cited thus: (Able, Baker & Charles 1986a; Able, David & Edwards
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1986b), then subsequently abbreviated to (Able et al. 1986a; Able et al. 1986b). If the
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number of authors exceeds three, they should always be abbreviated thus: (Carroll et
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al. 2007). References in the text should be listed in chronological order. References in
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the list should be in alphabetical order with the journal name in full. The format for
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papers, entire books, and chapters in books is as follows.
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Carroll, S.P., Hendry A.P., Reznick, D.N. & Fox, C.W. (2007) Evolution on
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ecological time-scales. Functional Ecology, 21, 387-393.
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Darwin, C. (1859) On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the
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Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. J. Murray, London.
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Travis, J. (1994) Evaluating the adaptive role of morphological plasticity. Ecological
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Morphology (eds P.C. Wainwright & S.M. Reilly), pp. 99-122. University of Chicago
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Press, Chicago.
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Platenkamp, G.A.J. (1989) Phenotypic plasticity and genetic differentiation in the
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demography of the grass Anthoxanthum odoratum L. PhD thesis, University of
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California, Davis.
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References should be cited as 'in press' only if the paper has been accepted for
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publication. Other references should be cited as 'unpublished' and not included in the
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list. Any paper cited as 'in press' must be uploaded with the manuscript as a file 'not
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for review' so that it can be seen by the editors and, if necessary, made available to the
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reviewers. Work not yet submitted for publication may be cited in the text and
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attributed to its author as: 'full author name, unpublished data'.
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Citations from World Wide Web. Citations from the World Wide Web are allowed
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only when alternative hard literature sources do not exist for the cited information.
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Authors are asked to ensure that:
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titles, years and authors of the sources being cited;
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fully authenticated addresses are included in the reference list, along with
the sites or information sources have sufficient longevity and ease of access
for others to follow up the citation;
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the information is of a scientific quality at least equal to that of peer-reviewed
information available in learned scientific journals.
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Scientific names. Give the Latin names of each species in full (together with the
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authority for that name for the species studied) at first mention in the main text. If
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there are many species, cite a Flora or checklist that may be consulted instead of
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listing them in the text. Do not give authorities for species cited from published
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references. Use scientific names in the text (with colloquial names in parentheses, if
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desired).
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Makers' names. Special pieces of equipment should be described such that a reader
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can trace specifications by writing to the manufacturer; thus: 'Data were collected
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using a solid-state data logger (CR21X, Campbell Scientific, Utah, USA).' Where
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commercially available software has been used, details of the supplier should be given
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in parentheses or the reference given in full in the reference list.
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Units and symbols. Authors are requested to use the International System of Units
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(SI, Système International d'Unités) where possible for all measurements (see
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Quantities, Units and Symbols, 2nd edn (1975) The Royal Society, London). Note
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that mathematical expressions should contain symbols not abbreviations. If the paper
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contains many symbols, they should be defined as early in the text as possible, or
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within a subsection of the Materials and methods section.
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Mathematical material. Mathematical expressions should be carefully represented.
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Suffixes and operators such as d, log, ln and exp will be set in Roman type; matrices
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and vectors will be set in bold type; other algebraic symbols (except Greek letters)
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will be set in italic. Make sure that there is no confusion between similar characters
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like 'l' (ell) and '1' (one). Also make sure that expressions are spaced as they should
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appear and, if there are several equations, they should be identified by a number in
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parentheses.
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Numbers in text. Numbers from one to nine should be spelled out except when used
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with units; e.g. two eyes, but 10 stomata and 5 years.
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Tables (see Specifications). These should be referred to in the text as Table 1, Table 2,
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etc. Do not present the same data in both figure and table form. Do not use an
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excessive number of digits when writing a decimal number to represent the mean of a
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set of measurements (the number of digits should reflect the precision of the
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measurement).
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Figures
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At the first mention in the main text to the primary organism featured in the paper, an
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image (photo or sketch) of the organism should be included as Figure 1.
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Figures should be referred to in the text as Fig. 1, etc. (note Figs 1 and 2 with no
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period). Illustrations should be referred to as Figures. When possible, include a key to
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symbols on the figure itself rather than in the figure legend.
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Please submit electronic artwork as TIFF files (for half-tones) or non-rasterized EPS
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files (for vector graphics) if possible. Detailed information on the publisher's digital
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illustration standards is available at
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http://authorservices.wiley.com/electronicartworkguidelines.pdf.
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When uploaded the appropriate file designation should be selected from the options
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on Manuscript Central.
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Please ensure that symbols, labels, etc. are large enough for 50% reduction. Figures
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should not be boxed and tick marks should be on the inside of the axes. If several
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photographs are used together to make one figure, they should be well matched for
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tonal range. All figure files should be labelled with the manuscript number and figure
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number.
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Where possible the first figure should show a small image of the primary organism
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that has been studied in the paper. For studies of multiple organisms an image of the
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study site may be used. The name of the photographer should be acknowledged.
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Colour photographs or other figures online incur no costs however it is the policy of
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Functional Ecology for authors to pay the full cost for their print reproduction
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(currently £150 for the first figure, £50 thereafter). If no funds are available to cover
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colour costs, the journal offers free colour reproduction online (with black-and-white
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reproduction in print). If authors require this, they should write their figure legend to
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accommodate both versions of the figure, and indicate their colour requirements on
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the Colour Work Agreement Form. This form should be completed in all instances
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where authors require colour, whether in print or online. Therefore, at acceptance,
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please download the form and return it to the Production Editor (Penny Baker, Wiley-
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Blackwell, John Wiley & Sons, 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2DQ, UK. E-
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mail: penny.baker@wiley.com). Please note that if you require colour content your
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paper cannot be published until this form is received.
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Figure legends. In the full-text online edition of the journal, figure legends may be
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truncated in abbreviated links to the full-screen version. Therefore the first 100
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characters of any legend should inform the reader of key aspects of the figure.
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Tables
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Each table should be on a separate page, numbered and titled.
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