Author Guidelines

Guidelines for the preparation of manuscripts for Tuexenia

Version: 22/12/2024

Manuscripts are submitted by email to the Editor-in-Chief (Chair) (). Each manuscript is supervised by an editorial team member (Associate Editor) and evaluated by at least two reviewers. Based on the reviews and in consultation with the Editors-in-Chief, the Coordi-nating Editor will decide whether to accept, revise, or reject a manuscript.

The text alone (without tables and figures) should be submitted unformatted (no underlining, bolding, indentation, etc.) as continuous text, left-aligned, without hyphenation (Word document, 1 ½ line spacing, font size 12, preferably Times New Roman, continuous page and line numbering). Footnotes should be avoided (dedications after the authors’ addresses). The text should be concise and limited to the essential, not exceeding 10,000 words.
If the authors are not fluent in English, the text must be proofread by a native speaker. The use of a translation or writing aid is also recommended. Scientific names of taxa and syntaxa are set in italics, e.g. Dactylis glomerata subsp. lobata, Poaceae, Galio odorati-Fagetum sylvaticae, Dryopteris filix-mas variant, Fagus sylvatica community.

ENGLISH- LANGUAGE MANUSCRIPTS should include the following sections:

    1. Title, in English and German (short and concise, no capitalisation).

    2. First names and last names and addresses of all authors, ORCID identifiers if possible, and the email address of the corresponding author.

    3. A statement of the authors’ contributions. Authors’ names should be abbreviated with initials.

    4. Abstract with an introductory scientific framework (“problem”), the aims and methods of the work, the main results and their conclusions in English, max. 400 words. The abstract is followed by an expanded German summary (Erweiterte deutsche Zusammenfassung) which is important for readers who are not familiar with the English language. The expanded German summary should be more detailed (500–1500 words) and differ from the abstract in three aspects: (a) it is structured in the same main sections as the article, (b) it contains selected references, (c) explicit references to figures and tables are possible. Non-German-speaking authors may submit the expanded German abstract in English, and the handling editors will translate it.

    5. Keywords and list of abbreviations: 5–10 English keywords that are suitable for literature searches and that are not included in the title. For non-standard abbreviations, a list of abbreviations may be inserted after the keywords. Such abbreviations are useful for individual longer terms that are used frequently in the text where abbreviating them saves a lot of space. However, the terms must be written out in full at least the first time they are used in the text (“The Rhenish Massif (RM) …”).

    6. Individual chapters: usually 1. Introduction, 2. Study area, 3. Material and methods, 4. Results, 5. Discussion, acknowledgements, literature. Subchapters in the decimal system (e.g. 1., 1.1, 1.2.1). All syntaxon names once in the article (e.g. when they are first mentioned or in syntaxonomic schemes) with author’s name and full year (e.g. Luzulo luzuloides-Fagetum sylvaticae Meusel 1937). The nomenclature of plant species should be uniformly based on a modern flora, e.g. the Euro+Med PlantBase (https://europlusmed.org/, Euro+Med (2006-), the nomenclature of plant communities preferably according to the EuroVegChecklist (Mucina et al. 2016 in Applied Vegetation Science or Bergmeier 2020 in Tuexenia). For older syntaxon names, the standard list by Rennwald (2000) can be used. All reference lists should be mentioned in the methods. Deviations should be mentioned and justified. References in the text should be given with author and year; two authors should be joined with “&”. If there are several authors, only the first author with “et al.”, e.g. Tüxen et al. (1972), Ellenberg & Leuschner (2010).

