All communications should be addressed to the Editor, The Journal of Experimental Biology, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, England.
The Editorial Board will not allow the publication of papers describing experimental procedures which may reasonably be presumed to have inflicted unnecessary pain, discomfort, or disturbance of normal health on living animals. Manuscripts will only be accepted if:
Papers on vertebrates will be accepted only if the experiments comply with the legal requirements in the UK (see Handbook for the Animal Licence Holder – Institute of Biology; Notes on the Law Relating to Experiments on Animals in Great Britain – Research Defence Society; UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory Animals) or Federal Legislation and the National Institutes of Health Guidelines in the USA. Department of Health Education and Welfare Publication No. NIH 78-23 (1978).
The Journal of Experimental Biology (ISSN 0022-0949) is published as seven...
