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WILD 5290: REFERENCES - JWM Style

Journal of Wildlife Management Citation Style

In this course, you will follow the citation style of the Journal of Wildlife Management. This citation style is commonly used by wildlife biologists and other natural resource professionals. This guide provides sample citations for a variety of source types. You can find additional examples online by consulting the journal itself and the instructions to authors.

Basic Rules of JWM Format

Certain rules that apply to all JWM citations in your reference list:

  • Reference lists are alphabetized by the authors' last names.
  • Format each entry in your reference list using a hanging indent. 
  • Most titles (article titles, chapter titles, web page titles, or book titles) should be written with the first letter of the first word capitalized, and all subsequent words should be written in lower case (with the exception of proper nouns).  
  • Journal titles should be written with every major word capitalized.  

EXAMPLE: Journal of Wildlife Management

  • Do not italicize or use quotes around titles.

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

COMPONENTS OF A JOURNAL CITATION

Example with one author:

Miller, M. R. 1986. Molt chronology of northern pintails in California. Journal of Wildlife Management 50:57–64.

Example with two authors:

Steigers, W. D., Jr., and J. T. Flinders. 1980. A breakaway expandable collar for cervids. Journal of Mammalogy 61:150–152.

Example with three authors:

Baxter, R. J., J. T. Flinders, and D. L. Mitchell. 2008. Survival, movements and reproduction of translocated greater sage–grouse in Strawberry Valley, Utah. Journal of Wildlife Management 72:179–186.

Example from an online-only journal:

Glennon, M. J., S. F. Langdon, M. A. Rubenstein, and M. S. Cross. 2019. Temporal changes in avian community compositionin lowland conifer habitats at the southern edge of the boreal zone in the Adirondack Park, NY. PLoS ONE14:e0220927.

Books

Book:

McCullough, D. R. 1979. The George Reserve deer herd: population ecology of a K-selected species. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.

Book chapter:

Zeleny, L. 1978. Nesting box programs for bluebirds and other passerines. Pages 55–60 in S. A. Temple, editor. Endangered birds: management techniques for preserving threatened species. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, USA.

Book chapter in edited book:

Miller, K. V., and L. Marchinton. 1995. Quality whitetails: the why and how of quality deer management. Stackpole, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, USA.

Book editor as author:

Temple, S. A., editor. 1978. Endangered birds: management techniques for preserving threatened species. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, USA.