Instructions for Desert Plants Authors

 

Appropriate Topics

Manuscripts describing research on many aspects adapted to arid and semi-arid climates are appropriate for Desert Plants. These research topics include plant cultivation, ecology, ethnobotany, environmental physiology, taxonomy and diversity, history of discovery and cultivation, relationship of anatomy and morphology with the environment, and landscape architecture.

Submission

Manuscripts should be submitted directly to the editor at the following address:

Dr. Margaret Norem, Desert Plants, 2120 E Allen Road, Tucson AZ 85719

(520) 318-7046 office, (520) 318-7272 FAX, mnorem@ag.arizona.edu

 

General Requirements

Manuscripts should be written at a technical level consistent with the botanical garden or arboretum (museum) approach to research and public education. Highly technical jargon is not consistent with Desert Plants publication policies. Occasionally a manuscript adapted for Desert Plants from previously published material is accepted. Submission of a computer file in Word or comparable program is the accepted form of manuscript submission. Manuscripts must be in English. A foreign language summary may be included when appropriate. Maximum length of a manuscript varies, however, a maximum of ten pages (Pagemaker) covers most manuscripts. Illustrations, black and white photographs and color slides are encouraged. Every effort is made to return slides and prints after publication, however, authors are strongly encouraged to retain the original and submit copies. Please submit hard copies of tables as well as on disc. Digital images should be submitted as tiff files. Very high resolution jpegs can sometimes be substituted for tiff files.

Citations

List citations alphabetically and number them consecutively. Each citation should include the names of all authors, year of publication, complete title, publication, volume number and inclusive pages, in that sequence. Spell the names of journals out fully when possible. When two or more authors are listed, initials should follow the last name for the first author, but the initials should precede the last name of other authors. For books, include the total number of pages. For book chapters, give author and page number for the chapter as well as the book information. (Example: Baver, L.D. and W.H. Gardner. 1972. Flow in stratified soil systems. P. 343-345 in L.D. Baver, ed. Soil Physics. Academic Press, New York. 500 pages)