AFS publications use the author–date system for references, with brief parenthetical citations in the text and full references in an alphabetical list at the end:
Text:
. . . similar findings (Gorman and Karr 1978).
Mills (1989) states that. . . .
Reference list:
Gorman, O. T., and J. R. Karr. 1978. Habitat structure and stream fish communities. Ecology 59:507–515.
Mills, D. H. 1989. Ecology and management of Atlantic Salmon. Chapman and Hall, London.
