(revision 28-NOV-2007)
The Atlas will be a summary of the results of ALARM and will be organised as an integrated collection of well documented case studies/scientific results
The Atlas should direct however a more general message to the public, therefore some other related projects (DAISIE, ATEAM, AlterNet, MACIS, COCONUT and others) will be invited to submit contributions which should fit into the general topic, entitled:
Atlas of Biodiversity Risks (From Europe to the Globe and from Stories to Maps)
The Atlas will be addressed to the general public, therefore it should be written in so called “high-level popular science language”.
The Atlas will be published both as on-line Open Access and printed full-colour hardcover version
The Atlas will start with an introductory chapter explaining the approach, structure and usage of it. One of the aims of the introductory chapter will also be to represent the general idea, structure and main results of ALARM.
Further, the Atlas will be divided into sections which will reflect more or less the modular structure of ALARM (but not restricted to it only!) (see Contents attached)
The Atlas should focus on Europe but should include a number of case studies from other continents as well as “global elements”.
The Atlas is assumed to be produced of “gross-format” style, 270 x 370 mm size
Attached sample pages and module (to be sent within a few days) will give you an idea how the book will look like.
Maps and figures as well as texts may be used also in the RAT, which shall ensure a wider audience of your results
Each section of the book shall consist of case studies of either two OR four PRINTED pages. The number of case studies should be at least 4-5 per section/module.
The right page of a case study should contain only or mostly a map or maps with legends to them and the left page should be composed mainly by text with some photos, diagrams or drawings inside.
The content of each case study should roughly be divided half by half between text and illustrative material (maps, diagrams, photos, figures). This means the main text should approximately be calculated as follows (spaces included):
1 columns x 68 lines x 36 symbols = 2448 symbols per column
4 columns x 2448 symbols = 9792 symbols per page
This implies that if text and figures are divided half by half, authors should encounter the text approximately to:
9000-10000 characters (Times New Roman 10 pt, spaces included) (2 pages case study)
18000-19000 characters (Times New Roman 10 pt, spaces included) (4 pages case study
There is however no strict restriction of division between text and figures. In case the left page consist only of text, and the right page only of map(s), the text itself should amount to some 9000-10000 characters at maximum.
Please try to fill the right page with a big-size map, or two half-size maps (or, say 3 1/3 sized maps) and so on. The module attached will give you an idea how maps can be situated. In case you have for instance only a half-size map for the right page, the rest of the space should be filled in with some text, or diagrams or photos.
Adding photos of landscapes or living organisms related to the particular study is highly welcome.
Please note, the Atlas will be published Open Access; therefore please send illustrative materials free of copyright protection (unless copyright is yours or you have a permission to use it). In case of materials published somewhere else it may be advisable to use reformatted figures/drawings.
Authors in roman type with capitals include first names, names are separated by commas and by ‘&’ between the last two names (e.g.: Els Van Duyse, Johan G. van Rhijn & Lyubomir Penev). Addresses of institutions and emails should be added at the end of the manuscript.
Abbreviations should be followed by ‘.’ unless the abbreviation is written with the last letter of the original word at the end position (thus: i.e. – e.g. – cf. – etc. but eds – Dr – edn) – measures (such as mm cm m s l) without ‘.’.
Capitals should only be used for first letters of sentences, first letters proper names and first letters of specific words (e.g. tables, figures, experiments, behaviour patterns) that should be emphasized; small capitals for words that should be printed in capitals (e.g. ANOVA, MANOVA). The text should contain at most 5 citations; references will be listed at the end of the book.
Italic type should only be used for scientific species names, words that need to be emphasized (no italics for: e.g., i.e., et al., etc., cf.) and for mathematical and statistical variables such as p, F, U, T, N, r, but not for SD (standard deviation), SE (standard error), DF (degrees of freedom) and NS (non significant).
Citations to the
literature should consist of one or two authors and the year of
publication or first author + et al. and year, totally in
brackets or only the year in brackets, authors separated by
‘&’, author(s) and year separated by comma.
Different references should be separated by semicolon,
chronologically ordered. If the list contains several
references of the same author(s), extra years should be added
to the first entrance of an author. Differentiate between
references by the same author(s) from the same year by adding
a, b, etc.
Examples: (Gaston, 1977) or Gaston (1977); (Wingfield, 1985;
Wingfield & Wada, 1989; Wingfield & Hahn, 1994;
McDonald et al., 2001); (Silverin, 1993, 1998a; Wingfield &
Hahn, 1994)
References should be listed in alphabetical order, italics only for scientific species names, capitals in titles (also for books) only for the first letter and first letters of proper names – e.g.:
author’s family name (also for succeeding entries), initials without punctuation (different authors separated by ‘,’), year in brackets, title, ‘.’, ‘-’, journal title written in full, volume, ‘:’, page numbers –
or (for a book) author’s family name, initials (different authors separated by ‘,’ – if they are the editors add ‘(ed)’ or ‘(eds)’ year in brackets, title, ‘.’, publisher, ‘,’, city, page numbers, ‘.’ –
or (for a contribution to a book) author’s family name, ‘,’, initials (different authors separated by ‘,’), year in brackets, title of chapter, ‘.’, ‘–’, ‘In: editors of book (family name/s, initials), in brackets: ‘ed’ or ‘, eds’, title of book, if appropriate add edition (e.g. 2nd edn), ‘.’, publisher, ‘,’, city, ‘,’, page numbers preceded by ‘p.’
Examples:
Korsós Z (1992) Millipedes from anthropogenic habitats in Hungary (Diplopoda). – Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck, Supplementum 10: 237-241.
McAllister CT, Shelley R (2003) Millipeds (Arthropoda: Diplopoda) of the Ark-La-Tex. IV. New geographic distribution records from Southcentral and Southwestern Oklahoma. – Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Sciences 83: 83-86.
