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Journal of Biogeography

Edited by:
Robert J. Whittaker

ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2007: 3/31 (Geography, Physical); 20/116 (Ecology)
Impact Factor: 3.539

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Papers dealing with all aspects of spatial, ecological and historical biogeography are considered for publication in Journal of Biogeography.  The mission of the journal is to contribute to the growth and societal relevance of the discipline of biogeography through its role in the dissemination of biogeographical research. To that end, the editorial policy is that the journal seeks to be representative of the discipline of biogeography, to be global in scope, and to be inclusive of major traditions and viewpoints within the discipline.

The journal was established in 1974 and, reflecting the growth of the discipline, is now published in 12 issues a year, as part of a joint subscription package together with the sister journals Global Ecology and Biogeography and Diversity and Distributions. The three journals have overlapping scope and aims; with the sister titles each emphasising links between biogeography and related disciplines, as described below. The editors reserve the right to transfer material between the journals where this is deemed most suitable.

Journal of Biogeography continues to be essential reading for all environmentalists, biogeographers, ecologists, biologists, botanists and zoologists.

TopNews and Announcements

NEW: Editors Choice

The Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Biogeography has selected a number of research article highlights recently published in the journal. The selection of articles reflects the scope and level of commendable research published in the journal.

Recent articles to be highlighted include:

• Global climate change is transforming Kakadu National Park
• The peninsula effect may yet be seen as a red herring, but more light is needed
• Uncovering genetic divergence and routes of gene exchange in the sand-obligate pallid kangaroo mouse, Microdipodops pallidus, from the Great Basin Desert
  
  Click here to read the article summaries and to be directed to the corresponding articles.

Submit online - average time from submission to first decision is just 39 days!
You can now submit your manuscript to Journal of Biogeography online, with the manuscript submission website. The online manuscript submission and review process promises to lead to faster submission to first decision times and greater simplicity for authors and reviewers. Please ensure that you follow the Journal's instructions carefully before you submit your next manuscript to Journal of Biogeography.

 

 

Recent Press Coverage
Environmental Setting of Human Migrations in the Circum-Pacific Region - October 2007

DNA sequences and fossils show that the Proteaceae, a major group of Gondwanaland's plants, spread by continental drift and transoceanic dispersal to modern continents - August 2007

A "Private Bandwidth" For Communication In Bats: Evidence From Insular Horseshoe Bats - August 2007

Climate change not the only factor controlling distribution of plant species - July 2006

Climate change may threaten species of amphibians and reptiles in southwestern Europe - June 2006

Online Article Submission
Journal of Biogeography operates online article submission and peer review through manuscript submission

Free 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).

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.

TopHighlights

The following articles are available to download free of charge:

Free to View Articles

• A general dynamic theory of oceanic island biogeography
  Robert J. Whittaker, Kostas A. Triantis, Richard J. Ladle
  
• Mapping the evolutionary twilight zone: molecular markers, populations and geography
  Jose Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho et al
  
• Ecogeographical rules: elements of a synthesis
  Kevin J. Gaston, Steven L. Chown, Karl L. Evans
  
• Climate warming and the decline of amphibians and reptiles in Europe
  M. B. Araujo, W. Thuiller, R. G. Pearson
  
• Animal species diversity driven by habitat heterogeneity/diversity: the importance of keystone structures
  J. Tews, U. Brose, V. Grimm, K. Tielborger, M. C. Wichmann, M. Schwager, F. Jeltsch
  

Free to View Commentaries

• Uncertainty and the measurement of terrestrial biodiversity gradients
  Joaquín Hortal
  
• Can remote sensing of land cover improve species distribution modelling?
  Bethany A. Bradley, Erica Fleishman
  
• Bergmann's rule, natural selection and the end of the Panglossian paradigm in ecogeographical analyses
  José Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho
  

Links to relevant sites
Blackwell Ecology - Blackwell Publishing's ecology subject site

Relevant Journals
Diversity and Distributions
Global Ecology and Biogeography

Other
International Biogeography Society
Robert J. Whittaker's Home Page
British Ecological Society
Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland
South African Institute of Ecologists and Environmental Scientists
Italian Society of Ecology