It is the aim of Chemoecology to promote and stimulate the field of chemical ecology by publishing research papers that integrate ecology and chemistry in an attempt to increase our understanding of the biological significance of natural products. Its scope is the evolutionary biology of chemically-mediated biotic interactions, including mechanistic approaches as well as environmental aspects. Manuscripts on trophic relationships, intra- and interspecific communication, competition, and other kinds of chemical communication in all types of organismic interactions will be considered suitable for publication. Mechanistic approaches should deal with the identification, biosynthesis and metabolism of substances which carry information and with the elucidation of receptor- and transduction systems, biochemical, molecular and physiological techniques. Results of investigations on the response and adaptation of organisms to anthropogenic compounds or to their degradation products will be considered for publication as long as ecological phenomena are involved. Except in the case of manuscripts dealing with subjects of wide interest, strictly methodological or purely chemical and descriptive contributions without conceptual interpretations will not be considered. Before submitting a manuscript, authors should feel free to contact the Editors-in-Chief or the Associate Editors regarding the appropriateness of the work for Chemoecology.

Chemoecology publishes full papers, short communications, reviews including mini-reviews and book-reviews, as well as news and commentaries.

Authors are urged to follow carefully the guidelines printed on the inside of the back cover and to consult previous issues for layout.

Bibliographic Data
Chemoecology
First published in 1990
Relaunched in 1998
1 volume per year, 4 issues per volume, approx. 240 pages per volume
Format: 21 x 27,9 cm
ISSN 0937-7409 (print)
ISSN 1423-0445 (electronic)
 

Reviews
"Chemoecology (...) was relaunched in 1998, with new editors but an unbroken series of volume numbers. The first new volume covers a wide range of organisms, with a good balance between those of land and sea, but there is a preponderance of insects and plants. (...) Chemically mediated systems can offer unique opportunities for researchers to investigate hot evolutionary topics, for example in sexual selection and the evolution of mate communication.
Paradoxically, as chemical ecology becomes more mainstream, the challenge for journals like Chemoecology is to attract authors from higher-impact evolution and ecology journals. An important factor will be the likelihood of articles being found by online electronic searches."
Tristram D. Wyatt, Nature, Vol. 401, Sept. 1999