Dear Colleagues, The Journal of CURRENT ZOOLOGY (ISSN 1674-5507, http://www.currentzoology.org) is preparing a special column (A special column is three to eight peer-reviewed papers published along with other some regular accepted papers in the same issue) on Animal Culture for the second issue of 2012. The deadline for title and abstract submission is June 30, and deadline for manuscript submission is October 30, 2011. You may send your manuscript now or by the deadline.Title and abstract submissions should be sent to Dr. Alex Bentley at [email protected] and Professor Michael O'Brien at [email protected], and copy to [email protected]. Manuscripts should be submitted to the column titled Animal Culture via ScholarOne ManuscriptsTM http://www.currentzoology.org/newsdetail.asp?id=1283, or http://mc03.manuscriptcentral.com/currentzoology.
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