期刊名称：PLANT SPECIES BIOLOGY
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Aims and Scope
"Biological species and their evolution" is the most basic and significant central theme in modern biological sciences since Charles Darwin's (1859). The Society for the Study of Species Biology was originally founded as the Symposium Committee for Plant Experimental Taxonomy in 1968. It was reorganized as the Society for the Study of Species Biology (SSSB) in 1986. The Society aims at promoting studies of evolutionary ecology, co-adaptation and life history evolution in plants. Plant Species Biology has been published since 1986 by SSSB.
Plant Species Biology aims at communicating and exchanging knowledge and ideas on plant species and their biological aspects including life histories, population dynamics, molecular biosystematics, co-evolutionary networks among plants and other organisms, and mechanisms of speciation. This knowledge is essential for modern conservation biology, which has a key role in today's preservation of endangered biodiversity. Plant Species Biology is an international journal publishing peer-reviewed original researches, notes and comments, and reviews in the field of evolutionary biology in plants. Short communications on plant breeding systems are also included in this journal.
Instructions to Authors
Author Guidelines
Acceptance
The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to our readership. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are peer reviewed by two anonymous reviewers and the Editor. The Editorial Board reserves the right to refuse any material for publication and advises that authors should retain copies of submitted manuscripts and correspondence as material cannot be returned. Final acceptance or rejection rests with the Editorial Board.
Submission of manuscripts
All articles submitted to the Journal must comply with these instructions. Failure to do so will result in return of the manuscript and possible delay in publication. Manuscripts should be written so that they are intelligible to the professional reader who is not a specialist in the particular field.
Where contributions are judged as acceptable for publication on the basis of scientific content, the Editor or the Publisher reserve the right to modify typescripts to eliminate ambiguity and repetition and improve communication between author and reader. If extensive alterations are required, the manuscript will be returned to the author for revision.
English improvement
Where contributions are judged as acceptable for publication on the basis of scientific content, the Editor or the Publisher may elect to have the English of such contributions improved. This English improvement may be undertaken by the Publisher and the cost will be borne by the author.
Covering letter
Papers are accepted for publication in the Journal on the understanding that the content has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. This must be stated in the covering letter. Authors should declare any financial support or relationships that may pose conflict of interest.
Submission
Manuscripts should be submitted by email in either PDF or Word format to Masashi Ohara, Editor-in-Chief: psb@ees.hokudai.ac.jp. If manuscripts cannot be sent in either format, please contact the Editor-in-Chief at the above email address. Alternatively, if manuscripts cannot be supplied electronically, the original manuscript and two copies should be submitted by courier or registered mail to:
Masashi Ohara
Editor-in-Chief
Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science
Hokkaido University
Sapporo 060-0810
Japan
Copyright
Authors publishing in the Journal will be asked to sign an Exclusive Licence Form. In signing the form it is assumed that authors have obtained permission to use any copyrighted or previously published material. All authors must read and agree to the conditions outlined in the form, and must sign the form or agree that the corresponding author can sign on their behalf. Articles cannot be published until a signed form has been received.
Preparation of the manuscript
Submissions should be printed, doubled-spaced, on one side only of A4 paper. The top, bottom and side margins should be 30 mm. Laser or near-letter quality print is essential. All pages should be numbered consecutively in the top right-hand corner, beginning with the title page. Indent new paragraphs. Turn the hyphenation option off, including only those hyphens that are essential to the meaning.
Style
Style should conform to the Council of Biology Editors Style Manual 5th edn (CBE Publications, 1994). Please follow the format in the current issue of the Journal. The Journal uses US spelling and authors should therefore follow the latest edition of the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
All measurements must be given in SI units as outlined in the latest edition of Units, Symbols and Abbreviations: A Guide for Medical and Scientific Editors and Authors (Royal Society of Medicine Press, London).
Abbreviations should be used sparingly and only where they ease the reader's task by reducing repetition of long, technical terms. Initially use the word in full, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses. Thereafter use the abbreviation. Upon its first use in the title, abstract and text, the common name of a species should be followed by the scientific name (genus, species and authority) in parentheses. Common names of organisms, if used, must be accompanied by the correct scientific name on every mention. At the first mention of a chemical substance, give the generic name only. Trade names should not be used.
Parts of the manuscript
Manuscripts should be presented in the following order: (i) title page, (ii) abstract and keywords, (iii) text, (iv) acknowledgments, (v) references, (vi) figure legends, (vii) tables (each table complete with title and footnotes) and (viii) figures.
Footnotes to the text are not allowed and any such material should be incorporated into the text as parenthetical matter.
