Formatting manuscript for submission

[wavingtowaves]

Hi everyone,

Wanted to follow up from the discussion initiated by @BrandonEdwards about formatting our manuscript for submission to a journal. Discussed with @emmajhudgins and @LunaSare and also want to bring in @pedrohbraga.

Instructions from Nature Eco Evo say:

• “To submit a TeX/LaTeX file, please use any of the standard class files such as article.cls, revtex.cls or amsart.cls."
• “If you wish to use BibTeX, please copy the reference list from the .bbl file, paste it into the main manuscript .tex file, and delete the associated \bibliography and \bibliographystyle commands. "

More details here: https://www.springernature.com/gp/authors/campaigns/latex-author-support

• Also from journal: “Either .bbl or .bib files are accepted and should be uploaded as “Manuscript” item types on the file upload screen of Editorial Manager. In both cases the correct bibliography style (.bst) file should also be uploaded and the chosen bibliography file should be referenced within the manuscript (.tex) file. Please note a .bbl file should only be uploaded if referenced (via “import”) in the main manuscript (.tex) file. “