Austral Ecology publishes original papers describing experimental, observational or theoretical studies on terrestrial, marine or freshwater systems, which are considered without taxonomic bias. Special thematic issues are published regularly, including symposia on the ecology of estuaries and soft sediment habitats, freshwater systems and coral reef fish.

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• Climate change as a threatening process
  Mark Westoby and Mark Burgman
  
• Effects of fire on the structure and composition of open eucalypt forests
  Ricky-John Spencer and Gregory S Baxter
  
• Positive interaction between invasive plants: The influence of Pyracantha angustifolia on the recruitment of native and exotic woody species
  Paula A Tecco, Diego E Gurvich, Sandra Diaz, Natalia Perez-Harguindeguy and Marcelo Cabido
  
• Advancing urban ecological studies: Frameworks, concepts, and results from the Baltimore Ecosystem Study
  S. T. A. Pickett AND M. L. Cadenasso
  
• Review of the ecology of Australian urban fauna: A focus on spatially explicit processes
  Jenni Garden, Clive McAlpine, Ann Peterson, Darryl Jones and Hugh Possingham