Graphic Table of Contents
A Graphic Table of Contents (GTOC), in other words, graphical abstract, helps readers to gain anoverview of your article at a single glance. You can introduce your research attractively with GTOC
that could either be one of the figures included in your manuscript or specially designed figure forthe purpose, along with Short Abstract of 2-3 sentences.

Examples of good GTOC
1. Specially designed/prepared GTOC figure
Example 1.1. Concise figure appealing visually about a theme of the article.
The inequalities of the extinction of experience: The role of personal characteristics and species traits inthe distribution of people–plant interactions in Japan. Ecol Res. 2019; 34: 350–359.
Masashi Soga, Kazuaki Tsuchiya, Maldwyn J. Evans, Soki Ishibashi
In this paper, we report on the results of a nation‐wide online survey in Japan in which we explored the extent,
distribution, and drivers of people’s direct experiences with wild flowering plants. We found that people‐plantinteractions are not evenly distributed among the population or between flowering plant species. This
distribution was determined by factors relating to the personal characteristics of people and the traits of theflowering plant species. This novel study provides unique information about the interactions people and thewildlife around them.

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Example 1.2. Overall-overview figure with a combination of result figures in the article, andadditional pictures and illustration for GTOC.
Different trends of neighboring populations of Lesser Kestrel: Effects of climate and other environmental
conditions. Popul Ecol. 2019; 61:300–314.
Michelangelo Morganti, Roberto Ambrosini, Maurizio Sarà
Population trends of neighbouring (∼100 km) Lesser Kestrels from Sicilian (Italy) lowland and highland weredifferently affected by climate and environmental change. The former population increased as a response ofamelioration of environmental conditions in wintering quarters, while the latter mainly responded to oscillationsin spring conditions in breeding quarters.

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Example 1.3. High impact photo not included in the article.
Birth synchrony and postnatal growth in Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) intwo successive dry (2015) and wet year (2016) in a nursing colony in Kerend cave, western Iran. Ecol Res.
2019; 1–17.
Hojjat Eghbali, Mozafar Sharifi
In this study, seasonality and synchrony of parturition and postnatal growth in the greater horseshoebat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, have been studied in dry and wet years. In the dry year, pups were born earlier
than in the wet year. Synchrony of birth as defined by clustering of births assessed by circular statistics showedthat degree if clustering was significantly higher in dry years. Results of present study suggest that this bat
responded to prolonged precipitations and lower temperatures by delaying parturition, reducing birth synchrony
and lowering postnatal growths.

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Example 1.4. Easy-to-understand figure with a combination of key result and additional
illustration for GTOC.
Impact of rainfall on the offspring PHA‐response and body mass in the Eurasian blue tit. Ecol Res. 2019;34:85–93.
Emilia GrzędzickaRainfall did not directly affect the incubation period and volume of food brought to the chicks in the Eurasian
blue tit. The offspring PHA‐response was weaker in the case of nestlings from nests with later hatching date,but also when preceded by a period of heavy rainfall. Thus, rainfall affected birds' survival index in a negativeway.

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2. One selected figure from the article
Example 2.1. Key result figure fully explained by itself and short abstract.
Two phenological variants of Terminalia alata coexist in a dry dipterocarp forest. Plant Species Biol. 2019;33:59–66.
Eriko Ito, Sophal Chann, Bora Tith, Samkol Keth, Chandararity Ly, Phallaphearaoth Op, Naoyuki Furuya,
Yasuhiro Ohnuki, Shin’ichi Iida, Takanori Shimizu, Koji Tamai, Naoki Kabeya, Takanobu Yagi, Akira Shimizu
Glabrous Terminalia alata variants in a Cambodian deciduous forest had a unique delayed leaf flushingphenology, suggesting that it is adapted to water‐limited environments. Spatial separation from leaf exchanging
hairy variants was likely related to topographically oriented water availability.

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Example 2.2. Detailed photo(s) promoting readers’ understanding of study fields, materials
and methods.
Interception loss, throughfall and stemflow by Larrea divaricata: The role of rainfall characteristics andplant morphological attributes. Ecol Res. 2019; 34:753–764.
Patricio N. Magliano, Juan I. Whitworth‐Hulse, Eva L. Florio, Esteban C. Aguirre, Lisandro J. Blanco
Rainfall partitioning into interception loss, throughfall and stemflow affects the amount and the spatial
heterogeneity of water entering into the soil at the patch scale, strongly controlling net primary productivity ofdrylands. In this paper, we explored rainfall partitioning and its biophysical controls in Larrea
divaricata (jarilla), one of the most abundant shrubs in the Dry Chaco rangelands (Argentina). On average,interception loss, throughfall and stemflow accounted for 9.4, 78.6 and 12.0% of total rainfall, respectively.

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・GTOC including Short Abstract should be concise and understandable by itself.
・GTOC figure can be a photo, diagram, infographic, line figure (e.g. graph and chart) etc., whichshould express study object, site, material, process, result, summary etc. of your article visually.
・Please explain figure components appropriately by providing graph legend, definition ofabbreviation, scale bar etc., as necessary. Even if a figure included in your manuscript was selected for
GTOC, you may be required to edit the figure to be understandable as GTOC which has no figure
caption.
・Please use sans-serif font in GTOC figure, as necessary, with a large enough font size.
・GTOC figure should not exceed as 50×60 mm in figure size. In case you prefer to use a large figure
included in your manuscript, you may be required to edit the figure to fit the limit.
・Minimum resolution of the GTOC figure is 300 dpi.
・Preferred file types are TIFF and EPS.
Notes:
・In case you use an original GTOC figure not included in the manuscript, please upload it as a file ofSupporting Information. If you use a figure included in your manuscript for GTOC, please refer to theFigure number.
・You are required to seek permission if you use an image under somebody else's copyright even if
the work of art itself is in public domain. Also, it should include a phrase saying that permission fromthe person was obtained.