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Agroforestry Systems
- NEWLY ADDED: Silvopasture: a sustainable livestock production system
- NEWLY ADDED: Agroforestry for a vibrant future: connecting people, creating livelihoods, and sustaining places (15th North American Agroforestry Conference, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, June 27-29, 2017)
- Advances in European Agroforestry: results from the AGFORWARD project
- Agroforestry for soil health
- Lessons for research, capacity development and policy in agroforestry for development
- Agroforestry as a Catalyst for on-farm conservation and diversification
- Trees in the Landscape: Towards the Promotion and Development of Traditional and Farm Forest Management in Tropical and Subtropical Regions
- Management of Montados and Dehesas for High Nature Value: An interdisciplinary pathway
AMBIO - A Journal of the Human Environment
- NEWLY ADDED: Urban transformative capacity: From concept to practice
- NEWLY ADDED: Lead in Hunting Ammunition: Persistent Problems and Solutions
- The North Water: Interdisciplinary studies of a High Arctic polynya under transformation
- Special Section: Integrating Mercury Research and Policy in a Changing World
- Handling the phosphorus paradox in agriculture and natural ecosystems: Scarcity, necessity, and burden of P
- Arctic Climate Change, Economy and Society
- Goose management: From local to flyway scale
- Synthesis of the Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring Programme
- Gender perspectives in resilience, vulnerability and adaptation to global environmental change
- Future Forests: Pathways to sustainable use
- Low carbon energy supply, distribution and consumption by 2050
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Annals of Forest Science
Topical Collections:
- Current issues in forest and wood science: series of reviews
- Entomological issues during forest diebacks
- Environmental data for the German NFIline
- Estimation of standing forest biomass
- Forest Adaptation and Restoration under Global Change
- Forest information for bioeconomy outlooks at European level
- Forest inventories at the European level
- Frontiers in Modelling Future Forest Growth, Yield and Wood Properties
- ICP Forests
- Mediterranean Pines
- Mensuration and modelling for forestry in a changing environment
- Risk Analysis
- SilviLaser
- Wood formation and tree adaptation to climate
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
- Indicators of Ocean Pollution
- Ocean Spills and Accidents
- Toxicology of Marine Mammals: New Developments and Opportunities
Aquatic Ecology
Aquatic Sciences
- Carbon Cycling in Aquatic Ecosystems
- A multi-scale framework for supporting river assessment and management
- Historical ecology of riverine fish in Europe
Topical Collection: - Understanding mountain lakes in a changing world
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Biodiversity and Conservation
- NEWLY ADDED: Biodiversity and Climate Change - An Indian Perspective
- Effective argumentation for biodiversity conservation in Europe
- Forest biodiversity and ecosystem services
- Palaearctic Steppes: Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation
- Networking Biodiversity Knowledge
Topical Collections:
- Biodiversity Conservation and Reserves
- Biodiversity appreciation and engagement
- Biodiversity exploitation and use
- Biodiversity legal instruments and regulations
- Biodiversity protection and reserves
- Coastal and marine biodiversity
- Ex-situ conservation
- Extreme environments
- Forest and plantation biodiversity
- Invasive species
- Urban biodiversity
BioEnergy Research
- Bioenergy in Mexico
- USDA Agricultural Research Service and Forest Service Regional Biomass Research Centers
Biological Invasions
- Non-native species in urban environments: Patterns, processes, impacts and challenges
- Biological Invasions in Forests prepared by a task force of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
- Phragmites Invasion
- Special section: Invasive Spartina
- Drivers, impacts, mechanisms and adaptation in insect invasions
Biosemiotics
- Semiotic Aspects of the Extended Synthesis
- Constructive Biosemiotics
- Multilevel semiosis: Towards a heterarchical perspective
- Semiosis of Evolution
The Botanical Review
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
- NEWLY ADDED: Recent Progress in Mercury Research by Young Chinese Scholars
- NEWLY ADDED: Current Research Advancements in Basic and Applied Soil Remediation in China
- Special section: Soil and Groundwater Contamination and Remediation
- Commemorating the 100th Volume
- Soil and Groundwater Contamination and Remediation
- Advancing Ecotoxicology in the US Southern States
Conservation Genetics
Coral Reefs
- NEWLY ADDED: The 2014-2017 Global Coral Bleaching Event: Drivers, Impacts, and Lessons Learned
- Theme Section on Mesophotic Reefs
EcoHealth
Ecosystems
- 20th Anniversary Issue: Ecosystem Modeling for the 21st Century
- 20th Anniversary Issue: Future Directions in Ecosystems Special Feature
- Virtual Issue in time for the 20th journal anniversary 2017
