Introduction
In Ecology 100, you are using the same citation format that is used in The Journal of Mammalogy. It is called The Council of Science Editors. For examples of how to cite in this style please consult the examples below and/or articles that have been published the in The Journal of Mammalogy such as Seasonality in daily movement patterns of mandrills revealed by combining direct tracking and camera traps or Mammal collections of the Western Hemisphere: a survey and directory of collections.
Your in-text citation will follow this format:
(First Author's Last Name Year)
Example 1: (Iudica 2024).
If there are multiple authors, use only the first author's last name and include et al.
Example 2: (Garnett et al. 2015)
If you need additional assistance please reach out to your professor or make an appointment with your librarian, Brianne Dort, using this link: https://susqu.libcal.com/appointments/dort
For an article, you will make your citations follow this format:
AUTHOR'S LAST NAME, AUTHOR'S FIRST INITIAL. Year. Full Article title. Journal Title Volume #: page range.
Example 1
Citation
ALABANZA, K. 2022. Kismet & ice cream. Sewanee Review 130: 446-456.
In-text: (Alabanza 2023)
Example 2
Citation
FLUD, G., J. ANGLE, M.N. SIMON, AND D.S. MOEN. 2023. Functional frogs: using swimming performance as a model to understand natural selection and adaptation. The American Biology Teacher 85: 448-453.
In-text: (Flud et al. 2023)
For a book, you will make your citations follow this format:
AUTHOR'S LAST NAME, AUTHOR'S FIRST INITIAL. Year. Full title. The Publisher, Place of publication
Example 1
Citation
TUNICK, M.H. 2014. The science of cheese. Oxford University Press, New York.
In-text: (Tunink 2014)
Example 2
Citation
OTNES,C. 2015. Royal fever : the British monarchy in consumer culture. University of California Press, Oakland, California.
In-text: (Otnes 2015)
For a chapter in a book, you will make your citations follow this format:
AUTHOR'S LAST NAME, AUTHOR'S FIRST INITIAL. Year. Full chapter title. Pp. Page range in Full book title (Editor's name, eds.). Publisher, Place of publication.
Example 1
Citation
SCIOLDO-ZÜRCHER, Y. 2015. The cost of decolonisation : Compensating the Pieds-noir. Pp. 99-114 in France since the 1970s : History, politics and memory in an age of uncertainty (E. Chabal, ed.). Bloomsbury Academic, London.
In-text: (Scioldo-Zürcher 2015)
Example 2
Citation
BAKKER, N. AND C. RIOPELLE. 2019. The Sunflowers in perspective. Pp. 21-48 in Van Gogh's Sunflowers illunminated : Art meets science (E. Hendriks and M. Vellekoop, eds.). Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam.
In-text: (Bakker et al. 2019)
For a website, you will make your citations follow this format:
AUTHOR'S LAST NAME, AUTHOR'S FIRST INITIAL. Year. Full title. The Publisher. URL. Accessed date.
If webpage is not specifically dated, use the copyright date commonly located at the bottom of the webpage.
Example 1
Citation
TORCHINSKY, J. 2024. America is missing out on the best electric cars. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/01/electric-cars-cheaper-china-than-america/677290/ . Accessed 31 January 2024.
In-text: (Torchinsky 2024)
Example 2
Citation
NORTHERN TIER HARDWOOD ASSOCIATION. 2023. History of NTHA. Northern Tier Hardwood Association. https://nthardwoods.org/history-of-ntha/. Accessed 14 May 2024.
In-text: ( Northern Tier Hardwood Association 2023)
