  
Journal of Animal Ecology
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 (including on-line early)
- High impact (see Journal's web page on our Publisher's site for latest figures)
In Focus Articles -
As of January 2008 the Journal of Animal Ecology will be publishing 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.
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Authors
Information for authors and how to submit to the Journal can be found on the Journal's pages on the Blackwell Science web site. Subscribers will also be able to access current and past issues of the Journal via Synergy 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.
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
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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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