Notes to Contributors
Living World, Journal of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club publishes articles on studies and observations on natural history carried out in Trinidad and Tobago, and in the Caribbean Basin. Contributors to Living World are not limited to members of the Club.
Articles can be forwarded on diskettes or CDs along with one hard copy to: Elisha S. Tikasingh, 12 Newbury Hill, Glencoe, Trinidad and Tobago. Files up to 500kb may be sent as e-mail to: elisha@rave-tt.net, g-white@tstt.net.tt or linusp47@hotmail.com
Articles are sent to two referees for review.
In general, we follow the Council of Biological Editors Style Manual.
All articles, except for Nature Notes, should be accompanied by an abstract and a list of key words. Nature Notes is a section allowing contributors to describe unusual observations on our flora and fauna. Notes should not exceed one journal page.
References should follow the Name and Year system. Some examples:
1. Journals:
Snow, D.W. 1962. A field study of the Black and White Manakin in Trinidad. Zoologica, 47: 65-104
Quesnel, V., Farrel, T. F., Hilton, A., Hilton, J. and Zuniaga, L. 1996. The revegetation of the McClean Monument. Living World, J. of The Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club, 1995-1996: 9-12.
2. Titles of foreign language journals should be given in full. e.g. Tijdschrift Voor Entomologie.
3. Books and Monographs:
Barcant, M. 1970. Butterflies of Trinidad and Tobago. London: Collins. 314 p.
4. Citation from Books and Monographs with Editors:
Collins, C. T. 2002. Notes on the biology of the Band-rumped Swift in Trinidad. P.138-143. In Floyd E. Hayes and Stanley A. Temple, eds. Studies in Trinidad and Tobago’s Ornithology Honouring Richard ffrench. St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago: Depart. Of Life Sciences, Univ. of the West Indies, Occasional Paper No. 11.
Apple Macintosh or IBM Formats accepted:
Word processing: WordPerfect 1.0- 3.5 (Mac) 7.0 (Windows) ClarisWorks/AppleWorks 3.0-6.0 Microsoft Word 4.0-97
Tables and spreadsheets: ClarisWorks/AppleWorks 3.0- 6.0 Tab-delimited text Microsoft Excel 4.0-97
Digital Graphic & Photograph Formats:
Our column size is 8.89 cm (3.5”). Most graphics in the Journal are inserted at this width, unless there is a great deal of detail, in which case two columns are used.
BMP, PICT, TIFF, JPEG, GIF. GIF and PICT formats are acceptable for line-art illustrations with solid colours but are not recommended for photographs.
Do NOT place images into the word processing files. Using text, indicate within the article where a particular image/graphic should be placed. Graphics/images should be sent in the formats indicated above as separate electronic files. Line art illustrations should be a minimum resolution of 300 pixels/inch, and photographs should be a minimum of 300 pixels/inch.
Hard Copy: Prints (i.e. not slides or negatives)
If graphics are computer generated, please submit them both in electronic form and hard-copy. Actual photographic prints should be submitted when photographs are to be used; colour photographs are preferred. If possible, an e-mail address should be included so that we can contact you if there are problems with artwork.
Deadline for submission for articles for the Living World is 1 February.