How to format your references using the Tree Physiology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Tree Physiology. 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	Download the output style file
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

Chang FR (2009) Computer science. Is your computer secure? Science 325:550–551.

A journal article with 2 authors

Jia CL, Urban K (2004) Atomic-resolution measurement of oxygen concentration in oxide materials. Science 303:2001–2004.

A journal article with 3 authors

Werlen G, Hausmann B, Palmer E (2000) A motif in the alphabeta T-cell receptor controls positive selection by modulating ERK activity. Nature 406:422–426.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Denham TP, Haberle SG, Lentfer C, Fullagar R, Field J, Therin M, Porch N, Winsborough B (2003) Origins of agriculture at Kuk Swamp in the highlands of New Guinea. Science 301:189–193.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Ryan TP (2007) Modern Engineering Statistics. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ.

An edited book

Kim T-H, Fang W-C, Lee C, Arnett KP (eds) (2009) Advances in Software Engineering: International Conference, ASEA 2008, and Its Special Sessions, Sanya, Hainan Island, China, December 13-15, 2008. Revised Selected Papers. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.

A chapter in an edited book

Baskin D, Sommers I, Baskin-Sommers A (2013) Methamphetamine Use, Personality Traits, and High-Risk Behaviors. In: Sanders B, Thomas YF, Griffin Deeds B (eds) Crime, HIV and Health: Intersections of Criminal Justice and Public Health Concerns. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, pp 95–111.

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 Tree Physiology.

Blog post

Fang J (2014) Sexy Peacocks Fly Fine, Even With Extravagant Tails. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/sexy-peacocks-fly-fine-even-extravagant-tails/ (30 October 2018, date last accessed ).

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

Government Accountability Office (1994) Technology Transfers: Benefits of Cooperative R&D Agreements. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Melhorn SJ (2009) The microstructure of food intake under conditions of high-fat diet, social stress and social subordination. Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

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

Feeney K (2006) QUICK BITE/Kenilworth; So Greek, So Good. New York Times:14NJ12.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Chang 2009).
This sentence cites two references (Jia and Urban 2004, Chang 2009).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Jia and Urban 2004)
Three or more authors: (Denham et al. 2003)

About the journal

Full journal title	Tree Physiology
Abbreviation	Tree Physiol.
ISSN (print)	0829-318X
ISSN (online)	1758-4469
Scope	Plant Science Physiology