期刊名称：CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE ZOOLOGIE
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Published since 1929, this monthly journal is Canada's best known publication in the broad field of zoology. It has achieved international prominence due to contributions by respected scientists in the areas of behaviour, biochemistry and physiology, developmental biology, ecology, genetics, morphology and ultrastructure, parasitology and pathology, and systematics and evolution.
Instructions to Authors
Introduction
The Canadian Journal of Zoology (Can. J. Zool.) publishes, in English or French, articles, notes, reviews, and comments in the general fields of behaviour, biochemistry and physiology, developmental biology, ecology, genetics, morphology and ultrastructure, parasitology and pathology, and systematics and evolution. Manuscripts must contain significant new findings of fundamental and general zoological interest and may not be considered if they do not meet these criteria. Surveys and descriptions of new species are published only where there is sufficient new biological information or taxonomic revision also involved to render the paper of general zoological interest. Low priority is given to confirmatory studies, investigations primarily of local or regional interest, techniques unless of broad application, and species range extensions.
Types of papers
Articles are reports of research. They should not normally exceed 30 pages of text (Abstract, Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion). Notes are brief reports of original research. They should not be longer than about 14 manuscript pages and they may be organized like articles, with formal headings, or more simply. Reviews must deal with topics of general interest or current importance, and should be synthetic rather than comprehensive in emphasis. They will be considered only after invitation by or agreement with the Editors. Comments are short critiques of papers previously published in Can. J. Zool. Authors are invited to rebut these critiques.
Ethics
Authors must give assurance that no part of their manuscript reporting original work is being considered for publication, in whole or in part, by another journal. The corresponding author must affirm that all of the authors have read and approved of the manuscript.
All authors, Canadian or foreign, who describe experiments on animals are required to give assurance in the Materials and methods that the animals were cared for in accordance with the principles and guidelines of the Canadian Council on Animal Care (see Guide to the Care and Use of Experimental Animals, Vol. 1 (2nd ed., 1993) and Vol. 2 (1984); this guide is available from the Canadian Council on Animal Care, Constitution Square, Tower 2, Suite 315, 350 Albert Street, Ottawa, ON K1R 1B1, Canada). Studies with unwarranted numbers of rare or endangered species may not be accepted.
Conflict of interest and disclosure
The Editors recognize that authors and peer reviewers may have real or perceived conflicts of interest arising from intellectual, personal, or financial circumstances of their research. Submitted manuscripts should include full disclosure of funding sources for the research and the letter of transmission should include an explanation of any real or perceived conflicts of interest that may arise during the peer review process. Failure to disclose such conflicts may lead to refusal of a submitted manuscript.
The manuscript
Publication is facilitated if authors check symbols, abbreviations, and technical terms very carefully for accuracy, consistency, and readability. NRC Research Press maintains the right to preserve the technical quality of the Journal. Authors are requested to refer to a recent issue of the Journal for details of layout, especially for tables and reference lists. Manuscripts that do not conform to the requirements outlined below may be returned to the author for modification.
All parts of the manuscript, including the title page, footnotes, references, tables, and captions for illustrations, should be typewritten, double-spaced, on one side only of white paper 21.6 ?27.9 cm (8.5 ?11 in.), with margins of 2.5 cm (1 in.). Double-sided copies are not acceptable. Every page of the manuscript should be numbered in the top right-hand corner. The Abstract and Introduction must each start on a separate page. After the body of the manuscript (usually Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, and Discussion), sequential numbering is continued on pages containing Acknowledgements, References, Tables, Figure captions, and Appendices in that order. Figure captions should be typed double-spaced on one or more sheets, and captions for a group of figures should follow on the same line.
Spelling should follow that of Webster抯 Third New International Dictionary or the Oxford English Dictionary. Authors are responsible for consistency in spelling.
