Hi There is a bug in the article (Springer svjour3/global) layout: it uses the default option, which produces an error message. Changing (in the layout file) "global" to "smallcondensed" (the default option), fixes this.
LyX 1.6.1 Cheers Rainer -- Rainer M. Krug, Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa