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Submission of manuscripts is accepted only in electronic format (Word, WordPerfect, RTF, TXT, TIFF, GIF, EPS, Postscripot, PDF is not an acceptable file format ) to the Editor-in-Chief (Almo Farina, farina@uniurb.it).
The name, address, telephone and fax number of the author responsible for correspondence should be sent on a separate page or in the cover letter. Names, addresses, and telephone and fax numbers of potential referees for a manuscript may also be submitted in the cover letter.
Recommended referees may not have reviewed the manuscript and may not have any personal, institutional, or professional relationship with the author(s). The Editor-in-Chief is under no obligation, however, to use a recommended referee.
Manuscripts are reviewed by members of the Editorial Board, appropriate referees, and the Editor-in-Chief. The final decision to accept or reject a manuscript is made by the Editor-in-Chief.
Revised manuscripts should be submitted to the Editor-in-Chief within one month or else the manuscript will be sent out again for review. TOP

References to articles and books should be limited to published work, work in press, or theses and dissertations. Citations in the text should use the following forms: Jones (1990), Smith and Jones (1992) or (Smith et al., 1991). References should be listed in alphabetical order. Names of journals should not be abbreviated. Check the manuscript to make sure that all references are cited and that all citations in the text are included in the References. Also check to make sure that all citations have the correct format.
Use the following formats for citations:
Bliss, L.C. 1988. Arctic tundra and polar desert bioma. pp. 1-32. In: Barbour, M. & Billings, W.D. (eds), North American Terrestrial Vegetation. Cambridge University Press, New York.
Harper, J.L. 1977. The Population Biology of Plants. Academic Press, New York.
Howe, H.F. & Smallwood, J. 1982. Ecology of seed dispersal. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 13: 201-228.
Westoby, M., Walker , B. & Noy-Meir, I. 1989. Opportunistic management of rangeland not at equilibrium. Journal of Rangeland Management 42: 266-274. TOP

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Editorial Board:
M. Antrop, University of Gent, Department of Geography, Krijgslaan 281, S8, B-9000 Gent, Belgium (e-mail: marc.antrop@rug.ac.be)
J. Blondel, CEFE-CNRS, B.P. 5051, F-34033 Montpellier Cedex, France (e-mail: blondel@srvlinux.cefe.cnrs-mop.fr)
G. W. Davis, National Botanical Institute, Private Bag X7, Claremont, 7735 South Africa
(e-mail: davis@nbict.nbi.ac.za)
F. di Castri, CEFE-CNRS, B.P. 5051, F-34033 Montpellier Cedex, France
(e-mail: dicastri@cefe.cnrs-mop.fr)
R. J. Hobbs, CSIRO, Division of Wildlife and Ecology, Private Bag, P. O. Wembley, WA 6014, Australia
(e-mail: Richard.Hobbs@per.dwe.csiro.au)
J. E. Keeley, Western Ecological Research Center , USGS Biological Resources Division, Sequoia-Kings Canyon Field Station, Three Rivers , CA 93271-9700 , U.S. A.
(e-mail: Jon_Keeley@usgs.gov)
F. Miglietta, IATA-CNR, P.le delle Cascine 18, 50144 Firenze, Italy
(e-mail: migliet@sunserver.iata.fi.cnr.it)
H. A. Mooney, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University , Stanford , CA 94305 , U.S.A.
(e-mail: hmooney@jasper.stanford.edu)
J. M. Moreno, Facultad de Ciencias del Medio Ambiente, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Cardenal Lorenzana 1, E-45071 Toledo, Spain
(e-mail: jmmoreno@amb-to.uclm.es)
Z. Naveh, The Lowdermilk Faculty of Agricultural engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 32000 Haifa, Israel
(e-mail: znaveh@hotmail.com)
G. Ne'eman, Department of Biology, University of Haifa at Oranim, Tivon 36006 , Israel
(e-mail: gneeman@research.haifa.ac.il)
W. C. Oechel, Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-0057, U.S.A.
(e-mail: oechel@sunstroke.sdsu.edu)
V. P. Papanastasis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Laboratory of Range Science, P.O.Box 236, GR-54006 Thessaloniki, Greece
(e-mail: vpapan@for.auth.gr)
S. Pignatti, Universita di Roma ‘ La Sapienza', Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale, Citta Universitaria, 00185 Roma, Italy
(e-mail: pignatti@axrma.uniroma1.it)
D.M. Richardson, Institute for Plant Conservation, Botany Department, University of Cape Town , 7701 Rondebosch , South Africa
(e-mail: rich@bot200.uct.ac.za)
J. A. Simonetti, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, P.O. Box 653 , Santiago , Chile
e-mail: jsimonet@abello.dic.uchile.cl) TOP