Ecotoxicology
- Emerging Advances and Challenges in Pesticide Ecotoxicology
- Large Scale Monitoring: Large-scale bee monitoring project in Northern Germany
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Environmental and Ecological Statistics
Environmental Biology of Fishes
Environmental Management
- NEWLY ADDED: Environmental Pollution, Management, and Sustainable Development
- From Synergy to Complexity: The Trend Toward Integrated Value Chain and Landscape Governance
- Adaptive Management of Environmental Flows
European Journal of Forest Research
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Estuaries and Coasts
- Impacts of Coastal Land Use and Shoreline Armoring on Estuarine Ecosystems
- Special Section: The National Estuarine Research Reserve System: An Integrated Network of Research and Monitoring Sites Supporting Coastal Zone Management
- Special Section: Survival of Southern New England Salt Marshes in the Anthropocene
Evolutionary Biology
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Evolutionary Ecology
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Fungal Diversity
- Special Issue to Commemorate the Great German Mycologist Prof. Dr. Franz Oberwinkler
- Special Issue on the Ranking of Fungi: A Tribute to David L. Hawksworth on His 70th Birthday
- Extrophiles
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Hydrobiologia
- NEWLY ADDED: Charr Biology, Ecology and Management
- NEWLY ADDED: Advances in Cichlid Research III: Behavior, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- NEWLY ADDED: Phytoplankton and its Biotic Interactions
- Themed Section: Coastal Wetlands: Services, Uses and Conservation
- Crustacean Genomics: Implications for Physiology and Systematic Studies
- Large and deep perialpine lakes: ecological functions and resource management
- Marine Ecosystems and Living Resources in the Central Mediterranean Sea
- Aquatic Invasive Species II
- THEMED SECTION: Andean Patagonian Lakes as Sensor of Global Change
- Multifunctionality of Large Rivers
- Plants in Aquatic Systems – a 21st Century Perspective
- Aspects of cyanobacterial biogeography, molecular ecology, functional ecology and systematics
- Ecology and Conservation of Freshwater Bivalves
- THEMED SECTION: Advances in Cephalopod Ecology and Life Cycles
- Large-Scale Floodplain Restoration in the Illinois River Valley
- Causes and Consequences of Mangrove Ecosystem Responses to an Ever-Changing Climate
- New Challenges in Anostracan Research: a Tribute to Graziella Mura
- Emerging Trends in Aquatic Ecology II
- Cladocera: Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Cladocera
- Evolving rotifers, evolving science
- The Importance of Small Water Bodies: Insights from Research
- Advances in Cichlid Research II: Behavior, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Adaptation of Aquatic Biota of the Amazon – ADAPTA
- Multidisciplinary aspects of aquatic science: the legacy of Rick Forester
- Advances in Charr Ecology and Evolution
- Themed Section: Vulnerability and Resilience of Freshwater & Marine Ecosystems
- European Large Lakes IV. Ecosystem Services and Management in a Changing World
Ichthyological Research
International Journal of Primatology
- NEWLY ADDED: Primate Hybridization and Hybrid Zones
- Ethnoprimatology in the 21st Century
- Advances and Frontiers in Primate Seed Dispersal
- Primates in Anthropogenic Habitats
- New Research Directions in the Genus Eulemur
Journal of Chemical Ecology
- NEWLY ADDED: In Memory of Thomas Hartmann
- Pheromone Regulation of Reproduction
- Semiochemicals in Pest Management - Part II
- Semiochemicals in Pest Management - Part I
Journal of Insect Conservation
- NEWLY ADDED: Celebrating 50 years of Butterfly Conservation: a special issue on the ecology and conservation of butterflies and moths
- Future of Butterflies in Europe, Symposium 4
Journal of Mammalian Evolution
Journal of Molecular Evolution
Journal of Oceanology and Limnology
- Special Section Seaweeds Bioactive Substances and Their Applications
- National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program): Indo-Pacific Oceanic Channel Guest Editors: YUAN Dongliang, WU Qigang, CHEN Baode, WANG Jianhai
Journal of Ornithology
Landscape and Ecological Engineering
- NEWLY ADDED: Including Special Feature on Ecological Resilience of Ecosystems with Human Impact—Restoration of Plants and Animals
- NEWLY ADDED: Including Special Feature on Urban Green Infrastructure and the Ecological Functions
- Including Special Feature on Landscape and Green Infrastructure, a Key to Sustainability
- Including Special Feature on Tracing Radioactive Substances in River Basins for Effective Mitigation Measures
- Including Special Feature on Urban Biodiversity and Design
- Including Special Feature on The 4th International Conference of Urban Biodiversity and Design
- Including Special Features on “Landscape Design and Urban Biodiversity” and “10th anniversary of Landscape and Ecological Engineering”
Landscape Ecology
- NEWLY ADDED: Describing and analyzing landscape patterns – where are we now, and where are we going?