    7. Bibliography: References are listed alphabetically by author and within the same author in chronological order. If an article has more than ten authors, only the first three authors and the last author are listed, then “…” in between. All journal names are spelled out in full. Titles that are not written in English or German are additionally translated (see reference: Chytrý 2007).
      Journals:
      Mucina,L., Bültmann, H., Dierßen, K. … Tichý, L. (2016): Vegetation of Europe: hierarchical floris-tic classification system of vascular plant, bryophyte, lichen, and algal communities. – Applied Vegetation Science 19: 3–264. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12257
      Books and series      :
      Chytrý, M. (Ed.) (2007): Vegetace České republiky 1. Travinná a keříčková vegetace (Vegetation of the Czech Republic 1. Grassland and heathland vegetation) [in Czech, with English summaries]. – Academia, Praha: 526 pp.
      Dierschke, H. (1997): Molinio-Arrhenatheretea (E1) – Kulturgrasland und verwandte Vegetationstypen. Teil 1: Arrhenatheretalia. Wiesen und Weiden frischer Standorte. – Synopsis der Pflanzengesellschaften Deutschlands 3: 1–74.
      Leuschner, C. & Ellenberg, H. (2017): Vegetation ecology of Central Europe. Vol. 1. Ecology of central European forests. – Springer Nature, Cham: 971 pp.
      Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Düll, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W. & Paulißen, D. (2001): Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. 3. Aufl. – Scripta Geobotanica 18: 1–262.
      Book and series chapters:
      Oberdorfer, E. & Korneck, D. (1993): Klasse: Festuco-Brometea Br.-Bl. et Tx. 43. – In: Oberdorfer, E. (Hrsg.): Süddeutsche Pflanzengesellschaften Teil 2. 3. Aufl.: 86–180. Fischer, Jena.
      Schmidt, W. (2009): Vegetation. – In: Brumme, R. & Khanna, P.K. (Eds.): Functioning and manage-ment of European beech ecosystems. – Ecological Studies 208: 65–86. Springer, Berlin.
      Websites:
      Hand, R., Thieme, M. & collaborators (2024): Florenliste von Deutschland (Gefäßpflanzen), Version 14 – URL: https://www.florenliste-deutschland.de [access: 24.11.2024].
      Additional parts (separate from the text)

    8. Tables need to be organised to save space, if possible, in the same Word file as the text, numbered, with English and German captions. Large tables and all vegetation tables must also be attached as Excel files (Times New Roman, font size 8, italics of scientific names not necessary) and should fit (in a still readable reduction) on one or two pages (lengthwise, only in exceptional cases crosswise). If the type area is exceeded (12.5 × 20 cm, portrait format), a maximum of two loose supplements are possible at the end of the volume (name: Supplement S1, S2 etc.). In this case, the author and title must be given in the top left-hand corner (author et al.: title of the article). The number of relevés in a table should not greatly exceed 100; only rarely occurring species must be listed consecutively in a table footer or as an appendix. For vegetation tables with individual relevés, at least the following information is required (either in the table header or separately): plot size (if uniform, under “Methods”), cover values of the layers in percent, number of species (possibly separated by woody plants, herbs/grasses, cryptogams), altitude (m above sea level), slope exposure and inclination, at least for Germany also more precise location information (topographic map quadrant or, better yet, exact UTB coordinates). Original relevés from Germany will be included in the national vegetation data portal for Germany (Veget-Web 2.0, http://vegetweb.de) (see Jansen et al. 2015 in Tuexenia 35: 309–319), original relevés from Austria into the Austrian Vegetation Database (http://vegedat.vinca.at/, Willner et al. 2012 in Biodiversity & Ecology 4: 333).

    9. Figures in black and white or color, if possible, in the same Word file as the text, numbered, with English and German captions. After acceptance of the manuscript, all figures must also be submitted in jpg, png or tiff format of sufficient quality. They must be able to be reduced to the type area (12.5 × 20 cm). It is possible to organise several graphics in one figure (plate: typically, two graphics side by side), taking into account the type area. Diagram areas should not be unnecessarily large, but data points, labels and signatures should be clearly visible and readable (a test print is recommended). For maps, indicate the line scale. Figure captions should be self-explanatory. Photographs with author and, if possible, with date. Maps must be credited and permission obtained from the copyright holder(s).

    10. Electronic appendices: Supplementary materials and important data that are not absolutely necessary for the understanding of the content can be presented as tables (Word or Excel) or graphics (jpg, png or tiff) as an electronic appendix in the online version of the article (name: Appendix E1, E2 etc.).

Manuscripts which do not correspond to these instructions will be returned.