Citation Style Error [Oecologia]

Hello,

When I use the Oecolgia Citation Style I get this for bibliography:

Andersen AN, Ludwig JA, Lowe LM, Rentz DCF (2001) Grasshopper biodiversity and bioindicators in Australian tropical savannas: Responses to disturbance in Kakadu National Park. Austral Ecol 2 6:213–222.
Baur B, Baur H, Roesti C, Roesti D (2006) Die Heuschrecken der Schweiz, Auflage: 1., Aufl. Haupt Verlag
Bluethgen N, Dormann CF, Prati D, et al (2012) A quantitative index of land-use intensity in grasslands: Integrating mowing, grazing and fertilization. Basic Appl Ecol 13:207–220.

But it should be with tabstops for every second line in a citation, if the citation is longer than one line. You can have a look on the actual bibiography style in Oecologia here: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00442-015-3237-2


The second error concerns the citation of book chapters. When I do it with zotero, it looks like this:

Zuur AF, Ieno EN, Walker NJ, et al (2009) The fixed variance structure. Mixed Effects Models and Extensions in Ecology with R. Springer Science & Business Media, New York, p 74–75

but Oecologia requires a different style. They want the word "in" between the chapter name and the book title and they use "pp" instead of "p". Should look like this:

Zuur AF, Ieno EN, Walker NJ, et al (2009) The fixed variance structure. In: Mixed Effects Models and Extensions in Ecology with R. Springer Science & Business Media, New York, pp 74–75


It would be great if these errors could be corrected!
Tanks a lot!
  • Can you check that you are using the latest style version? I.e. https://www.zotero.org/styles/?q=Oecologia . I think both issues are handled correct in this version of the style.
  • I deleted my old version (except it was the latest version), downloaded and installed it again, and now the thing with the tabstops works!

    The second thing with the Book Chapters does not work anyway. It still looks like this:

    Zuur AF, Ieno EN, Walker NJ, et al (2009) The fixed variance structure. Mixed Effects Models and Extensions in Ecology with R. Springer Science & Business Media, New York, pp 74–75.

    The "in" is missing between Chapter and the Book title. I know its knick-knacks, but I have to submit to the instructions of the journal.

    Tanks a lot!
  • Okay, I see. This is indeed a problem for cases when there are no editors. I will try to fix this.
  • I'd ask though, if you're sure you want to cite this as a book chapter? Since Zuur et al. wrote the entire book, it'd be more common to cite the whole thing rather than just a chapter. All book chapter examples you find for Oecologia are for chapters from edited volumes.
  • You're right! I'll do that!

    Again I have problems with my zotero. The last time I downloaded again the Oecologia citation style (except I had the latest version) and the thing with the tabstops I described in the top did work again.
    Now its the wrong style again, all of a sudden.

    I really don't understand what is wrong with my zotero, maybe its a Mac-Problem?
    Do you have an idea what I ought to do now?

    Thank you!!
  • Have you tried re-installing the style again? Note that Oecologia itself doesn't actually have any style info, so "the latest" may be a source of confusion: all it does is to link to a different style, Springer Basic (author date). If for some reason that style is outdated or has been modified, that'd be the problem.
  • As I did this las time, zotero lost all my citations. It was kind of work to re-insert all the citations again.
    I worry a bit if this will happen again...

    Maybe I can circumvent this, by changing the citation style before re-installing Oecologia?
  • I can't see any way this would happen--we likely could have walked you through saving the doc--but sure, switch to a different citation style to be save.
    If you run into any problems on the way, post here and we'll see what's going on.
  • It works again! Maybe I have to do this every now and then to maintain the Oecologia Style.

    Thank you anyway!!

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