General ⇒ Bibliography: No number in reference and cite by author

[pallav]

I want to write the references in such a way thar there will be no numbering in references and in the main body I want to cite the references by authors name for example:

(Fulton et al., 2003; Anderson, 2005; Hood et al., 2006)

But I am unable to do it. It is very urgent to me. Please pelp.

The example of reference that I want to get is:

Abrams, P.A., Matsuda, H., Harada, Y., 1993. Evolutionarily unstable fitness maxima
{a space here} and stable fitness minima of continuous traits. Evolutionary Ecology 7, 465–487.
Ackerly, D.D., Cornwell, W.K., 2007. A trait-based approach to community assembly:
{a space here} partitioning of species trait values into within- and among- components. Ecology Letters 10, 135–145.

[localghost]

Take a look at some predefined BibTeX styles [1]. Perhaps you will find a suitable one.

[1] BibTeX Style Examples


Best regards
Thorsten¹

[pallav]

I am not expert in latex. Simply I want to author-year citation and want to write ref. in above style

[localghost]

You don't need to be an expert to choose the right style and then use the according package.

[dnemoc]

While I agree with Thorsten, I suggest that you try the natbib package (add the following in the preamble):

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\usepackage[round, sort&compress, authoryear]{natbib}

together with

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\bibliographystyle{agsm}
\bibliography{file_of_references}

where you want your bibliography to appear. There's also the possibility of using the biblatex package if you're using Linux.

Best,
- D.