How to format your references using the Movement Ecology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Movement Ecology. For a complete guide how to prepare your manuscript refer to the journal's instructions to authors.

Using reference management software

Typically you don't format your citations and bibliography by hand. The easiest way is to use a reference manager:

Paperpile	The citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNote	Find the style here: output styles overview
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and others	The style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeX	BibTeX syles are usually part of a LaTeX template. Check the instructions to authors if the publisher offers a LaTeX template for this journal.

Journal articles

Those examples are references to articles in scholarly journals and how they are supposed to appear in your bibliography.

Not all journals organize their published articles in volumes and issues, so these fields are optional. Some electronic journals do not provide a page range, but instead list an article identifier. In a case like this it's safe to use the article identifier instead of the page range.

A journal article with 1 author

1. Collins J. Synthetic Biology: Bits and pieces come to life. Nature. 2012;483:S8-10.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Largeron M, Fleury M-B. Chemistry. Bioinspired oxidation catalysts. Science. 2013;339:43–4.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Prytkova TR, Kurnikov IV, Beratan DN. Coupling coherence distinguishes structure sensitivity in protein electron transfer. Science. 2007;315:622–5.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Price GD, Twitchett RJ, Wheeley JR, Buono G. Isotopic evidence for long term warmth in the Mesozoic. Sci Rep. 2013;3:1438.

Books and book chapters

Here are examples of references for authored and edited books as well as book chapters.

An authored book

1. Casper D. Hollywood Film 1963-1976. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell; 2011.

An edited book

1. Shibasaki M, Iino M, Osada H, editors. Chembiomolecular Science: At the Frontier of Chemistry and Biology. Tokyo: Springer Japan; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Albertos P, Sanz L, Mateos I, Sánchez-Vicente I, Lechón T, Fernández-Espinosa G, et al. Gasotransmission of Nitric Oxide (NO) at Early Plant Developmental Stages. In: Lamattina L, García-Mata C, editors. Gasotransmitters in Plants: The Rise of a New Paradigm in Cell Signaling. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. p. 95–116.

Web sites

Sometimes references to web sites should appear directly in the text rather than in the bibliography. Refer to the Instructions to authors for Movement Ecology.

Blog post

1. Hale T. Unusual Artwork Showing Mongoose On A Leash Revealed In Ancient Egyptian Tomb. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017.

Reports

This example shows the general structure used for government reports, technical reports, and scientific reports. If you can't locate the report number then it might be better to cite the report as a book. For reports it is usually not individual people that are credited as authors, but a governmental department or agency like "U. S. Food and Drug Administration" or "National Cancer Institute".

Government report

1. Government Accountability Office. Commercial Aviation: Factors Affecting Efforts to Improve Air Service at Small Community Airports. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2003 Jan. Report No.: GAO-03-330.

Theses and dissertations

Theses including Ph.D. dissertations, Master's theses or Bachelor theses follow the basic format outlined below.

Doctoral dissertation

1. Momcheva IG. Environments of strong gravitational lenses [Doctoral dissertation]. [Tucson, AZ]: University of Arizona; 2009.

News paper articles

Unlike scholarly journals, news papers do not usually have a volume and issue number. Instead, the full date and page number is required for a correct reference.

New York Times article

1. Pilon M. How Do Kenyan 10K Runners Get to London? Through Raindrops in Oregon. New York Times. 2012 Jun 3;SP9.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

This sentence cites one reference [1].
This sentence cites two references [1,2].
This sentence cites four references [1–4].

About the journal

Full journal title	Movement Ecology
Abbreviation	Mov. Ecol.
ISSN (online)	2051-3933
Scope