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Virtual Issue on Open Access
To coincide with the 5th Annual Open Access Week, the five journals of the British Ecological Society are pleased to publish this virtual issue of open access papers recently published in theJournal of Ecology, Journal of Animal Ecology,Journal of Applied Ecology, Functional Ecologyand Methods in Ecology and Evolution.
2010 ISIŽ Impact FactorŽ - The BES Journals are now in the top 20% in the Ecology category
All four British Ecological Society journals are now in the top 20% of the ISIŽ Ecology category, ranked by Impact FactorŽ.
- Journal of Applied Ecology has an ISIŽ Impact FactorŽ for 2010 of 4.970
- Journal of Ecology has an ISIŽ Impact FactorŽ for 2010 of 5.260
- Journal of Animal Ecology has an ISIŽ Impact FactorŽ for 2010 of 4.457
- Functional Ecology has an ISIŽ Impact FactorŽ for 2010 of 4.645
- Methods in Ecology and Evolution is now being indexed by ISI
All of the journals have seen an increase in their ISIŽ 5 year Impact FactorŽ.
Virtual Issue: Young Investigator Prizewinners 2010
Each year the BES awards a prize for the best paper, in each of its journals, by an author at the start of their research career. This virtual issue brings together the winning papers and those selected by the editors as worthy of special mention as runners up. Congratulations to all concerned!
August 2011: Virtual issue on The Evolutionary Ecology of Mutualisms guest edited by Frank Messina.
July 2011: Alan Knapp joins as a new senior editor: Visit his homepage
April 2011: Special Feature issue: The Evolutionary Ecology of Plant Defences Against Herbivores. All papers free to download.
January 2011: Special feature: Ecological Immunology. All papers free to download.
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In the News Oct 2011 - Two papers; on dolphin reproductive strategy by Jo Wiszniewski and reproductive synchrony in sea turtles by Virginie Plot have been picked up by the media.
July 2011 - Latest Virtual Issue showcasing the development of Animal Ecology over the last 80 years.
March 2011: Read our latest Review paper by Demas et al on eco-immunology techniques for researchers
November 2010:Virtual Issue on Wildlife Disease - all papers free to access for a short time.
See our latest list of top read/cited papers. Updated August 2011.
Read the Editors' Commentaries on selected papers in EarlyView on our Highlighted papers page.
Read all our our latest Virtual Issues.
2011 Elton Prize Winner: The editors are pleased to award this to Philip Matich for papers published in 2011. Read more.
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July 2011 Seed Dispersal Distance is more Strongly correlated with Plant Height than with Seed Mass, makes headlines. Read More.
May 2011 Special Feature: Ecological Consequences of Climate Extremes, available in Issue 3.
March 2011 The 2010 Harper Prize goes to Dr. Yann Hautier from the University of Zurich. Read more.
January 2011 Special Feature: Plant-mediated Interactions Between Above and Below Ground Communities, available in Issue 1.
August 2010: Virtual Issue on Global Warming is available.
May 2009: Journal of Ecology is among the top 100 most influential journals in Biology and Medicine.Read More.
October 2011 E.J Milner-Gulland takes over as the new Journal of Applied Ecology Executive Editor & Jos Barlow joins the team as a Senior Editor
October 2011 Culling is not a Feasible Strategy to Prevent Extinction of Tasmanian Devils, gains global press recognition.
October 2011 Special Feature: Functional Diversity, is available in Issue 5.
September 2011 Editor's Choice: Urban Ecosystem Services, is available in Issue 5.
April 2011 Southwood Prize 2010 goes to Stephanie O'Donnell for her co-paper Conditioned Taste Aversion Enhances the Survival of an Endangered Predator Imperilled by a toxic Invader. Read More
March 2011 Virtual Issue: Forests and Global Change, guest-edited by Jos Barlow is available
