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Annoucement: The 7th annual BMC Ecology competition is accepting entries!
We are delighted to announce that the 7th annual BMC Ecology image competition launches today! Submit your images for a chance to highlight your research, win prizes, and have your photography featured in BMC Ecology.
Please note that the deadline for submissions has now been extended to 29th February 2020. We expect the winners to be announced in March 2020.
Call for papers: Eco-evo-devo
The Editors of BMC Developmental Biology, BMC Ecology and BMC Evolutionary Biology announce the launch of the cross-journal thematic series on eco-evo-devo, the effect of the environment of development and evolution. Please click the above link for further information and to submit to the collection.
Deadline for submissions is 30th April 2020.
BMC Ecology now accepts Registered Reports
From August 24th, BMC Ecology will begin accepting a new type of article: Registered Reports. BMC Ecology is the first ecology journal to consider this innovative article format; please read our blog where we discuss what benefits we believe it can offer to ecologists.
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Prey-switching does not protect a generalist turtle from bioenergetic consequences when its preferred food is scarce
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Impact of mining on the floristic association of gold mined sites in Southwest Nigeria
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Efficiency of using electric toothbrush as an alternative to a tuning fork for artificial buzz pollination is independent of instrument buzzing frequency
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Monitoring of the invasion of Spartina alterniflora from 1985 to 2015 in Zhejiang Province, China
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A decadal view of biodiversity informatics: challenges and priorities
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Forest restoration, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
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Behavioral mechanisms and morphological symptoms of zombie ants dying from fungal infection
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BMC Ecologyimage competition 2014: the winning images
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Genetic censusing identifies an unexpectedly sizeable population of an endangered large mammal in a fragmented forest landscape
Aims and scope
BMC Ecology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on environmental, behavioral and population ecology as well as biodiversity of plants, animals and microbes.
Editor
- Alison Cuff, BioMed Central
Manuscript Editor
- Cecilia Pennica, BioMed Central
Assistant Editor
- Joseph Minus, BioMed Central
Section Editors
- Michel Baguette, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle
- Simon Blanchet, Station d'Ecologie Experimentale du CNRS
- Jean Clobert, Station d'Ecologie Experimentale du CNRS
- David Hughes, Penn State University
- Luke Jacobus, Indiana University
- Dominique Mazzi, Agroscope
- Sandrine Pavoine, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
- Josef Settele, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Josef Settele, Section Editor
Prof. Dr. Josef Settele is Head of Animal Ecology and Social-Ecological Research at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Germany. His research interests are broad, covering conservation and evolutionary biology of insects, biodiversity and land use, and interdisciplinary cooperation and project co-ordination in biodiversity.
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The editors of BMC Ecology support initiatives that expedite the peer review process and are happy to consider manuscripts that have been reviewed in Peerage of Science. Please indicate in your cover letter if this applies to your manuscript.
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