Publish in the UPDATE

Manuscript Submissions and Specifications

Submit the manuscript to:
Editor, Endangered Species UPDATE
School of Natural Resources and Environment
University of Michigan
430 E. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1115


To submit your manuscript electronically, e-mail the manuscript as a Word file or rich formatted text (.rft) attachment to: esupdate@umich.edu.
Manuscripts should be typed, double-spaced, with ragged right margins to reduce the number of end of line hyphens. Print must be in upper- and lower-case letters and of typewriter quality. Metric measurements must be given unless English measurements are more appropriate, in which case metric equivalents must be given in parentheses. Statistical terms and other measures should conform to the Council of Biology Editors Style Manual. All pages should be numbered. Manuscripts must be in English.

Initial acceptance of a proposal or manuscript does not guarantee publication. After initial acceptance, authors and editors work closely on all revisions before a final proof is agreed upon.

Citations, Tables, Illustrations, and Photographs
Literature citations in the text should be as follows: (Buckley and Buckley 1980b; Pacey 1983). For abbreviations and details consult the Editor and recent issues of the Endangered Species UPDATE.
Illustrations and photographs may be submitted as electronic documents or as hard copies. If hard copies are submitted, the author's name and the figure number should be penciled on the back of every figure. Lettering should be uniform among figures. All illustrations and photos should be clear enough to be reduced 50 percent. Please note that the minimum acceptable resolution for all digital images is 300dpi.

Author credit instructions for each author of the article should accompany the manuscript.

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