Abbreviations, nomenclature, and symbols for units of measurement should conform to international recommendations. SI units (Syst鑝e international d抲nit閟) should be used or SI equivalents should be given. This system is explained and other useful information is given in the Metric Practice Guide (2000) published by CSA International (178 Rexdale Blvd., Toronto, ON M9W 1R3, Canada). For practical reasons, some exceptions to SI units are allowed. As a general guide for biological terms, The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers: Scientific Style and Format (6th ed., 1994) published by the Council of Biology Editors, Inc., Chicago, IL 60603, U.S.A., is recommended. For enzyme nomenclature, Enzyme Nomenclature (1992): Recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Academic Press, San Diego, Calif.) should be followed. Abbreviations and contractions of the names of substances, procedures, etc., must be defined individually the first time they occur or together in a footnote on the title page. Abbreviations with more than one meaning should be avoided. Symbols and unusual or Greek characters should be clearly identified; superscripts and subscripts should be legible and carefully placed, and they should be explained by marginal notes when necessary. A font should be chosen that allows a clear distinction to be made between a lower case letter l and the numeral one, and between capital O and the numeral zero.
The title page should have only the title and the names of the authors, followed by the authors?names (with initials only) grouped according to affiliation, the corresponding author抯 address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address, and any necessary footnotes. While 搆ey words?are not required, the equivalent information should be readily retrievable from the title and abstract by information-retrieval services for building up their databases. The title should be as short and simple as possible. Common names and correct taxonomic names should both be included in the title if the organism is not well known: 揟he cuticle of tephritid fruit flies (Urophora spp.)?
A one-page Abstract, not exceeding 200 words, is required for all contributions. All authors?names and initials, as well as the complete title of the paper, must be typewritten at the top of the page (a copy of this page is sent separately to the translator). Authors who can submit abstracts in both fluent English and fluent French are encouraged to do so. Where possible, the use of abbreviations should be avoided in the Abstract. References do not normally appear in the Abstract; however, when it is essential to include a reference, the full literature citation must be used but the title of the article omitted.
The Results section should contain only enough explanation and interpretation to allow the reader to understand why experiments or observations were carried out and what they mean. Authors should ensure that the number of significant digits used to describe their data does not exceed the accuracy with which the measurement can be made. For numbers from ? to 0 and from 0 to +1, the decimal must be preceded by a zero in text, tables, and figures. The Discussion section should contain no new findings that have not already been mentioned under Results. Conclusions should be put under Discussion, not as a separate section.
Footnotes to material in the text should not be used unless they are unavoidable, but their use is encouraged in tables. Where used in the text, footnotes should be cited in the manuscript by superscript Arabic numbers (except in the tables, see below) and should be numbered serially beginning with any that appear on the title page. Each footnote should be typed on the manuscript page on which the reference to it is made; footnotes should not be included in the list of references.
Equations should be clearly typed; triple-spacing should be used if superscripts and (or) subscripts are involved. Superscripts and subscripts should be legible and carefully placed. A letter or symbol should represent only one entity and be used consistently throughout the paper. Each variable must be defined in the text, or in a List of symbols to appear after the reference list. Variables representing vectors, matrices, vector matrices, and tensors must be clearly identified. Numbers identifying equations must be in square brackets and placed flush with the left margin. In numbering, no distinction is made between mathematical and chemical equations.
References should be checked with original articles and each one must be referred to in the text by author and date, in parentheses. They should be listed at the end of the paper in alphabetical order in the form used in current issues of the Journal. Note that all authors?initials should follow their surnames. Do not (i) underline names of journals or books; (ii) use the ampersand in place of 揳nd? (iii) use a comma in text citations between author(s) and date. In references to papers in periodicals and books, titles and inclusive page numbers are required. Articles 搒ubmitted?and 搃n preparation?may be mentioned as footnotes but should not appear in the references. Authors must confirm in their covering letter that papers cited as 搃n press?have been accepted for publication. The names of serials are abbreviated in the form given in CASSI (Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index, Chemical Abstracts, P.O. Box 3012, Columbus, OH 43210, U.S.A.) or in BIOSIS?/SUP> Serial Sources (BIOSIS, 2100 Arch St., Philadelphia, PA 19103, U.S.A.). In doubtful cases, authors should write the name of the serial in full. Citations of nonrefereed documents (e.g., environmental impact statements, contract reports) must include the address where they can be obtained. 揚ersonal communications?should be used only when essential, and authors are required to certify in the letter of transmission that the source has provided permission for the citation.
