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Ecology Format

Book

Last name, First initial. Second initial., First initial. Second initial. Last name, and First initial. Second initial. Last name. Date.
     Book title. Publisher, City of publication, State of publication, Country of publication.
 

Example:

Motulsky, H. and A. Christopoulos. 2004. Fitting models to biological data using linear and nonlinear regression: a practical
     guide to curve fitting. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

Chapter in a Book

Last name of author of chapter, First initial. Second initial., and First initial. Second initial. Last   name.
     Date. Chapter title. Pages first-last in First initial. Second initial. Last name of editor, and First initial.
     Second initial. Last name of next editor, editors. Book title. Publisher, City of publication, State of
     publication, Country of publication.

Example:

Underwood, A. J., and E. J. Denley. 1984. Paradigms, explanations and generalizations in models for the structure of intertidal
     communities on rocky shores. Pages 151-180 in D. R. Strong, D. Simberloff, L.G. Abele, and A. B. Thistle, editors.
     Ecological communities: conceptual issues and the evidence. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.

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