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ABSTRACT

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABSTRACT	ii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	iii

LIST OF TABLES	v

LIST OF FIGURES	vii

LIST OF APPENDICES	viii

INTRODUCTION	1

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MATERIALS AND METHODS	4

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RESULTS	7

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DISCUSSION	14

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CONCLUSIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS OR SUMMARY	15

REFERENCES OR LITERATURE CITED	16

Appendix A	17

Appendix B	18

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LIST OF TABLES

Table 1. Table captions should describe the contents of the table. For example, a suitable caption for this table could be: "Bat species detected with automated ultrasonic detectors placed within 50 m of black cottonwood saplings, and percentage of identified bat passes (n = 895) at Mono Lake, California.”	8

LIST OF FIGURES

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Figure 2. Make sure text within a figure is readable and clear. A caption for the above figure might be: “Biomass (mg-100 leaves) for arthropod foraging functional groups and number of concealment structures-100 leaves (mean ±1 SE; n = 28 for each treatment and census combination) on black cottonwood saplings to which birds and bats did (control) and did not (exclosure) have access at Mono Lake, California.”	10

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LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix A: Instructions for Appendices	17

Appendix B: Number of arthropods-100 leaves leaves (mean ± standard deviation, n = 28 saplings per treatment and census combination) on black cottonwood saplings at Mono Lake, California, 2010.	18

INTRODUCTION

Insert the text of your Introduction here. Each heading level one (e.g. INTRODUCTION) should be all caps and start on a new page. Be sure to check for misspellings in your header because Microsoft Word does not check the spelling of words in all caps. Be aware that you can designate a header as level 1, 2, 3 or 4 in the ‘styles’ section of the Home tab. If you add or remove headings or other text entries in your document, you can quickly update the Table of Contents by going to the References tab in the Table of Contents section; click “Update Table” and then click “Update entire table.” For more information on headings, styles and how to use the auto-update Table of Contents, go to the Graduate Studies website under “Thesis/Project Help” or http://www.humboldt.edu/gradprograms/node/17.

The Introduction section should set the context for the work to be reported. It should also establish the purpose and importance of that work and answer the question, “What did you study?” Per the State of California’s Title 5 Education Code, this is where you might “clearly identify the problem, state the major assumptions, [and] explain the significance of the undertaking.” Begin with a broad scope and then narrow the focus of the Introduction as it progresses. The Introduction should demonstrate the author’s awareness of the pertinent literature (or you can have a separate section called “Literature Review” after the Introduction). It is good practice to end your Introduction with a statement of your study objectives.

Masters theses should be typed in a standard typeface using 12-point characters. Times New Roman 12-point is the font of choice. You may reduce the font size within tables or figures to fit within margins. However, keep the font type consistent throughout your document.

Text must be double spaced, except for quoted passages that may be indented and single-spaced for emphasis and within the Table of Contents or List of Figures/Tables when a heading or caption title wraps to a second line. Text must be left aligned.

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Scientific names may be denoted by underlining or by italics (e.g., Neophylax rickerii or Neophylax rickerii). However, underlining or italics must be applied consistently throughout the thesis. The genus should be abbreviated after its first use (e.g. N. rickerii) but must always be spelled out in its entirety when used as the first word in a sentence (e.g., Neophylax rickerii).

MATERIALS AND METHODS

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If you worked with vertebrate animals, your Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) approval number and date must be included in your materials and methods. If you worked with Human Subjects in your research, your Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval number and date must be included in your materials and methods.

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Your materials and methods may require a detailed description of the study site. Limit the study site information to that needed for an understanding and interpretation of the results. The study site section can be a sub-section within your Materials and Methods or it can be a stand-alone section just before the Materials and Methods section. It is always a good idea to provide a site map of where you conducted your study (see Figure 1 for an example). You should cross-reference each mention of your figures and tables in the text by highlighting the text (e.g., Figure 1), go to the ‘References’ tab, and click on ‘Cross reference’ in the Captions section. In the drop-down menu ‘insert reference to’ you should choose ‘only label and number.’ All tables and figures must be referred to in the text. The figure or table should be inserted immediately after the paragraph when it is first mentioned. Tables and figures must be cited in the text in numerical order. Each table/figure should be placed on a separate page or immediately following the paragraph where it is first mentioned (if it can fit on the same page).