Tables should be numbered with Arabic numerals, have a brief title, and be referred to in the text. Column headings and descriptive matter in tables should be brief. No vertical or horizontal rules should be used. A copy of the Journal should be consulted for guidance on setting up a table and placing the horizontal rules. Footnotes in tables should be designated by symbols (*, ? ? ? ||, ? #) or superscript lower case italic letters. Descriptive material not requiring a specific footnote should be placed under a table as a general Note rather than in the title to the table. Tables should be typed on separate pages and placed after the list of references.
Appendices should be indicated sequentially by A, B, C, etc., and figures and tables in the appendices should be numbered separately from those used in the main body of the paper, for example, Fig. A1, Table A1, etc.
Supplementary material ?The National Research Council of Canada maintains a depository in which supplementary material may be placed, either at the request of the author or suggestion of the Editors. In addition, supplementary material can now be made available in its native file format on the Journal Web site. It will be linked from the Web page of the associated article. Such material may include extensive tables of data, detailed calculations, and maps not essential for understanding and evaluating the paper. Such material must be clearly marked when the manuscript is submitted. Tables and figures should be numbered in sequence separate from those published with the paper (e.g., Fig. D1, Table D1). The supplemental material should be referred to by footnotes. Copies of material in the depository may be purchased from the Depository of Unpublished Data, CISTI, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, Canada.
Representative specimens ?Authors submitting manuscripts of a survey or taxonomic nature are urged to consider depositing representative specimens in a recognized depository. Prior to commencing a study, authors should make arrangements with a depository such as the Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4, Canada (specimens should be prominently labelled 揂ttention: Vertebrate Collections Manager, Invertebrate Collections Manager, 厰), or a provincial museum. The catalogue or accession numbers should be included in the manuscript or, if necessary, added at the proof stage.
Permission to reprint ?Whenever a manuscript contains material (tables, figures, charts, etc.) that is protected by copyright, it is the obligation of the author to secure written permission from the holder of the copyright to reproduce the material in both print and electronic formats. These letters must be sent with the submitted manuscript, otherwise publication may be delayed. All material designated as 搕aken from 厰 must be accompanied by a letter of permission. If the material is not to be reproduced exactly as in the original, it should be designated as 搈odified from?? In either case the source of the material must be included in the reference list.
Illustrations
Provide photographic reproductions, laser printouts, or the original artwork (no larger than 27.9 ?43.2 cm (11 ?17 in.)) of each illustration. Provide three sets of illustrations for review purposes.
Each figure or group of figures should be planned to fit, after appropriate reduction, into the area of either one or two columns of text. The maximum finished size of a one-column illustration is 8.8 ?23.9 cm (3.5 ?9.4 in.) and that of a two-column illustration is 18.2 ?23.9 cm (7.2 ?9.4 in.). Illustrations that exceed the maximum two-column size will not be accepted. The figures (including halftones) must be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals, and each one must be referred to in the text and must be self-explanatory. All terms, abbreviations, and symbols must correspond with those in the text. Only essential labelling should be used, with detailed information given in the caption. Each illustration must be identified by the figure number and the authors?names on the back of the page or in the left-hand corner, well away from the illustration area. All illustrations must be sent with the initial manuscript submission. If authors require their original illustrations to be returned after publication, these will be sent COD.
Line drawings should be made with black ink or computer-generated in black on high-quality white paper or other comparable material. For computer-generated graphics, supply a laser print at the highest resolution available. Photocopies are not acceptable.
Shading in figures should be distinct. All lines must be sufficiently thick (0.5 points minimum) to reproduce well, and all symbols, superscripts, subscripts, and decimal points must be in good proportion to the rest of the drawing and large enough to allow for any necessary reduction without loss of detail. Avoid small open symbols; these tend to fill in upon reproduction. Wherever possible, the more standard symbols, such as a shaded or unshaded circle, square, or triangle, should be used. Complex symbols or keys should be incorporated in a concise legend on the illustration itself, since the printer may not be able to reproduce them in the figure caption. Lettering produced by dot matrix printers or typewriters, or by hand, is not acceptable. The same font style and lettering sizes should be used for all figures of similar size in any one paper.
