INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS
Editorial Policy
Instructions for authors
Policies for the revision of manuscripts
The Rights of the Author
Editorial Policy
The electronic Journal MANEJO DE FAUNA SILVESTRE EN LATINONAMÉRICA is a trimestral journal that publishes the results of investigations on wildlife management in Latin America. The journal includes studies on management and conservation of wildlife in Amazonia and Latin America from a wide range of perspectives and methodologies, promoting communication between authors and readers through the electronic medium. A prestigious editorial committee, recognised at a national and international level reviews submitted articles, and guarantees that the quality of content reaches the level required for publication. The articles are published in PDF format. Up
Instructions for authors
Articles submitted for consideration must comply with the following criteria:
1. Articles must be supplied electronically (in Microsoft Word format) on CD or by email attachment.
2. Articles can be the results of projects or investigations, commentaries, results of symposiums or the results of workshops.
3. Articles reporting the results of investigations MUST have the following headings: Title, Author(s), Addresses and email addresses, Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion and References.
4. All work must contain an abstract of the article in Spanish and English of not more than 200 words. The general objective of the study and the methods employed must be mentioned, and the principle results and conclusions must be included.
5. At least three keywords most relevant to the work must be included below the abstract in UPPER CASE letters.
6. The maximum length of articles is 20 pages written in the font ‘Arial’ size 11, with the spacing between lines set to 1.5, not including tables and figures. Tables MUST NOT exceed one page of text with line spacing set to 1.5.
7. Colour diagrams, figures or photographs are NOT accepted.
8. Literature must be cites in the following format:
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Literature cited in the text (example) |
- - Jones (1981), (Jones 1981)
- - Jones & Smith (1991)
- - (Jones 1991, Smith et al. 1978)
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Literature cited in bibliography: The order of the references must be strictly alphabetical by the surnames of the first author. The format of the references in the bibliography should be as follows:
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Books:
Primer apellido del autor, seguido de la inicial del nombre. (Año). Tñitulo de la obra en negrita. Editorial. Ciudad. |
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Example:
Clutton-Brock, T.H. (1988). Reproductive Success: Studies of Individual Variation in Contrasting Breeding Systems.
University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
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Book Chapters: Books: First the surname of the author, followed by the initial of the authors first name. (year). Title of the chapter in bold. The title of the book the chapter is published in. Publisher. City. Page numbers. |
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Example:
Robinson, J.G. & Redford, K.H. (1991). Sustainable harvest of Neotropical forest mammals. In Neotropical Wildlife Use and Conservation, eds. J.G. Robinson & K.H. Redford. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, pp. 415-429.
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Articles in Journals: First the surname of the author, followed by the initial of the authors first name. (year). Title of the article. Title of the Journal and volumen in bold. Number of the Journal in brackets: year, page numbers. |
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Examples:
Browder, J.O. (1992). The limits of extractivism: tropical forest strategies beyond extractive reserves. BioScience, 42, 174-182.
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Ehrlich, P.R. & Wilson, E.O. (1991). Biodiversity studies: science and policy. Science 253, 758-762.
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Peters, C.M., Gentry, A.H. & Mendelsohn, R.O. (1989).Valuation of an Amazonian rainforest. Nature, 339, 655-656. Up |
For authors whose mother tongue is a language different from Spanish or Portuguese, they can submit the article in their own language, but they must submit also a complete version in Spanish or Portuguese. For authors whose mother tongue is Spanish or Portuguese, and wish to submit a complete version in English, they are able to do it, but they must send a complete version in Spanish or Portuguese. It is the responsibility of the authors to ensure the quality of the translation. The revision committee is able to review Spanish, English or Portuguese versions, but serious grammatical inconsistencies will stop the review process in any language, so participants are strongly encouraged to review thoroughly the translation before sending the abstracts or full versions.
Policies for the revision of manuscripts
The committee reserve the absolute right to accept or reject submitted articles that are badly edited or do not comply with the requirements specified above.
Every article will be assessed by two reviewers. Reviewers will remain anonymous unless they specifically indicate that they would like to be made known to the authors. The estimated duration of the review process is approximately 30 days.
The editorial committee of the journal are involved with prestigious international and national investigations that cover a diverse range of subject matter. However, it is possible that the content of a submitted article may require a reviewer from another field. In these cases care will be taken to ensure that these are qualified experts in their respective field.
All articles, including those submitted by the editorial committee members will be submitted to the same revision process. The journal asks members of the editorial committee to refrain from discussing the content of articles before they are published.
If an author delays more than 30 days in responding to the suggestions of the editor and/or the reviewers, the article may be reconsidered for the following issue. In the case of persistent delays, the article may be dropped.
The author will be responsible for proof-reading the final draft. Any changes or observations on the final draft must be sent to the editor within 5 days. Up
The Rights of the Autor
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Once the article is accepted, the authors give the electronic journal the rights to publish and distribute the text electronically, archive it and make it available on-line. The authors may distribute their own material without soliciting permission from the editor and without paying any fees.
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The editorial body of the Journal assume the responsibility of notifying authors of any changes in the World Wide Web address of the journal or the links to the published articles. Up |