- NEWLY ADDED: Integrating landscape approaches with the ecosystem services framework: improving governance and stewardship models for sustainability and resilience
- NEWLY ADDED: Landscape Ecology of Pollination
- Analyzing Dynamics and Values of Cultural Landscapes
- Modeling Forest Landscapes in a Changing Climate - Theory and Application
- Multi-scale habitat modeling
- Macrosystems ecology: Novel methods and new understanding of multi-scale patterns and processes
Limnology
Marine Biodiversity
- Biodiversity and Ecology of Meiofauna in Extreme and Changing Environments
- Biodiversity of Icelandic Waters
- Biodiversity and Ecology of Meiofauna in Extreme and Changing Environments
- Red Sea Biodiversity
- Recent Advances in Knowledge of Cephalopod Biodiversity
- Biodiversity of the Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone
- Caribbean Coral Reefs (pp. 1-147)
Topical Collections: - Biodiversity of Icelandic Waters
Marine Biology
Topical Collection:
Microbial Ecology
New Forests
- NEWLY ADDED: Reforestation Matters
- NEWLY ADDED: Restoring forests: Regeneration and ecosystem function for the future
- Forest Regeneration in Changing Environments
- Gene Conservation of Tree Species – Banking on the Future
Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems
- Amendments
- Efficient use of different sources of nitrogen in agriculture – from theory to practice
- Integrated Crop-Livestock-Forestry Systems
- African eco-efficient solutions to food insecurity and climate change
- Integrating Approaches to Sustainable Phosphorus Management in Agroecosystems
Oecologia
- Special Issue: In Honor of James R. Ehleringer
- From Plants to Herbivores: Novel Insights into the Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of Plant Variation
- Special Topic on Functional Traits
Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments
- NEWLY ADDED: Devonian palaeoecosystems and palaeoenvironments of South China
- Jurassic biodiversity and terrestrial environments
- Climate change and biodiversity patterns in the mid-Palaeozoic
- The Valley of Lakes in Mongolia, a key area of Cenozoic mammal evolution and stratigraphy
- The Late Miocene Maragheh mammal fauna; results of recent multidisciplinary research
- Contributions in honour of Zbyněk Roček
Photosynthesis Research
- NEWLY ADDED: Advances in modelling photosynthetic processes in terrestrial plants
- NEWLY ADDED: Photosynthesis and Hydrogen Energy Research for Sustainability-2017
- Chloroplast Transport and Import
- Photosynthetic Light Harvesting
- Ferredoxin
- Photosynthesis Research and Hydrogen Energy for Sustainability, in Honor of Nathan Nelson and T. Nejat Veziroglu
- Photosynthesis Research for Sustainability
- Cyclic Electron Transport
- The 49-ers: 65 Years in the Sunshine
Plant and Soil
- NEWLY ADDED: Crop Roots and Rhizosphere Interactions
- NEWLY ADDED: Plant Nutrition for Sustainable Crop Production
- Biocrusts: The Living Skin of the Earth
- Organic Phosphorus: Potential Solutions for Phosphorus Security
- Advances in Root Ecology
- The Soil, the Seed, the Microbes and the Plant
- Iron nutrition in plant
- Belowground solutions to global challenges
- Zinc for Improving Crop Production and Human Nutrition
- Plant and Soil Virtual Issues
- Advances in the Rhizosphere: Stretching the Interface of Life
- Soil, Plants and Endophytes
- Biodiversity Hotspots
- Phosphorus in Soils and Plants – Facing Phosphorus Scarcity
Plant Ecology
- NEWLY ADDED: Bloom and Bust: Ecological Consequences of Precipitation Variability in Aridlands
- Global Dryland Restoration: Environment, Politics, and Society
- Plant-eye-view perspectives on traits, populations and communities
- Fire Ecology
- Translocation Ecology: The Role of Ecological Sciences in Plant Translocation
Planta
- NEWLY ADDED: Terpenes and Isoprenoids
- NEWLY ADDED: Orphan Crops
- Focus Issue: Polyphenols
- Strigolactones: Past, present and future
Topical Collections:
- Anthocyanins
- Desiccation Biology
- Focus on polyphenols II
- Orphan Crops
- Polyphenols: biosynthesis and function in plants and ecosystems
- Strigolactones
- Terpenes and Isoprenoids
Polar Biology
- Ecology of Tundra Arthropods
- Ecosystem Kongsfjorden: New Views after more than a Decade of Research (Part II)
