African Journal of Ecology (formerly East African Wildlife Journal) publishes original scientific research into the ecology and conservation of the animals and plants of Africa. It has a wide circulation both within and outside Africa and is the foremost research journal on the ecology of the continent. In addition to original articles, the Journal publishes comprehensive reviews on topical subjects and brief communications of preliminary results.

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Policy Pieces and Reviews are all FREE to download!
The latest issue includes:
Policy Piece - Conservation of birds in Africa: are we making any headway?

Book Review - New perspectives on the origin and diversification of Africa's forest avifauna

Highly accessed papers
The following three papers were the most accessed articles within African Journal of Ecology online in 2005. Click on each link to view the Abstracts. If you do not have a subscription to the journal you can purchase single articles by clicking the Buy Now option online.

Simulating the East African wildebeest migration patterns using GIS and remote sensing
D. Musiega, Sanga-Ngoie Kazadi
Effect of selective logging on tree and understory regeneration in miombo woodland in western Tanzania
M. Schwartz, T. Caro
Feeding time budgets of selected African ruminant and non-ruminant grazers
W. Twine

Highly cited papers
The following three papers were the most highly cited articles in 2004 published in African Journal of Ecology. Click on each link to view the Abstracts. If you do not have a subscription to the journal you can purchase single articles by clicking the Buy Now option online.

Woodland loss and restoration in a savanna park: a 20-year experiment
D. Western, D. Maitumo
Population status and structure of mountain nyala in the Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia
B. Refera, A. Bekele
A comparison of two mountain gorilla habitats in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
J.B. Nkurunungi, J. Ganas, M.M. Robbins, C.B. Stanford

Free to view article
Coastal sponge communities of the West Indian Ocean: taxonomic affinities, richness and diversity
D.K.A. Barnes, J.J. Bell

Free - Bibliography of the African Elephant
The following bibliography from African Journal of Ecology can now be downloaded free of charge.
Bibliography of the African Elephant

Links to Related Sites
Blackwell Ecology - Wiley-Blackwell's ecology subject site
African Journals Online
African Journals Online offers the tables of contents and abstracts of articles from journals in agricultural sciences, science and technology, health and social sciences, published in Africa.
British Ecological Society
East African Wildlife Society
Ecological Society of Australia
Italian Society of Ecology
South African Institute of Ecologists and Environmental Scientists
Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland