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Guidelines on the use of scientific names of animals for authors and editors

Best practice in the use of the scientific names of animals: Support for editors of technical journals (link to PDF)

To cite the reference on technical best practice please use:

Notton, D., E. Michel, N. Dale-Skey, S. Nikolaeva & S. Tracey. 2011. Best practice in the use of the scientific names of animals: Support for editors of technical journals.  Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 68(4): 313-322. 

This chapter/article was originally published as: Heseltine E. References. In: Smart P., Maisonneuve H. and Polderman A. (eds) Science Editors’ Handbook. European Association of Science Editors, 2013, pp. 27-30. (link to PDF)

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