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Read MoreFeatured article: How earthworm communities are affected by changes in soil properties
Earthworms are very sensitive to changes in the physio-chemical properties of soil in different agro-ecosystems, potentially having an effect on their diversity, abundance and overall survival. Understanding the physio-chemical properties of soil at a particular site may help to predict what species of earthworms are likely to be present. A study recently published in BMC Ecology looked at the diversity, abundance and distribution of earthworms in both cultivated and non-cultivated agro-ecosystems. Please click the title to read the full article.
Call for papers: Eco-evo-devo
The Editors of BMC Developmental Biology, BMC Ecology and BMC Evolutionary Biology welcome submissions to the cross-journal special issue 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.
The special issue is open for submissions.
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.
Read MoreBMC Series Focus Issue
August: Health Disparities
With World Humanitarian Day falling on 19th August, the BMC Series decided to focus on health disparities in August’s focus issue. Browse our biology, chemistry and medical titles for insight into health disparities, including racial health disparities, socioeconomic health disparities and regional disparities
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Response of reindeer mating time to climatic variability
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Plant species richness increases with light availability, but not variability, in temperate forests understorey
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Risk assessment in the plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae): intensity of behavioral response differs with predator species
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Soil nematode community and crop productivity in response to 5-year biochar and manure addition to yellow cinnamon soil
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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
- Dylan Smith, BioMed Central
Assistant Editor
- Jashan Philippe Abraham, 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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Citation Impact
2.381 - 2-year Impact Factor
2.922 - 5-year Impact Factor
0.913 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
1.03 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
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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.