Mauriès J-P, Golovatch S, Stoev P (1997) The millipedes of Albania: recent data, new taxa; systematical, nomenclatural and faunistical review (Myriapoda, Diplopoda). – Zoosystema 19 (2–3): 255-292.
Hoffman R (1980) Classification of the Diplopoda. Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
Hoffman R (1982) Diplopoda. – In: Parker S (ed) Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms, 2nd ed. Melbourne University Press, Carlton, p. 689-724.
At the end of the text, AFTER the reference list, you may add a list of sources from where each figure or map have been produced.
At the end, please provide a short and comprehensive glossary to some most important terms used in your case study.
Maps, Figures and Tables should be numbered separately WITHIN each case study. Within the text and in the legends, they should not be abbreviated, i.e. (Figure 1 but NOT Fig. 1).
Legends and explanations to figures and maps should be given separately, in different files, i.e. Roger-Figure-1.eps; Roger-Legend-to-Figure-1.doc.
Important – maps and diagrams will be re-drawn or newly produced on the basis of your data by CKFF and OLANIS (see section C). BUT it will be essential to send us a rough scheme (in MS Word), how your text and figures should be situated on the two or 4 pages. The design of the book will follow roughly or strictly your ideas of situation of text/figures on the pages.
The title of each case study should be written in “Title Case”, i.e. “Basic Scenario of the Distribution….”
No abstracts should be included in the text. Please add your institutional address and email at the end of the text. Addresses and emails will be listed separately in the Contributors List
Non-native English speakers - please ensure checking your text with native English-speaking colleague BEFORE you submit it to the publisher
Many of you are able to produce good maps and graphics to represent the results of your study. As we would like to reach some consistency in layout of the book, we decided to redraw all the maps and other graphics. In order to do so, please provide us with following data/information.
For map reproduction:
Map(s) you already produced – this will give us a clear picture how the map should look like and also provide answers to some questions/demands below.
Data – in GIS format (if you use ESRI-GIS format you can provide us with the project file if available); information on geographical projection of your data; description on which data the legend should be based.
Other important stuff: short text on desired layout of the map (background layers – i.e. river network, major roads, elevation...; map extent etc.); map number in your article and map title;
text and the title of the legend; in case data are represented with ranges, if there are any kind of calculations used for data representation or any other particularities, please describe them; information about sources and copyrights of data as well as a list of the map authors; explanatory texts, graphics, submaps or images in the map (if desired); contact person (e-mail address) for eventual clarification or explanation of the material sent.
In the ALARM Atlas the maps will be either full page (one map or series of maps) or inserted within a text. Regarding the amount of data on the map please consider whether to show your map as a one page map or perhaps a smaller map would be sufficient.
For charts, diagrams and other graphics:
Graphic(s) you already produced
Data (a complete excel file would be great)
Graphic number in your article and title
A short text describing what the graphic should be showing
Please inform us if a diagram is copyright protected
Ways of delivering the data are described below. All reproduced maps and graphics will be sent back to you for review. Only after your final approval the material will go to the publisher.
For any further explanations, questions and comments please contact alarmatlas@ufz.de!
The following files are attached to the present message:
Table of contents (lists the basic minimum of contents – please feel free to send us your proposals for inclusion of additional case studies (until the 12th of December 2007, as well as comments on the list)
Time schedule
Case study sample (taken from the National Atlas of Germany on Climate, Plants and Animals – the best example we have seen; the sample pages should give you an idea how we would like to see the final layout of the Atlas)
Module (consists of some “ideal” sample page with dummy figures and legends to it; this is just for your orientation on the real page size of the Atlas)
Manuscript workflow:
Step 1: After completing your manuscript, please send it together with figures – maps, diagrams and photos – together with input data from which they are produced to alarmatlas@ufz.de. (This is needed to produce unified versions of the maps and graphs throughout the whole book [see the instructions under Section C above] by end of February).
Step 2: Vesna/Ralf will return to you the revised graphs and maps for your approval.
Step 3: Check and approve the revised graphs/maps. In case of some additional corrections and/or comments report them back to Vesna/Ralf. In case no corrections are needed, confirm please this explicitely.
Step 4: Vesna/Ralf will return back revised versions (in case revisions are needed).
Step 5: Complete you manuscript and send it to Lyubomir Penev, info@pensoft.net – deadline end of March! Do not forget that some hints on positioning of your figures/maps within the text and pages will help us to better expose your case study!
Step 6: Editors and Pensoft shall technically organise a review process and revised versions need to be submitted end of May.
Step 7: On the basis of first proofs, a complete copy of the book will be compiled and sent to the editors for editorial work end of June 2008.
Step 8: First proofs after editorial work will be sent to authors in July. Check proofs and send back corrections/comments to Lyubomir within two weeks time after you receive them.
Step 9: After inserting corrections, second proofs will be sent to authors and editors for checking and approval in August.
Step 10: The publication of the Atlas both online and in printed version is scheduled for December 2008.
Contacts
Please send back your proposals for additional case studies to Josef Settele (josef.settele@ufz.de)
Please send all questions regarding the format and layout of the book to alarmatlas@ufz.de
Any questions regarding preparations of maps or figures should be sent also to alarmatlas@ufz.de
The ready-to-format manuscripts should be sent to Lyubomir Penev (info@pensoft.net) either through email or on a CD – not later than end of March!
Copyright
It is a fundamental condition that submitted manuscripts have not been published and will not be simultaneously submitted or published elsewhere. Authors retain copyright and grant the publisher right of first publication, both online and printed, with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
Please remember, the strict and clear arrangement of your manuscript is of crucial importance for the success of this beautiful but complicated book!