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NEW: Virtual issue on Biotelemetry and Biologging (more details below) - click here to access.
The leading International Journal for animal population and community ecology. Supporting long-term ecological research in a changing world and publishing the best original research on broad aspects in our field.
- Field and Laboratory
- Experiments and Theory
- From Protists to Whales
- Terrestrial, Freshwater and Marine
- Standard papers, forum and review articles
- Fast turn-around time (average time from submission to first decision is 40 days)
- High impact (see Journal's web page on our Publisher's site for latest figures)
Virtual Issue Biotelemetry and Biologging - New Release
The advent of small reliable transmitters and data-loggers that can be attached to animals for long periods means that there are now a huge number of studies for a whole gamut of species in which movements have been recorded as well as various physiological and environmental parameters. This virtual issue of Journal of Animal Ecology brings together recent material published in the journal on the applications of biotelemetry and biologging to a broad range of ecological questions and covers terrestrial, marine and aerial species. Among the topics covered are how whales search for prey in the deep ocean (Soto et al.; Watwood et al.); how ingestion rates can be measured by recording stomach temperature or mouth opening events in species as diverse as tuna, seals and turtles moving across broad areas of the ocean (Bestley et al.; Austin et al.; Fossette et al.); how estimates of metabolic rate may potentially be derived from free-living animals equipped with data-loggers (Wilson et al.) and how high resolution tracking can shed light on the processes that shape microhabitat use (Heithaus et al.; Schofield et al.). As well as covering the ecological applications of both established and state-of-the-art devices, this virtual issue also covers a range of data-analysis topics that are at the vanguard of efforts to make the most of the amazing data-sets coming out of field studies (Borger et al.; Jonsen et al.; Bailey et al.; Edwards).
Graeme Hays, Executive Editor
Journal of Animal Ecology
Direct link to the Journal of Animal Ecology Virtual Issue Biotelemetry and Biologging – November 2008.
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/vi.asp?ref=0021-8790&site=1
©Copyright Graeme Hays
In Focus Articles
As of January 2008 the Journal of Animal Ecology has published In Focus articles which are short pieces designed to draw attention to papers of high expected interest in each issue of the journal.
The In Focus articles are mini-reviews that expand the context of the paper they are featuring, and they are generally commissioned by JAE Editors and Associate Editors.
All In Focus articles are peer-reviewed. The writing style will accommodate a wide audience of non-specialists and will expand on why the featured paper is particularly exciting and novel.
Click here to access the latest article (it is free to look at).
Authors
Information for authors and how to submit to the Journal can be found on the Journal's pages on the Wiley-Blackwell web site. Subscribers will also be able to access current and past issues of the Journal via Wiley-Blackwell Inter-Science and JSTOR links. You can have email alerts activated about articles and issues and see other services provided by our Publisher.
We aim to publish quality papers for the broad ecological audience so please ensure that any submission is suitable and relevant to our Journal and conforms to the requirements laid down in the guidelines.
Update on Journal of Animal Ecology decisions
The Journal of Animal Ecology has re-classified the decisions that authors now receive. Our author guidelines, on the Journal's publishing web pages, have the details. In summary, they are; Reject, Decline without prejudice, Major Revision and Minor Revision.
Something of interest
1st International Symposium on Bat Migration
16th-18th January 2009, Berlin, Germany.
The aim of this symposium is to foster an exchange of ideas among international specialists from many disciplines working on migratory bats. Plenary talks and workshops include the following topics “Migratory connectivity and phenology”, “Bat navigation”, “Physiology and Behaviour”, “Population genetics” and “Conservation of migratory bats”.
For more information visit www.izw-berlin.de or e-mail batmigration09@izw-berlin.de
YOUNG AUTHOR AWARD - PAPERS PUBLISHED IN 2007
The Journal of Animal Ecology is pleased to announce the winner of the Elton Prize, Young Author award, for papers published in 2007.
The Editors chose Sylvain Pincebourde and his paper:-
Regional climate modulates the canopy mosaic of favourable and risky microclimates for insects
SYLVAIN PINCEBOURDE, HERVE SINOQUET, DIDIER COMBES and JEROME CASAS
Journal of Animal Ecology - Volume 76, Issue 3, pages 424–438
Click here to access the pdf on Wiley InterScience.
The Editors chose this paper because understanding the ecological impacts of climate change is extremely important, but we have a relatively poor understanding about mechanisms in the field.
This paper is based on a really neat study that aims to examine how canopy structure affects the temperatures experienced by leaf-miners in the wild, and provides an interesting insight into how climate change might impact on these insects.
CHARLES ELTON YOUNG INVESTIGATOR’S PRIZE
Each year, The British Ecological Society awards a prize named in honour of Charles Elton to the Author of the best paper by a young investigator in any subject area published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Charles Elton was amongst the most important and influential ecologists of the twentieth century (1990 - 1991).
Authors wishing to be considered for the prize should be at the start of their career as independent researchers (typically under 30 years of age) and should be first-named or sole author of the paper being considered for the prize.
The winner of the British Ecological Society Young Investigator's Prize will receive £250, membership of the British Ecological Society, a year’s subscription to the Journal of Animal Ecology, and a contribution to the costs incurred in attending the BES Annual Meeting in the UK if they wish to give a presentation on their work. The winner is selected by the Editors of the Journal of Animal Ecology at the end of each year and an announcement is made early in the New Year following.
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