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Figure 1. Example of a site map showing the study site locations and an inset regional map of California. To insert a caption for each of your figures, first select the graphic, then go to the "References" tab and choose 'insert caption.’ Type a detailed caption into the dialog box and choose 'Below selected item' for the position. You should indent ½ inch after the first line, single space and you can use a font size smaller than 12-point if you prefer (but be consistent about the font size of your captions throughout).

RESULTS

Insert the text of your Results here. In the Results section you present your findings. This is harder than it seems because often you are presenting data. Sometimes, data can be effectively presented in tables or figures. However, anything you present must be meaningful and should never be redundant. That is, you do not have to present every scrap of data. And you should not present the same data in a table and figure. If you present the majority of data in a table, use the text to point out the highlights from that table.

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When inserting a table, use the ‘Insert Table’ tool in Word to create accessible tables in your document. Tables should have clear column headings to provide context and assist in navigation of the table’s contents. Identify the top row of the table as a header row in Table Properties. If the table spans more than one page, check “Repeat as header row at the top of each page” in Table Properties. Do not use tabs or spaces to create tables. It may look like a table; however, it will not be accessible or readable by assistive technologies. Do not merge or split cells. Do not use the Draw Table tool in Word to create tables. Do not copy and insert tables as pictures or figures. Table captions are placed above the table and figure captions are placed below the figure (see Table 1 for an example). Tables should have horizontal lines consistent with the format shown in Table 1.

Table 1. Table captions should describe the contents of the table. For example, a suitable caption for this table could be: "Bat species detected with automated ultrasonic detectors placed within 50 m of black cottonwood saplings, and percentage of identified bat passes (n = 895) at Mono Lake, California.”

Common name	Scientific name	Percentage of identified bat passes (%)
Small-footed myotis	Myotis ciliolabrum	37.0a
Little brown bat	Myotis lucifugus	31.3
Long-eared myotis	Myotis evotis	23.5
Big brown bat	Eptesicus fuscus	4.2
Free-tailed bat	Tadarida brasiliensis	3.0
Silver-haired bat	Lasionycteris noctivagans	1.4
California myotis	Myotis californicus	<1b
Hairy-winged myotis	Myotis volans	<1
Yuma myotis	Myotis yumanensis	<1
Pallid Bat	Antrozous pallidus	<1

a: Percentages are weighted means.

b: A percentage <1 indicates a low detection rate.

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Figures presented in your Results section should have high enough resolution to be read and understood easily (at least 300-600 dpi). A color image should be able to be interpreted if printed in black and white as well. Figure 2 and Figure 3 are more example figures.

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Figure 2. Make sure text within a figure is readable and clear. A caption for the above figure might be: “Biomass (mg-100 leaves) for arthropod foraging functional groups and number of concealment structures-100 leaves (mean ±1 SE; n = 28 for each treatment and census combination) on black cottonwood saplings to which birds and bats did (control) and did not (exclosure) have access at Mono Lake, California.”

Figure 3. Figures placed in landscape orientation can keep the page number in the upper right corner. Example caption for this figure: “Transformed linear regression vascular plant volume models (Y = β1X1 + ε) and box plot comparison of estimated and

measured vascular plant volume in native and invaded plots.”

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DISCUSSION

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REFERENCES OR LITERATURE CITED

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References are listed in alphabetical order by the first author’s last name. If a single author has multiple publications, list them chronologically by date of publication. If two publications appear in the same year, use (Tinker 1988a) and (Tinker 1988b). Please check with your committee and style manual for specific requirements.

An example of a basic outline for most references cited is: author(s), publication year, title, publication, volume, and page numbers. Ultimately you should use the reference format of your discipline (check formats of journals that fit your thesis topic).

There are usually more mistakes in the Literature Cited section than in any other section of most theses. Proofread this section carefully. Check every citation against the original article for accuracy.

References cited in the body of the thesis must be cited in the Literature Cited. Likewise, every reference cited in the Literature Cited must be used in the body of the text.

