Michigan Birds and Natural History welcomes articles and short notes on appropriate topics.  See past issues for guidance.

Submit two double-spaced copies to Editor along with all tables and figures.  Include a computer diskette labeled with file names of manuscript (which should be single-spaced on disk), table and figures; software version used for each file (Wordperfect and Microsoft Word preferred); and author(s) name.  Tables and figures should not be integrated into text.  Large tables and charts should be tall rather than wide.  Electronic submissions are welcome.  Text should be transmitted in “Rich Text Format” (*.rtf).  Figures can be send in native format.

No abstract is necessary.  Measurements should be given in English units (e.g., inches, acres) followed by metric units (e.g., centimeters, hectares). Use continental dating (e.g., 17 December 1962) and the 24-hour clock (e.g., 0800 and 1345) and standard time (not daylight savings time). Common names of birds (and other organisms) should be capitalized (e.g., Least Bittern).  Italicized scientific names should follow the first mention of a species, and conform to the AOU's Check-list of North American Birds, 7th edition (1998) and its supplements for birds, and the current accepted authoritative reference for other organisms (available from editors upon request).  Material in tables should not duplicate data in text. Tables and figures should be numbered separately and sequentially, and have a short title.

Text citations should include author and year (e.g., Craves 1995), and multiple citations should be in chronological order.  Citations at the end of text should be listed as "Literature Cited."  If you use web pages in your references, please follow the following format:
Author(s). Name of Page. Date of Posting/Revision. Date of Access. <electronic address>.  For format of other references, please see past issues.

Photographs can be submitted as prints or 35mm slides.  Photos of rarities from each season are particularly sought, on a timely basis, and excellent photos of other Michigan species are also desired.

When an article is received, it will be sent out to be reviewed.  Based on the reviews the article will be revised and accepted for publication (if revisions are primarily grammatical and not of a substantive nature), or returned to the author with suggestions for a re-write.

Articles should be directed to:

Michigan Birds and Natural History
c/o Ray Adams, Kalamazoo Nature Center
7000 N. Westnedge
Kalamazoo, MI 49009

radams@naturecenter.org

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