Eini C. Lowell^1* – Katherine Wilson² – J.B. Friday² – Jan Wiedenbeck³ – Catherin Chan²

¹Research Scientist, USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portlant, OR, USA ^*Corresponding author
elowell@fs.fed.us

²Graduate Student, Extension Specialist, Professor, College of Tropical Agricultural and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
kawils65@hawaii.edu, jbfriday@hawaii.edu, chanhalb@hawaii.edu

³Research Scientist, USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station, Princeton, WV, USA
jwiedenbeck@fs.fed.us

Main Body of Text

Main body of text should begin on the 2nd page. This would be a new page if Title, Authors, Abstract and Key words fit on the first page, or the main body would immediately follow the Key Words if the Title, Authors, Abstract and Key words require 2-pages. All text should be set flush left, ragged right. Do not insert manual hyphens or manual line breaks within a paragraph.

Headings

All headings should be in “title case.” First-level headings should be set bold and centered. Second-level headings should be set bold and flush left. Third-level headings should be set bold italic and flush left. Following are examples of each heading:

This Is a First-Level Heading

This Is a Second-Level Heading

This Is a Third-Level Heading

Equations

Equations should be centered and preceded and followed by a blank line. Equation numbers should be placed in parentheses and set flush right and aligned with the last line of the equation. Equations should be cross referenced in the text as “Equation (1), Equations (1) and (2)” and in parentheses as “(Eq. (1), Eqs. (1) and (2)).”

Tables and Figures

Tables

Tables should be included within the manuscript text and placed as close as possible to where they are first referenced. Be sure to use Word’s table construction tool (Table/Insert Table) rather than multiple spaces or tabs. Tables should be cross referenced in the text and in parentheses as “Table 1, Tables 1 and 2.” The Table Heading should be at the top of the table in Times New Roman font 12.

Figures

should be included within the manuscript text and placed as close as possible to where it is first referenced.

Captions

Each figure must have a caption immediately below it in text. All figure captions should be listed in Times New Roman font, and 10 pt. Figures should be cross referenced in the text as “Figure 1, Figures 1 and 2” and in parentheses as “Fig. 1, Figs. 1 and 2.”

References

References should be cited in the text using the name/date system as in the following example:

“…as in our previous work (Brown 1998, Brown and Jones 1999, Brown et al. 2000) and that of Smith (1999).”

Examples of Citations:

Bumgardner M, Nicholls D, Donovan G (2007) Effects of species information and furniture price on consumer preferences for selected woods. Wood and Fiber Sci 39(1): 71-81.

Donovan G, Nicholls D (2003) Estimating consumer willingness to pay a price premium for Alaska secondary wood products. Res. Pap. PNW-RP-553. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 7 p.

Dudley N, Yamasaki J (2000) A Guide to Determining Wood Properties of Acacia koa. HARC Forestry Report 3

Other Advice and Style Considerations

Follow the SI SYSTEM OF UNITS. Common exceptions are acceptable, such as min, h, °, °C, cm, but as far as possible be consistent within the same manuscript.

Do not be afraid to use personal pronouns and the active voice.

Do not use acronyms and initialisms in Abstract.

Be sure to define all acronyms and initialisms at their first occurrence in the main body of text.

Include product or trade names only if necessary for the technical content of the paper. At the first occurrence of each product or trade name, be sure to provide the company name and location (city of corporate headquarters) in parentheses.