Maps must have very clear, bold patterns and must show longitudes and latitudes (or UTM coordinates) and a scale. On maps of Quebec, the official name of municipalities must be used (e.g., Qu閎ec, Montr閍l, and Clarke City) and physical features must be in French (e.g., Lac Bienville) except for those that are considered of pan-Canadian significance. Areas of pan-Canadian significance have an official form in English and French (e.g., Atlantic Ocean and oc閍n Atlantique) and should appear in the language of the paper. Quebec (the province) must also appear in the language of the paper. For a complete names of areas of pan-Canadian significance, see the list provided on pp. 236?37 of Le guide du r閐acteur (2nd ed., 1996), published by Public Works and Government Services Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0S5, Canada.
Photographs should be continuous tone on glossy paper. Prints must be of high quality, on glossy paper, with strong contrast. The copies for reproduction should only show essential features, be trimmed, and mounted on thin flexible white bristol board with no space between those arranged in groups. A photograph, or group of them, should be planned to fit into the area of either one or two columns of text with no further reduction. Electron micrographs or photomicrographs should include a scale bar directly on the print. The best results will be obtained if the authors match the contrast and density of all figures arranged as a single plate.
Color illustrations will be at the author抯 expense. Further details on prices are available from Cecily Pearson, Managing Editor of the Journal (613-993-9099; fax: 613-952-7656; e-mail: cecily.pearson@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca).
NRC Research Press prefers the submission of electronic illustration files for accepted manuscripts and will use these electronic files whenever possible. If electronic files are not available, paper versions of the figures will be scanned. Note that the scanner will easily reproduce flaws (e.g., correction fluid, smudges). Submission of noncontinuous (screened) photographs and scanned illustrations printed out on laser printers is not recommended as moir閟 develop; a moir?is a noticeable, unwanted pattern generated by rescanning or rescreening an illustration that already contains a dot pattern.
Preparation of electronic illustration files
Authors must supply original electronic graphic files and high-quality, hard-copy originals. Electronic files (i.e., figure number and figure content) should match the originals. On the disk label, identify (i) the software application and version; and (ii) file name(s), size, and extension. If you have compressed your files, indicate what compression format was used. PC or Macintosh versions of True Type or Type 1 fonts should be used. Do not use bitmap or nonstandard fonts. Electronic graphics can be accepted on the following disks: 3.5-in. disks, 100-MB Zip cartridge, and CD-ROM.
The preferred graphic application of NRC Research Press is CorelDraw! For other applications that can be used, see the Electronic graphics list.
All figures should be submitted at their final published size. For figures with several parts (e.g., a, b, c, d, etc.) created using the same software application, assemble them into one file rather than sending several files.
Remember that the more complex your artwork becomes, the greater the possibility for problems at output time. Avoid complicated textures and shadings, especially in vector illustration programs; this increases the chance for a poor-quality final product.
Bitmap (raster) files ?Bitmaps are image files produced using a grid format in which each square (or pixel) is set to one level of black, colour, or grey. A bitmap (rasterized) file is broken down into the number of pixels or picture elements per inch (ppi). Pixels per inch is sometimes referred to as dots per inch (dpi). The higher the resolution of an image, the larger the number of pixels contained within the rectangular grid.
The proper resolution should be used when submitting bitmap artwork. The minimum requirements for resolution are 600 dpi for line art and finelines (line art with finelines or shading), 300 dpi for halftones and colour, and 600 dpi for combinations (halftones with lettering outside the photo area).
All colour files submitted must be as CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black). These colours are used in full-colour commercial printing. RGB graphics (red, green, and blue; colours specifically used to produce an image on a monitor) will not print correctly.
Vector files ?Vector files are image files produced using elements such as lines and shapes. Typically these files are used for line drawings.
Bitmaps inside vector files ?Bitmaps can be imported into vector/draw applications only for the purpose of adding and overlaying information, lines, text, etc. Bitmaps should not be resized, cropped, rotated, or otherwise manipulated after importing.
