[Odonata-l] Request for ARGIA Contributions

[Todd Sformo]

Just thought I would let "you" know that I saw the first dragonfly of
the season day flying in Fairbanks, Alaska.  I checked on Sunday at a
pond, no activity.  Today's creature was Libellula quadrimaculata.
-Todd

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 1:52 PM, John Abbott <jcabbott at mail.utexas.edu> wrote:
>
> It is time for another issue of ARGIA and I would like to solicit any
> articles, notes, or other information that you think the readers might
> enjoy.  You can send content to me anytime, but I would like your
> submissions by no later than May 27th to be considered for this issue.  If
> you are not familiar with ARGIA, it is the News Journal for the Dragonfly
> Society of the Americas.  Information about both the journal and the society
> can be found on OdonataCentral at
> http://www.odonatacentral.org/index.php/PageAction.get/name/DSAHomePage and
> I have pasted the Instructions to Authors below.
>
> Thanks in advance for your contributions,
> John
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> John C. Abbott, Ph.D.
> Curator of Entomology, Texas Natural History Collections
> Section of Integrative Biology
> 1 University Station #L7000
> The University of Texas at Austin
> Austin, Texas 78712  USA
>
> Office Phone: (512) 471-5467
> Lab Phone: (512) 232-1896
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>
>
>
> Instructions to Authors for ARGIA Submissions
>
>
>
> Digital submissions of all materials (via e-mail or CD) are vastly preferred
> to hardcopy. If digital submissions are not possible, contact the Editor
> before sending anything. All material must be sent directly to the Editor,
> John C. Abbott <jcabbott at mail.utexas.edu>.
>
>
>
> All articles and notes are preferably submitted in Word or Rich Text Format,
> without any figures or tables, or their captions, embedded. Only minimal
> formatting to facilitate review is needed—single column with paragraph
> returns and bold/italic type where necessary. Include captions for all
> figures and tables in a separate document.
>
>
>
> Include a title, author name(s), and contact information (especially email)
> with a line between each.  The article or note should follow this
> information.  Paragraphs should be separated by a line and the first line
> should not be indented.  Where possible always refer to the scientific name
> of a species followed by its official common name in parentheses.
>
>
>
> Submit figures individually as separate files, named so that each can be
> easily identified and matched with its caption. Requirements vary depending
> on the type of graphic.
>
>
>
> Photographs and other complex (continuous tone) raster graphics should be
> submitted as TIFF (preferred) or JPEG files with a minimum of 300 ppi at the
> intended print size. If unsure about the final print size, keep in mind that
> over-sized graphics can be scaled down without loss of quality, but they
> cannot be scaled up without loss of quality. The printable area of a page of
> Argia or BAO is 6.5 × 9.0 inches, so no graphics will exceed these
> dimensions. Do not add any graphic features such as text, arrows, circles,
> etc. to photographs. If these are necessary, include a note to the Editor
> with the figure’s caption, describing what is needed. The editorial staff
> will crop, scale, sample, and enhance photographs as deemed necessary and
> will add graphics requested by the author.
>
>
>
> Charts, graphs, diagrams, and other vector graphics (e.g. computer-drawn
> maps) are best submitted in Illustrator format or EPS. If this is not
> possible, then submit as raster graphics (PNG or TIFF) with a minimum of 600
> ppi at the intended print size. You may be asked to provide the raw data for
> charts and graphs if submitted graphics are deemed to be unsatisfactory.
> When charts and graphs are generated in Excel, please submit the Excel
> document with each chart or graph on a separate sheet and each sheet named
> appropriately (e.g. “Fig. 1”, “Fig. 2”, etc.)
>
>
>
> Tables may be submitted as Word documents or Excel spreadsheets. If Excel is
> used, place each table on a separate sheet and name each sheet appropriately
> (e.g. “Table 1”, “Table 2”, etc.)
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-- 
Todd Sformo
907.474.6067
Brian Barnes Lab
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Institute of Arctic Biology