Title page
The title page should contain (i) the title of the paper, (ii) the full names of the authors and (iii) the addresses of the institutions at which the work was carried out together with (iv) the full postal and email address, plus facsimile and telephone numbers, of the author to whom correspondence about the manuscript, proofs and requests for offprints should be sent.
The title should be short, informative and contain the major keywords. A short running title (less than 40 characters, including spaces) should also be provided.
Abstract and key words
Articles must have a brief but informative abstract that states in 250 words or less the purpose, basic procedures, main findings and principal conclusions of the study. The abstract should not contain abbreviations or references. Notes and comments do not require an abstract. Five key words should be supplied below the abstract for the purposes of indexing.
Text
Authors should use subheadings to divide the sections of their manuscript: Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgments, References.
Acknowledgments
The source of financial grants and other funding should be acknowledged, including a frank declaration of the authors' industrial links and affiliations. The contribution of colleagues or institutions should also be acknowledged. Thanks to anonymous reviewers are not appropriate.
References
The Harvard (author, date) system of referencing is used. In the text give the author's name followed by the year in parentheses: Sago (2000). If there are two authors use 'and': Baskin and Baskin (1998); but if cited within parentheses use '&': (Baskin & Baskin 1998). When reference is made to a work by three or more authors, the first name followed by et al. should be used: Powles et al. (1998).
In the list references should be listed in alphabetical order. Cite the names of all authors when there are seven or fewer, when more than seven cite the first three plus et al.
Personal communications, unpublished data and publications from informal meetings are not to be listed in the reference list but should be listed in full in the text (e.g. Smith A, 2000, unpublished data).
References should be listed in the following form.
Journals
Boecklen W. J., Mopper S & Price P. C. (1991) Size and shape analysis of mineral resources in arroyo willow and their relation to sawfly densities. Ecological Research 6: 317-331.
Books
George C. J. & McKinley D. (1974) Urban Ecology. McGraw-Hill, New York.
Chapter in a book
Endler J. A. (1991) Interactions between predators and prey. In: Krebs J. R. & Davies N. B. (eds). Behavioural Ecology. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, pp.169-196.
Electronic material
Goudet J. (2001) FSTAT, A Program to Estimate and Test Gene Diversities and Fixation Indices, Version 2.9.3. [homepage on the Internet]. University of Lausanne, Lausanne. [cited 9 March 2004]. Available from URL: http://www.unil.ch/lizea/softwares/fstat.html/
Appendices
These should be placed at the end of the paper, numbered in Roman numerals and referred to in the text. If written by a person other than the author of the main text, the writer's name should be included below the title.
Tables
Tables should be self-contained and complement, but not duplicate, information contained in the text. Tables should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals. Each table should be presented on a separate sheet of A4 paper with a comprehensive but concise legend above the table. Tables should be double-spaced and vertical lines should not be used to separate columns. Column headings should be brief, with units of measurement in parentheses; all abbreviations should be defined in footnotes. Footnote symbols: ? ? ? ? should be used (in that order) and *, **, *** should be reserved for P-values. The table and its legend/footnotes should be understandable without reference to the text.
Figures
All illustrations (line drawings and photographs) are classified as figures. Figures should be cited in consecutive order in the text. Each figure should be labelled on the back in very soft marker or chinagraph pencil, indicating name of author(s), figure number and orientation. (Do not use an adhesive label.) Figures should be sized to fit within the column (80 mm) or the full text width (171 mm).
Line figures should be supplied as sharp, black and white graphs or diagrams, drawn professionally or with a computer graphics package; lettering should be included.
Photographs should be supplied as sharp, glossy, black and white photographic prints and must be unmounted. Individual photographs forming a composite figure should be of equal contrast, to facilitate printing, and should be accurately squared. Magnifications should be indicated using a scale bar on the illustration.
If supplied electronically, graphics should be supplied as high resolution (at least 300 d.p.i.) files, saved as .eps or .tif format. A high-resolution print-out must also be provided. Digital images supplied only as low-resolution print-outs cannot be used.
For further details please go to: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/authors/digill.asp
Color figures
Color photographs should be submitted as good quality, glossy color prints. A charge of ?0 000 for the first three color figures and ?5 000 for each extra color figure thereafter will be charged to the author.
Figure legends
Legends should be self-explanatory and typed on a separate sheet. The legend should incorporate definitions of any symbols used and all abbreviations and units of measurement should be explained so that the figure and its legend is understandable without reference to the text. (Provide a letter stating copyright authorisation if figures have been reproduced from another source.)
