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CODEN JAECAP ISSN 0021-8790

Volume 66

1 ~~~~~~~~~July 1997

Editors:

Ecology ~~~~~Bryan Shorrocks &Steve Albon

British Ecological Society/Blackwell Science Ltd II~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~2M

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Journal of Animal Ecology

Editors Bryan Shorrocks Department of Biology, University of Leeds

Steve Albon Institute of Terrestial Ecology, Banchory

Editorial Review Board Stan Boutin Edmonton, Canada Jean Clobert Paris, France Richard Cormack St Andrews, UK Charles Godfray Imperial College, UK Bryan T. Grenfell Cambridge, UK Pete Hudson Game Conservancy, UK Andrew Illius Edinburgh, UK Rolf Ims Oslo, Norway John Jaenike Rochester, NY, USA Peter Jarman Armidale, Australia Bror Jonsson Drenningens, Norway John Lawton Imperial College, UK Kate Lessells Heteren, The Netherlands Sean Nee Oxford, UK Ian Newton Monks Wood, UK Josephine Pemberton Edinburgh, UK Stuart Pimm Knoxville, USA Dave Raffaelli Aberdeen, UK Chris Thomas Leeds, UK

Editorial Assistants Suzanne Kynaston Mary Holt

Production Editor Penny Baker Blackwell Science Ltd e-mail: penny.baker@blacksci.co.uk

Editorial policy Journal of Animal Ecology publishes original research papers on most aspects of animal ecology. Reviews that shed light on subjects central to animal ecology, including theoretical analyses of specific topics may also be accepted. The Journal publishes standard papers, essay reviews and comments.

Standard papers: report original research. Reviews: on topical subjects of general interest. Comments: short responses to published material.

Manuscripts should be in English. Authors must submitfour copies of the text andfigures, and retain a fifth copy. Concise, logical and unequivocal presentation, as well as scientific excellence, are essential for acceptance. Most PhD theses need to be completely rewritten before presentation. Authors are asked to read the

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