Journal of Applied Ecology

An Official Journal of the British Ecological Society

Edited by:
EJ Milner-Gulland, Rob Freckleton, Paul Giller, Phil Hulme and Simon Thirgood with Gill Kerby

ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2007: 14/116 (Ecology)
Impact Factor: 4.220

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Combines excellent science with relevance to environmental management

Journal of Applied Ecology is an international journal that publishes high-impact ecological research of direct relevance to environmental management. Regular special profiles synthesise the current state-of-the-art in key thematic areas.

The journal publishes novel papers that apply ecological concepts, theories, models and methods to the management of biological resources in their widest sense. The editors encourage contributions that use applied ecological problems to test and develop basic ecological theory, although there must be clear potential for improving current management. Papers should have an explicitly ecological focus, but can relate to any of the major themes in applied ecology, including:

• Application and development of improved strategies for the conservation of wildlife.
• Assessing and mitigating the ecological impacts of global change and environmental pollution
• Wildlife and habitat management
• Sustainable management of natural resources (including aquatic resources)
• Ecology of ecosystem restoration and species reintroductions
• Ecological approaches to the management of pests, weeds and diseases

Articles that interact with related fields are welcomed providing that their relevance to applied ecology is clear.

An editorial in Volume 42, Issue 1 discusses the scope of the journal in detail.

TopNews and Announcements

Executive Editor Vacancy
The British Ecological Society is seeking an Executive Editor to join the current team of four editors for Journal of Applied Ecology. For more information about this role and how to apply, read the full advert on the BES website. Closing date for applications: 12noon (BST) on Monday June 2nd 2008.

Southwood Prize 2007 Winner
The winner of the Southwood Prize 2007, chosen by the Editors of Journal of Applied Ecology is Jonathan N Pauli for the article Risk-disturbance overrides density dependence in a hunted colonial rodent, the black-tailed prairie dog Cynomys ludovicianus published in the December 2007 issue of Journal of Applied Ecology. The University of Wyoming released the following press release about the winning author: UW Graduate Student Wins Prestigious Southwood Prize. Read the editorial announcement about the winner online.

In the News...

• Future novel threats and opportunities facing UK biodiversity identified by horizon scanning
  William J. Sutherland et al.
  Coverage in New Scientist; The Guardian (UK) and The Telegraph (UK)
• Ski tourism affects habitat use and evokes a physiological stress response in capercaillie Tetrao urogallus: a new methodological approach
  Dominik Thiel et al.
  Coverage in BBC Online; The Guardian (UK); The Times (UK) and The Telegraph (UK).
• Estimating animal density using camera traps without the need for individual recognition
  J. Marcus Rowcliffe et al.
  Coverage on WildlifeExtra.com

Press releases can be found on the British Ecological Society website.

Journal of Applied 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 Applied Ecology will therefore be made freely available online two years after issue publication, back to 1998, online.

Associate Editor Wins Getty Conservation Award 2007
Journal of Applied Ecology would like to congratulate Dr K Ullas Karanth, one of our Associate Editors, on being selected as the winner of the 2007 'J Paul Getty Award for Conservation Leadership' by the World Wildlife Fund. Read more on the WWF website.

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
Articles which have been fully copy-edited and peer-reviewed are published online through our OnlineEarly feature before the print edition of this journal is published.

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

Priority Contributions:
The following papers have been prioritised for publication in the journal and made free online:

• Future novel threats and opportunities facing UK biodiversity identified by horizon scanning
  William J. Sutherland et al.
• Effects of culling on spatial associations of Mycobacterium bovis infections in badgers and cattle
  Helen E Jenkins et al.
• Ecologically justified charisma: preservation of top predators delivers biodiversity conservation
  FABRIZIO SERGIO, IAN NEWTON, LUIGI MARCHESI, PAOLO PEDRINI
• Collapse of Asian vulture populations: risk of mortality from residues of the veterinary drug diclofenac in carcasses of treated cattle
  RHYS E. GREEN, MARK A. TAGGART, DEVOJIT DAS, DEBORAH J. PAIN, C. SASHI KUMAR, ANDREW A. CUNNINGHAM, RICHARD CUTHBERT
• Effects of culling on badger Meles meles spatial organization: implications for the control of bovine tuberculosis
  ROSIE WOODROFFE, CHRISTL A. DONNELLY, D. R. COX, F. JOHN BOURNE, C. L. CHEESEMAN, R. J. DELAHAY, GEORGE GETTINBY, JOHN P. MCINERNEY, W. IVAN MORRISON

Special Profiles:

• Pollination and Pollinators
• Integrated Management of Invasives
• Harvesting
• Ecological Quality of Freshwater Ecosystems

Highlighted Articles:
The identification of 100 ecological questions of high policy relevance in the UK
William J. Sutherland et al.
Beyond control: wider implications for the management of biological invasions
Philip E. Hulme
Making better biogeographical predictions of species' distributions
Antoine Guisan et al.
Warm, windy winters drive cod north and homing of spawners keeps them there
Anna Rindorf and Peter Lewy
To graze or not to graze? Sheep, voles, forestry and nature conservation in the British uplands
Darren M. Evans et al.
Habitat connectivity and matrix restoration: the wider implications of agri-environment schemes
Paul F. Donald and Andy D. Evans
An astronomical pattern-matching algorithm for computer-aided identification of whale sharks Rhincodon typus
Z. Arzoumanian, J. Holmberg, B. Norman
Climate change: the science and the policy
David King
Adapting to climate change: is there scope for ecological management in the face of a global threat?
Philip E. Hulme
River restoration: seeking ecological standards. Editor's introduction
Paul S. Giller
Standards for ecologically successful river restoration
M. A. Palmer et al.
The effects of organic agriculture on biodiversity and abundance: a meta-analysis
Janne Bengtsson, Johan Ahnstrom, Ann-Christin Weibull
The changing face of applied ecology
Robert P. Freckleton, Phil Hulme, Paul Giller, Gillian Kerby

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