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Progress in Studies on Myriapoda and Onychophora

Fragmenta faunistica, Supplement to Vol. 43
Edited by J. Wytwer and S. Golovatch Proceedings of the 11th International Congress of Myriapodology, 20-24 July 1999, Białowieża, Poland

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The present volume puts on record the bulk, i.e. 33 papers by 52 authors from 19 countries, of the contributions delivered at the 11th International Congress of Myriapodology, held at Białowieża, Poland on 20-24 July 1999. This book is a milestone of recent progress achieved in research on Myriapoda and Onychophora, with the papers distributed between the following general topics:

  • Evolution, Phylogeny and Comparative Morphology (9 papers)
  • Anatomy, Biology and Physiology (10) 
  • Taxonomy and Collections (4) 
  • Geography, Faunistics and Ecology (10)


The book contains 14 introductory and 396 main text pages, 52 tables, 273 figures or graphs, and 2 indices.

The publication is available through the Library of the Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wilcza 64, 00-679 Warszawa, Poland, e-mail: Ten adres pocztowy jest chroniony przed spamowaniem. Aby go zobaczyć, konieczne jest włączenie w przeglądarce obsługi JavaScript.. One copy costs USD 50,-. Postage and handling charges are billed separately, the amount depending on the way of mailing. When ordering please specify the number of copies and the way of shipment. The corresponding invoice will be enclosed together with the shipment.

Fragmenta Faunistica

Editorial Office:

Museum and Institute of Zoology

Polish Academy of Sciences

Wilcza 64, 00-679 Warszawa, Poland

 

Editor in Chief:

Jolanta Wytwer

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Editorial Board:

Ewa Durska, Joanna Mazgajska, Wioletta Wawer

Advisory Board:

Józef Banaszak (Bydgoszcz, Poland)
Theo Blick (Hummeltal, Germany)
Sergey A. Belokobylskij (St. Petersburg, Russia)
Wiesław Bogdanowicz (Warszawa, Poland)
Thomas Bolger (Dublin, Ireland)
Jarosław Buszko (Toruń, Poland)
Adam Byk (Warszawa, Poland)
Wojciech Czechowski (Warszawa, Poland)
R. Henry L. Disney (Cambridge, UK)
Sergei Golovatch (Moscow, Russia)
Tomáš Lackner (Munich, Germany)
Abraham A. Mabelis (Wageningen, the Netherlands)
Wojciech Niedbała (Poznań, Poland)
Masahiro Ôhara (Sapporo, Japan)
Gilmar Perbiche-Neves (São Carlos, Brasil)
Václav Pižl (České Budéjovice, the Czech Republic)
Maria Sterzyńska (Warszawa, Poland)
Ryszard Szadziewski (Gdańsk, Poland)

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Manuscripts must conform to the following requirements:

Title should be concise and relevant to its contents. Abstract should explain the idea of the research and summarize the results, not to exceed 200 words and should not contain any references. Key words numbering 3 to 7 should not be repeated in the title. Text should have a standard layout (introduction, material and methods, results, discussion, possible conclusions, acknowledgements, references) and a brief but comprehensive summary, which will be translated into Polish. Names of genera and species must be italicised. The author’s name must be added to each species (genus) names first appearing in the text or be incorporated into one of the tables in the paper. Tables should be as simple as possible, should contain captions and be numbered (cited as ‘Table 1’ or ‘Tables 1 & 2’). Illustrations should be submitted separately as graphic files (>300 dpi) and be numbered as successive figures (cited as ‘Fig. 1’ or ‘Figs 1 & 2’). Numerical data should be attached to plots. All captions should be enclosed to the manuscript. Picture credits should be given as ‘Photo by J. Bean’. Colour illustrations may be accepted by the editor. Dates should be given as follows, e.g. 1−2 Feb 2014. Polish summary is required. Non-Polish authors should prepare an English summary.

Citations in the text should be written as follows: Thayer (1992), Gamarra & Outerelo (2008) or (Thayer 1992, Assing 2009), where the order is chronological. The authors’ names should be separated by coma or by semicolon if citation includes more than one work of one author, i.e.: (Disney 1989, 1990, 1997; Liu 2001; Disney & Bänziger 2009). Publications with more than two authors should be cited in the text with the first author and the annotation ‘et al.’ i.e. Mossakowski et al. (2003). In exceptional cases, if data have no reference, it should be cited as: ‘D. Spiller, pers. comm.’ or ‘pers. obs.’ or ‘unpubl. data’.

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FRAGMENTA FAUNISTICA

 

An International Journal of Faunology

 Warszawa

ISSN 0015-9301

eISSN 2391-5846

Fragmenta Faunistica is an international, semiannual journal published by the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The journal, first published in 1930, appeared under the title Fragmenta Faunistica Musei Zoologici Polonici until 1953. Now, it is a peer reviewed, open accessjournal, publishing the papers devoted to fauna – its differentiation, distribution and transformations. Faunology, which quantitatively examines the dynamics and structure of faunistic complexes is the main object. The journal publishes the results of original studies, review articles and syntheses dealing with faunology and with related sciences such as zoogeography, zoocoenology or taxonomy.

Fragmenta Faunistica is indexed in: AGRO, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Preview/BIOSIS, Google Scholar, IC Journals Master List (ICV 2020 = 93.71), Worldcat, Zoological Record. Ministry of Education and Science in Poland (20 points).

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