Manuscripts on disk
Authors are required to provide their manuscripts on disk; however, disks should not be sent until the manuscript has been accepted. Use a new disk rather than a reformatted disk; the disk must contain the relevant file(s) only. Authors should supply their accepted paper as formatted text. It is essential that the hardware and the word processing package are specified on the disk (e.g. IBM, Word 7), as well as the first author's surname, the journal title and the manuscript number.
The entire article (including tables) should be supplied as a single file; only electronic figures should be supplied as separate files. The following instructions should be adhered to.
- It is essential that the final, revised version of the accepted manuscript and the file saved on disk are identical.
- Do not use the carriage return (enter) at the end of lines within a paragraph.
- Turn the hyphenation option off.
- Specify any special characters used to represent non-keyboard characters.
- Take care not to use l (ell) for 1 (one), O (capital o) for 0 (zero) or ?(German esszett) for b (Greek beta).
- Use a tab, not spaces, to separate data points in tables.
- If you use a table editor function, ensure that each data point is contained within a unique cell; i.e. do not use carriage returns within cells.
- Digital figures must be supplied as .tif or .eps files at a resolution of at least 300 d.p.i. (high-resolution print-outs are also required).
Online guidelines
If possible, authors should visit the Blackwell Publishing website for authors at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/authors/journal.asp which details further information on the preparation and submission of articles and figures.
Author Services enables authors to track their article, once it has been accepted, through the production process to publication online and in print. Authors can check the status of their articles online and choose to receive automated emails at key stages of production so they do not need to contact the production editor to check on progress. Visit http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/authors/journal.asp for more details on online production tracking and for a wealth of resources, including FAQs and tips on article preparation, submission and more.
Proofs, offprints and page charges
Proofs
The corresponding author will receive an email alert notifying them when their proofs are ready for collection from a website that hosts the proofs. A working email must therefore be provided for the corresponding author. The proof is downloaded as a PDF (portable document format) file. Acrobat Reader will be required in order to read this file, which can be downloaded (free of charge) from the following website:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
This will enable the file to be opened, read on screen and printed out in order for any corrections to be added. Further instructions will be sent with the proof. Proofs will be faxed if no email address is available. If absent, authors should arrange for a colleague to access their email, retrieve the PDF proof and check and return them to the Publisher on their behalf. Excessive changes made by the author in the proofs, excluding typesetting errors, will be charged separately.
Offprints
A minimum of 50 offprints will be provided upon request, at the author's expense. These paper offprints may be ordered online. Please visit http://offprint.cosprinters.com/, fill in the necessary details and ensure that you type information in all of the required fields. If you have queries about offprints please email offprint@cosprinters.com
Page charges
Regular articles are limited to 10 printed pages and Notes and comments to 4 printed pages. For manuscripts exceeding these limits a page charge of ?0 000 per each addition page is levied. This procedure notwithstanding, no paper will be rejected or given extraordinary treatment on any basis other than its scientific merit.
Editorial Board
Editorial Information
Honorary Editors-in-Chief
William F. Grant, Dept. of Plant Science, Macdonald Campus of McGill University, Quebec, Canada
Shoichi Kawano, Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Editor-in-Chief
Masashi Ohara, Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Associate Editors
Gaku Kudo, Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Keiko Kitamura, Hokkaido Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Sapporo, Japan
Makoto Kato, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
Nobumitsu Kawakubo, Applied Biological Science, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
Editorial Board
E. R. Alvarez-Buylla, Mexico City, Mexico
Shu-Miaw Chaw, Taipei, Taiwan
Hong-Ya Gu, Beijing, China
Tom釟 Herben, Prague, Czech Republic
Michael J. Hutchings, Brighton, UK
David W. Inouye, College Park, USA
Motomi Ito, Tokyo, Japan
Yoh Iwasa, Fukuoka, Japan
Hans De Kroon, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Martin J. Lechowicz, Montr閍l, Canada
Lazarus W. Macior, Akron, USA
Naohiko Miyashita, Kyoto, Japan
Isabelle Olivieri, Montpellier, France
Carl D. Schlichting, Storrs, USA
Douglas E. Soltis, Gainesville, USA
Leonard B. Thien, New Orleans, USA
James D. Thomson, Toronto, Canada
Frederick H. Utech, Pittsburgh, USA
Andrew R. Watkinson, East Anglia, UK
Dennis F. Whigham, Edgewater, USA
IOPB Board
Mary T. Kalin Arroyo, Santiago, Chile
Konrad Bachmann, Gatersleben, Germany
Randall Bayer, Canberra, Australia
Paul Gadek, Cairns, Australia
Colin J. Webb, Wellington, New Zealand
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