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AJAZEB African Journal of Applied Zoology And Environmental Biology

African Journal of Applied Zoology and Environmental Biology

African journal of applied zoology and environmental Biology (formerly African journal of applied zoology) was inaugurated to meet the growing need for an indigenous authoritative organ for the dissemination of the results of scientific research into the fauna in Africa. Its scope has been widened and the title changed to include original research papers which make significant contributions to flora on other aspects of environmental biology relevant to Africa. Concise contributions on investigations on faunistics, biochemistry, microbiology, hydrobiology, nutrition, botany, soil and water chemistry, are invited for publications.

While the main objective is to provide a forum for papers describing the results of original research, review articles are also welcomed. Articles submitted to the journal is peer reviewed to ensure a high standard.

Editor: Professor F.O.I. Arene

Associate Editors: J.O. Lawal and A.S. Ali

Editorial Advisory Committee:

	D.O.Anadu		F.O.Nwadukwe
	C. Obafemi		G.T. Banngbose
	A.A. Bello		G.O. Agu
	D.Stephens		J.E. Asor
	S.N. Ibe		O.C. Umeozor
	F.D. Sikoki		F.C. Ajayi

Subscription Information:

African journal of applied and environmental biology is issued biannually in june and December. One volume is issued each year. Subscription cost is $400.00 a year( N 5,000) including postage, packing and handling. Each issue of the journal is sent by surface delivery to all countries. Airmail rates are available upon request. Subscription orders are entered by calendar year only (Jan. - Dec.) and should be sent to the publishers, Apex Publishing House, P.O.Box 47 Uniport Post Office, Choba Park, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, or to your normal subscription agent. All questionsespecially those relating to proofs, publications, and reprints, should be directed to the publishers, Apex Publishing House, P.O.Box 47 Uniport Post Office, Choba Park, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

Change of address: Subscribers should notify the publisher of any change in address 90days in advance.

Advertisements: Apply to Apex Publishing House, P.O.Box 47 Uniport Post Office, Choba Park, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

Notice to contributors

Original research papers, short communications and reviews are published. Original papers should not normally exceed 15 double-spaced typewritten pages including tables and figures. Short communications should not normally exceed six double-spaced type written pages including tables and figures.

Manuscript in English should be submitted in triplicates including all illustrations to the editor (Prof. F.O.I. Arene), department of animal and environmental biology, university of Port Harcourt, P.M.B. 5323, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

Submission of a paper to African journals of applied zoology and environmental biology is understood to imply that it has not been published (except in abstract form), and that it is not considered for publications elsewhere. The act of submitting a manuscript to African Journal of applied zoology and environmental biology caries with it the right to publish the paper.

Publication will be facilitated if the following suggestions are followed:

Manuscript should be complete in all respects and be typewritten with double spacing.
the title page should be supplied as a separate sheet and include title of the paper, the names of the author(s), and a correspondence address.
Key words (indexing terms), normally 3-8 items should be supplied.
An abstract of not more than 5% of the length of the article should be provided.
Tables and figures should be kept to a minimum. Tables should be comprehensible without reference to the text and numbered serially in Arabic numerals.
figures should be numbered
Symbols and common abbreviations should be used freely and should conform to the style manual for biological journals; others should be kept to a minimum and be limited to the tables where they can be explained in foot notes. The inventing of abbreviations is not encouraged – if they are thought essential, their meaning should be spelt out at first use.
References: text references should give the authors name and year of publication in parentheses. If there are two authors, within the text use ‘and’, but within parentheses use the ampersand (&) when references are made to a work by three or more authors, first name followed by et al. should always be used. If several papers by the same author and from the same year are cited a, b, c, etc., should be inserted after the year publication. Within parentheses, group of references should be cited in chronological order.