1. “Casarca” publishes papers and short notes on the research,
conservation, and sustainable management of geese, swans, and other waterfowl
species and their habitats. The papers can be written in Russian or in English.
2. Manuscripts should be submitted in an
electronic form and as a hard copy. Double-spaced text (two copies) should be
clearly typed on the white paper of standard A4 size (21×30 cm), a sheet
containing no more than 30 lines 60 characters in each. All titles and subtitles
should be spaced from the text by three lines.
Papers in electronic form should be submitted on
3.5” floppy disks, preferably in MS Word (6.0/95/97/2000) format. Submission
of papers by e-mail as packed (arj, zip, lha) attached files is welcome. No hard
copies are required in this case.
Manuscripts submitted in electronic form will be published earlier than
those submitted only in the form of hard copy.
3. The text of full papers should be written on 10–25 typed pages; the
volume of short notes can range from 0.5 to 3 pages. Manuscripts exceeding this
limit can be published in case they deal with the Anseriform fauna of large
regions, general problems of Anseriform biology, or contain specific reviews.
4. Full papers should contain Introduction, Materials and Methods, Region
and Terms of Research, Results, Discussion, Conclusions (if any),
Acknowledgments, and References.
5. All papers in English should be accompanied with the title, author(s)
name(s) with full given name(s) and address(es) for correspondence (with e-mail
address if available), abstract, key words, figure captions, and table titles
and headings in Russian. Abstract should be informative and its size is not
limited (2–3-page Russian abstracts can be written for particularly large
papers).
6. Latin names of species (or other taxa) should be given in brackets
with the first usage in the text (no Latin names in the title!) and in the
abstract. The authors of first descriptions should be mentioned only in specific
reviews or if the problems of taxonomy are discussed. All Latin names of plants
and animals should be italicized.
7. Tables and figures should be numbered separately with Arabic numerals.
Figures should be drawn in ink on hard smooth-surfaced paper and their
quality and size must allow direct copying 1 : 1 (115 x 180 mm). Lines should be
distinct. Please avoid thin lines and extremely pale or solid shading. Letters
and figures should be at least 3 mm high. Clear contrast glanz photos are
accepted. Computer-generated figures are strongly advised to be prepared in
PCX-format and do not exceed 1920 x 1440. Figure captions should be prepared on
separate sheets and in separate files.
In many cases it would be of great help if computer graphs are
supplemented with original data.
Tables should be also prepared on separate sheets and in their own files
in WinWord or in ASCII format with “Tab” spacing.
Hard copies of illustrations should be numbered on the back side of the
sheet. Please indicate the places of tables and figures in the text file and
mark them on the margins of the hard copy.
Tables and figures larger than 115 x 180 mm are not accepted.
8. The following date format should be used: 25 May 1987 or 25.05.1987,
in the 1950s, 1991–1996.
The units of square, volume, and fractional numerals should be presented
as km2, cm3, 2/3, 42.3.
Symbols of statistic indices must be given in Italic (n,
SD, x, P, etc.).
Geographical coordinates should be given as 66°30¢10²
N, 52°22¢15²
E.
9. References in the text should be made as follows: (Ivanov, 1976), (Bardy,
1983; Aller, Crown, 1984), (Cramp et all., 1977), “after A. I. Ivanov
(1976)”. Papers in press should be cited as “in press” and listed in References. Unpublished data are cited as
“pers. comm.” (personal
communication) or “in litt.” (in
letter) and are not listed in References.
10. List of references should be prepared in alphabetical order according
to the following standards:
Barry T. W. 1962. Effect of late seasons on Atlantic Brant reproduction.
– J. Wildlife Manage., 26: 19–26.
Gurtovaya E., Tolvanen P., Eskelin T., Oien I.,
Bragina T., Aarvak T., Eichorn G., Arkiomaa A., Timonen S. 1999. Preliminary
results of the Lesser White-fronted Goose monitoring in Kazakhstan in October
1999. – Casarca, 5: 15–27.
Owen M. 1980. Wild Geese of the World. – London, B. T. Bastford Ltd.:
1–230.
Newton I. 1977. Timing and success of breeding in tundra-nesting geese.
– Evolutionary Ecology (eds. Stonehouse B., Perrins C.). London, The Macmillan
Press Ltd.: 113–126.
Mischenko A., Sukhanova O. 1999. Rare bird species in Central Russia:
some reasons for rarity and survival perspectives. – The Ring (Abstracts of
the 2nd Meeting of the European Ornithologists Union and 3rd International
Shrike Symposium), 21 (1): 115.
Tolvanen P. 1996. Lesser White-fronted Goose expedition to the Kanin
Peninsula. August 26 – September 12, 1996. Preliminary summary. –
Unpublished report: 1–7.
All the authors of publications listed in References should be named.
Citations in reduced form, such as: “Cramp S. et al.”, “Gurtovaya
E., Tolvanen P., Eskelin T., et al.”
are not accepted in References.
Titles of the journals should be abbreviated
according to the World List of Scientific Periodicals. If abbreviation is not
known, full title should be given. Non-Latin names of the journals should be
transcribed, but not translated (e. g., Çîîëîãè÷åñêèé æóðíàë – “Zoologicheskiy
Zhurnal” but not “Zoological Journal”).
All manuscripts are refereed and reviewed.
No more than two full papers or three short notes
by one author are published in each “Casarca” volume. The number of papers
prepared with co-authors is unlimited.