The publication process
Submission
Authors should submit the original copy and two duplicates of their papers to the Editor(s) directly:
- Dr. K.G. Davey and Dr. A.S.M. Saleuddin
- Canadian Journal of Zoology
- Department of Biology
- York University
- 4700 Keele St.
- Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
- Telephone: (416) 650-8015
- Fax: (416) 650-8016
- E-mail: cjz@yorku.ca
The manuscript must be accompanied by a letter of transmission providing the assurances referred to elsewhere in these instructions.
At this stage, all correspondence must be between the Editors and the author.
All manuscripts are reviewed by at least two referees and the Editors?decision is based on their evaluations. In some instances the opinion of members of the Advisory Board is solicited. Following the return of the reviewed manuscript, the authors are given 6 weeks to submit a revised version. After this deadline, revised papers are treated as new manuscripts and go through a new review.
When the Editorial Office has resolved any problems with the manuscript and the original Assignment of Copyright forms have been received for all authors, the manuscript is forwarded to NRC Research Press in Ottawa. All communication at this point should be with Research Press.
Copyright transfer
All authors are required to complete a copyright transfer form assigning all rights to NRC. A completed and signed Assignment of Copyright form (available from the Editorial Office, in the first issue of each volume, or the Web site of NRC Research Press) must accompany the final revision of a manuscript.
Requests for permission to republish the paper, in whole or in part, should be sent to NRC Research Press.
Accepted manuscripts
Authors are requested to submit the final accepted manuscript only, both in hard copy format and on disk. Text files and figure files should be submitted on separate disks. All disks must be labeled clearly with the authors?names. Text (including tables) should be provided in a word-processing format (any form of WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, or TeX is preferable, IBM compatible or Macintosh). TeX macros for preparing papers for submissions are available at ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/ macros/latex/contrib/nrc/, ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/nrc/ and ftp://ctan.tug.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/nrc/. Identify the word-processing software, version number, and type of computer used (IBM or Macintosh). For figures, see the section 揚reparation of Electronic Illustration Files? Include a statement in the letter accompanying the manuscript that the version on the disk exactly matches the final hard copy version.
Galley proofs
A galley proof, illustration proofs, the copy-edited manuscript, and a reprint order form are sent to the author. Galley proofs must be checked very carefully, as they will not be proofread by NRC Research Press, and must be returned within 48 h of receipt. The proof stage is not the time to make extensive corrections, additions, or deletions. The cost of changes introduced by the author that are deemed to be excessive will be charged to the author.
Authors will normally be sent galley proofs but if, in the interests of more rapid publication, they are willing to forgo the opportunity of checking the proofs, they may opt for 搑apid stream?processing at the time of acceptance, subject to the Editors?agreement.
Reprints
To order reprints, the completed order form must be returned with payment (cheque, credit card number, purchase order number, or journal voucher), together with the corrected proofs and manuscript, or in the case of a rapid stream paper, as soon as possible. Orders submitted after the Journal has been printed are subject to considerably higher prices. The Journal does not provide free reprints, and reprints are not mailed until after a purchase order number or payment is received.
Editorial Board
Editors:
Dr. K.G. Davey / Dr. A.S.M. Saleuddin
Canadian Journal of Zoology
Department of Biology
York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
Canada
Telephone: (416) 650-8015
Fax: (416) 650-8016
E-mail: cjz@yorku.ca
Assistant to the Editors:
Doreen F. Myers
Editorial Advisory Board:
R.M.R. Barclay (Calgary), S.S. Desser (Toronto), W.R. Driedzic (St. John's), G.R. Fletcher (St. John's), A.W.L. Hawley (Prince George), E. Huebner (Winnipeg), K.M. Kovacs (Troms?, T.C. Lacalli (Saskatoon and Victoria), R.E. Lemon (Peterborough), G.R. Michener (Lethbridge), D.W. Morris (Thunder Bay), L. Packer (Toronto), J. Pellerin (Rimouski), P. Ribeiro (Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue), A.R.E. Sinclair (Vancouver), N. Stacey (Edmonton), I. Stirling (Edmonton), V. Tunnicliffe (Victoria)
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