Here is the text from the instructions for authors:

CROSS-REFERENCING
In the text, a reference identified by means of an author's name should be followed by the date of the
reference in parentheses and page number(s) where appropriate. When there are more than two authors,
only the first author's name should be mentioned, followed by ‟et al.". In the event that an author cited has
had two or more works published during the same year, the reference, both in the text and in the
reference list, should be identified by a lower case letter like ‟a" and ‟b" after the date to distinguish the
works.
Examples:
(Winograd 1986a, b)
(Winograd 1986; Flores et al. 1988)
(Bullen & Bennett 1990)

REFERENCES
1. Journal article:
Smith J, Jones M Jr, Houghton L et al (1999) Future of health insurance. N Engl J Med 965:325–329

2. Inclusion of issue number (optional):
Saunders DS (1976) The biological clock of insects. Sci Am 234(2):114–121

3. Journal issue with issue editor:
Smith J (ed) (1998) Rodent genes. Mod Genomics J 14(6):126–233

4. Journal issue with no issue editor:
Mod Genomics J (1998) Rodent genes. Mod Genomics J 14(6):126–233

5. Book chapter:
Brown B, Aaron M (2001) The politics of nature. In: Smith J (ed) The rise of modern genomics, 3rd edn.
Wiley, New York

6. Book, authored:
South J, Blass B (2001) The future of modern genomics. Blackwell, London

7. Book, edited:
Smith J, Brown B (eds) (2001) The demise of modern genomics. Blackwell, London

8. Chapter in a book in a series without volume titles:
Schmidt H (1989) Testing results. In: Hutzinger O (ed) Handbook of environmental chemistry, vol 2E.
Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, p 111

9. Chapter in a book in a series with volume title:
Smith SE (1976) Neuromuscular blocking drugs in man. In: Zaimis E (ed) Neuromuscular junction.
Handbook of experimental pharmacology, vol 42. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp593–660

10. Proceedings as a book (in a series and subseries):
Zowghi D et al (1996) A framework for reasoning about requirements in evolution. In: Foo N, Goebel R
(eds) PRICAI'96: topics in artificial intelligence. 4th Pacific Rim conference on artificial intelligence,
Cairns, August 1996. Lecture notes in computer science (Lecture notes in artificial intelligence), vol 1114.
Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, p 157

11. Proceedings with an editor (without a publisher):
Aaron M (1999) The future of genomics. In: Williams H (ed) Proceedings of the genomic researchers,
Boston, 1999

12. Proceedings without an editor (without a publisher):
Chung S-T, Morris RL (1978) Isolation and characterization of plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid from
Streptomyces fradiae. In: Abstracts of the 3rd international symposium on the genetics of industrial
microorganisms, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 4–9 June 1978

13. Paper presented at a conference:
Chung S-T, Morris RL (1978) Isolation and characterization of plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid from
Streptomyces fradiae. Paper presented at the 3rd international symposium on the genetics of industrial
microorganisms, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 4–9 June 1978

14. Patent:
Name and date of patent are optional
Norman LO (1998) Lightning rods. US Patent 4,379,752, 9 Sept 1998

15. Dissertation:
Trent JW (1975) Experimental acute renal failure. Dissertation, University of California

16. Institutional author (book):
International Anatomical Nomenclature Committee (1966) Nomina anatomica. Excerpta Medica,
Amsterdam

17. Non-English publication cited in an English publication:
Wolf GH, Lehman P-F (1976) Atlas der Anatomie, vol 4/3, 4th edn. Fischer, Berlin. [NB: Use the
language of the primary document, not that of the reference for "vol" etc.!]

18. Non-Latin alphabet publication:
The English translation is optional.
Marikhin VY, Myasnikova LP (1977) Nadmolekulyarnaya struktura polimerov (The supramolecular
structure of polymers). Khimiya, Leningrad

19. Published and In press articles with or without DOI:
19.1 In press
Wilson M et al (2006) References. In: Wilson M (ed) Style manual. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New
York (in press)
19.2. Article by DOI (with page numbers)
Slifka MK, Whitton JL (2000) Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine production. J Mol Med
78:74–80. DOI 10.1007/s001090000086
19.3. Article by DOI (before issue publication with page numbers)
Slifka MK, Whitton JL (2000) Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine production. J Mol Med (in
press). DOI 10.1007/s001090000086
19.4. Article in electronic journal by DOI (no paginated version)
Slifka MK, Whitton JL (2000) Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine production. Dig J Mol Med.
DOI 10.1007/s801090000086

20. Internet publication/Online document
Doe J (1999) Title of subordinate document. In: The dictionary of substances and their effects. Royal
Society of Chemistry.Available via DIALOG. http://www.rsc.org/dose/title of subordinate document. Cited
15 Jan 1999
20.1. Online database
Healthwise Knowledgebase (1998) US Pharmacopeia, Rockville. http://www.healthwise.org. Cited 21
Sept 1998
Supplementary material/private homepage
Doe J (2000) Title of supplementary material. http://www.privatehomepage.com. Cited 22 Feb 2000
University site
Doe J (1999) Title of preprint. http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/mydata.html. Cited 25 Dec 1999
FTP site
Doe J (1999) Trivial HTTP, RFC2169. ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2169.txt. Cited 12 Nov 1999
Organization site
ISSN International Centre (1999) Global ISSN database. http://www.issn.org. Cited 20 Feb 2000

Dear Adam Smith,

Wow you are quick!

For step 2, I have a blend of 2 journals.

The citations within the text seem to most closely resemble "Ecology" but individual citiations within () are separated by ; instead of by commas.

The reference list is ordered alphabetically like in Ecology but the citations look more like the ones in "Behavioral Ecology" except that there are no periods (that means no periods after the author list, after the date, or at the end of the citation), the date is enclosed in parentheses, and each citation is flush left with additional lines indented 4 spaces.

Here is an example reference list exert:

Barber LB, Leenheer JA, Noyes TI, Stiles EA (2001) Nature
and transformation of dissolved organic matter in treatment
wetlands. Environ Sci Technol 35:4805–4816
Bracewell JM, Pacey N, Robertson GW (1987) Organic matter
in onshore cretaceous chalks and its variations, investigated
by pyrolysis-mass spectrometry. J Anal Appl
Pyrolysis 10(3):199–213
Buerge IJ, Poiger T, Muller MD, Buser H-R (2003) Caffeine,
an anthropogenic marker for wastewater contamination of
surface waters. Environ Sci Technol 37(4):691–700
Buffle J (1988) Complexation reactions. In: Masson M, Tyson
JF (eds) Aquatic systems: an analytical approach. Ellis
Horwood, New York, 692 pp
Buzier R, Tusseau-Vuillemin M-H, Mouchel J-M (2006)
Evaluation of DGT as a metal speciation tool in wastewater.
Sci Total Environ 358:277–285

Thanks again!

Thank you very much, Adam! :)

no estimates, sorry - likely more than a week and likely less than three months.

Though there are no periods anywhere else in the citation list - there is a period after each article title.

any success?