- Ecosystem Kongsfjorden: New Views after more than a Decade of Research (Part 1)
- Ecology of Arctic Gadids
- Antarctic Peninsula Shelf Biology
- Life in Antarctica: Boundaries and Gradients in a Changing Environment
Primates
- Including Special Feature on Research and Conservation of Orangutans (Pongo sp.) in Malaysia
- Including Special Feature on Research and Conservation of Orangutans (Pongo sp.) in Malaysia
- Including Special Feature on French-Japanese Collaborations in Primatology
- Including Special Features on “Understanding the Variability of Gorilla Social Structure” and “Research and Conservation of Orangutans (Pongo sp.) in Malaysia”
Sustainability Science
- NEWLY ADDED: The politics of making and un-making (sustainable) futures
- NEWLY ADDED: Sense of Place in Social–Ecological Systems: From Theory to Empirical Exploration
- NEWLY ADDED: Future Scenarios for Socio-Ecological Production Landscape and Seascape
- Integrated Knowledge Generation for Transformations towards Sustainability from Local to Global Scales
- Special Feature: People, Technology and Governance for Sustainability: The Contribution of Systems and Cyber-systemic Thinking
- Special Feature: The EJAtlas: Ecological Distribution Conflicts as Forces for Sustainability
- Special Feature: Integrated Climate Assessment: Risks, Uncertainties, and Society (ICA-RUS)
- Special Feature: Applying Cultural Evolution to Sustainability Challenges
- Special Feature: Sustainability Science and Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals
- Special Feature: Sustainability and Digitalization: A Game-Changer? Possibilities, Perils, Pathways
- Special Feature: Traps! Expanding Thinking on Persistent Maladaptive States in Pursuit of Resilience
- Special Feature: Sustainable Deltas: Livelihoods, Ecosystem Services, and Policy Implications
- Special Feature: Weaving Indigenous and Sustainability Sciences to Diversify Our Methods (WIS2DOM)
Symbiosis
- NEWLY ADDED: 9th International Symbiosis Society Congress, July 15-20 2018, at Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
- 17th African Association of Biological Nitrogen Fixation (AABNF) Biennial Conference, Gaborone, Botswana, 17-21 October 2016
Trees
- Special section: Tree-Ring Research in Asia
- Dynamics and Physiological Processes of Tree Roots
- Special section: Sap flow and tree hydraulic functioning
Topical Collection:
- Biomechanics
- Drought Stress
- Ecological Genetics
- Flooding
- Functional Genomics
- Light Stress
- Long Distance Transport: Phloem and Xylem
- Mycorrhiza
- Phytopathology
- Salinity
- Seed Biology and Micropropagation
- Tree Rings
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Wetlands
Wetlands Ecology and Management
Call for Papers
We welcome your paper submissions to the forthcoming special issues.
- Coral Reefs in a Changing World: Insights from Extremes
Submission Deadline: November 15, 2019; Guest Editors: John Burt of New York University Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Emma Camp of University of Technology Sydney (Australia), Ian Enochs of NOAA (USA), Jacob Johansen of Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (USA), Kyle Morgan of Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), and Bernhard Riegl of Nova Southeastern University (USA).
Socio-Ecological Practice Research
- Exploring, cultivating, and celebrating the right ways to close the theory-practice gap in socio-ecological practice
Submission Deadline: October 31st, 2019; Guest Editor: Professor Xinhao Wang (xinhao.wang@uc.edu) of University of Cincinnati (UAS).
- The European Landscape Convention at 20: Achievements, Progresses, and Opportunities
Submission Deadline: October 1st, 2019; Guest Editors: Dr. Daniele La Rosa (dlarosa@darc.unict.it), Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Catania, Italy; Dr. Christian Albert (albert@umwelt.uni-hannover.de), Institute of Environmental Planning, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany.
- Energy scenarios and policy analyses for long-term climate change mitigation: Towards a sustainable energy system in Japan
Abstract Submission by December 1st, 2019
- Valuation of nature and nature’s contributions to people
Abstract Submission by December 31st, 2019