Cite references in the text using Name and Year (e.g., Smith 2008). When multiple references are cited (e.g., Tinker 1988, Evers 2001, Chance 2012) list them in chronological order. If Tinker published two papers in 1988, they may be cited as (Tinker 1988a) and (Tinker 1988b).

When a paper has three or more authors, it should be cited in the body of the thesis as Cobb et al. 2013. Note that “et al.” stands for “et alia,” which is Latin for “and others.” The et is not abbreviated, so it is not followed by a period. The al. is abbreviated so it is followed by a period. All authors must be listed in the Literature Cited.

You may substitute “in press” for the year if the paper has been accepted for publication, but volume and page numbers are not yet available.

Personal communications must be cited in the text, but do not need to be cited in your References/Literature Cited list. An in-text citation of a personal communication should be the person’s first initial, followed by their last name, pers. comm., and the year in which the communication was made (e.g., J. Smith, pers. comm., 2014).

Appendix A

Appendix A: Instructions for Appendices

Appendices are used to include material too detailed or lengthy for inclusion in the body of the study (e.g., raw data, questionnaires, maps, photos, letters of permission). Each appendix is labeled alphabetically (e.g., APPENDIX A, APPENDIX B, etc.). If you include appendices, a LIST OF APPENDICES should follow LIST OF FIGURES.

Tables and figures in the appendix may be placed horizontally or vertically on the page. If the table/figure is aligned vertically, the caption must be aligned vertically.

Appendix B

Appendix B: Number of arthropods -100 leaves (mean ± standard deviation, n = 28 saplings per treatment and census combination) on black cottonwood saplings at Mono Lake, California, 2010.

Arthropod group	Control 1	Exclosure 1	Control 2	Exclosure 2	Control 3	Exclosure 3	Control 4	Exclosure 4
Neuroptera	0.001±0.006	0	0.002±0.009	0.004±0.013	0.016±0.041	0.007±0.017	0.005±0.020	0.002±0.010
Hymenoptera	0.26±0.43	0.68±1.67	0.24±0.29	0.37±0.55	0.73±1.74	0.53±0.81	1.76±6.63	1.22±2.10
Sawfly Larvae	0.004±0.015	0	0	0.01±0.04	0.03±0.10	0.03±0.06	0.03±0.05	0.01±0.04
Sawfly Adult	0	0.003±0.015	0.01±0.03	0	0.02±0.07	0.001±0.004	0	0.004±0.017
Formicidae	0.26±0.43	0.68±1.67	0.23±0.29	0.36±0.56	0.68±1.73	0.49±0.82	1.73±6.63	1.14±2.08
Trichoptera	0	0	0	0	0.003±0.018	0	0	0
Lepidoptera Larvae	0.01±0.05	0.01±0.02	0.01±0.03	0.03±0.08	0.07±0.19	0.25±0.81	0.03±0.04	0.03±0.04
Lepidoptera Adult	0.003±0.015	0	0.002±0.007	0.004±0.022	0.02±0.05	0.01±0.04	0.003±0.010	0.004±0.013
Mecoptera	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.001±0.005
Diptera	0.15±0.15	0.14±0.14	0.22±0.33	0.18±0.20	0.29±0.35	0.15±0.17	0.30±0.30	0.36±0.36
Orderunknown	0	0	0.004±0.020	0.01±0.04	0	0	0	0.01±0.02
Herbivores	4.15±4.58	4.79±4.60	7.91±18.05	7.70±17.13	31.70±89.61	20.05±55.06	26.03±123.36	18.49±37.72
Detritivores	5.15±4.51	4.79±4.60	6.91±11.05	21.70±17.00	22.16±44.32	15.63±11.30	16.44±29.94	11.83±13.30
Plecoptera	0.001±0.006	0	0.002±0.009	0.004±0.013	0.016±0.041	0.007±0.017	0.005±0.020	0.002±0.010
Chewers	0.02±0.05	0.01±0.02	0.01±0.04	0.04±0.08	0.11±0.20	0.29±0.81	0.06±0.06	0.04±0.05