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Journal of Animal Ecology

An Official Journal of the British Ecological Society

Edited by:
Graeme Hays, Ken Norris, Kevin McCann, Mike Boots and Tim Coulson


ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2007: 18/116 (Ecology); 3/124 (Zoology)
Impact Factor: 3.747

Supporting long-term ecological research in a changing world, Journal of Animal Ecology publishes the best original research on all aspects of animal ecology, including:

  • Behavioural ecology
  • Community ecology
  • Disease ecology
  • Evolutionary ecology
  • Marine ecology
  • Molecular ecology
  • Physiological ecology
  • Population ecology

Field, laboratory and theoretical studies based upon terrestrial, freshwater or marine systems are all considered for publication. The Editors are specifically seeking papers that make general contributions to the field of animal ecology.

TopNews and Announcements

Journal of Animal Ecology articles free after two years
The British Ecological Society is committed to making ecological research as accessible as possible. Papers published in Journal of Animal Ecology will therefore be made freely available online two years after issue publication, back to 1998, online.

Online Submission
Submit your manuscript online via Manuscript Central.

Online Open
Authors of articles in this journal can now choose to make their articles open access and available free for all readers through the payment of an author fee. Read more.

Articles Published Online Ahead of Print - Early View
Articles which have been fully copy-edited and peer-reviewed are published online before the print edition of this journal is published in Early View.

Free Online Access in the Developing World
Access to this journal is available free online within institutions in the developing world through the AGORA Initiative with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the OARE Initiative (Online Access to Research in the Environment) with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Blackwell goes CarbonNeutral®
Blackwell Publishing is the first publisher to become CarbonNeutral®. Read more about the initiatives we have signed up to with The CarbonNeutral Company here.

TopHighlights

Journal of Animal Ecology Young Author Award 2007
Elton Prize winner: Sylvain Pincebourde, University of South Carolina, for the article: Regional climatic conditions modulate the within-tree mosaic of favourable and risky microclimates for insects
The editors of Journal of Animal Ecology are pleased to announce that they have chosen Sylvain Pincebourde as the winner of the Young Investigator Author Award for the Journal of Animal Ecology, the Elton Prize. Read why the editor's chose this paper.

In Focus articles in Journal of Animal Ecology
In Focus articles are short pieces in each issue of Journal of Animal Ecology designed to draw attention to papers that are expected to be of high-interest. The In Focus articles act as mini-reviews that expand the context of the paper they are featuring, and they are generally commissioned by the Editors and Associate Editors of Journal of Animal Ecology. The writing style will accommodate a wide audience of non-specialists and will expand on why the featured paper is particularly exciting and novel. All In Focus articles are peer-reviewed. Read the latest In Focus paper and related article below:

IN FOCUS: On being the right size: food-limited feedback on optimal body size
Anthony R.E Sinclair, John P Parkes
Feedback effects of chronic browsing on life-history traits of a large herbivore
M. Anouk Simard, Steeve D. Côté, Robert B. Weladji, Jean Huot

Previous In Focus papers:
IN FOCUS: How helpers help: disentangling ecological confounds from the benefits of cooperative breeding
Jonathan Wright, Andrew F Russell
IN FOCUS: Parasites as weapons of mouse destruction
Richard S. Ostfeld
IN FOCUS: Having your water and drinking it too: resource limitation modifies density regulation
Corey J.A. Bradshaw

In the news...
Cheetahs of the deep sea: deep foraging sprints in short-finned pilot whales off Tenerife (Canary Islands)
Natacha Aguilar Soto et al.
Covered by the BBC: Whales are 'cheetahs of the deep', Nature and New Scientist: Pilot whales make a dash for their prey.

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