Guide for Authors
Ecological Complexity
An International Journal on Biocomplexity in the Environment and Theoretical Ecology
Ecological Complexity is an international journal devoted to the publication of high quality, peer-reviewed articles on all aspects of biocomplexity in the environment, theoretical ecology, and special issues on topics of current interest. The scope of the journal is wide and interdisciplinary with an integrated and quantitative approach. The journal particularly encourages submission of papers that integrate natural and social processes at appropriately broad spatio-temporal scales.
Ecological Complexity will publish research into the following areas:
All aspects of biocomplexity in the environment and theoretical ecology
Ecosystems and biospheres as complex adaptive systems
Self-organization of spatially extended ecosystems
Emergent properties and structures of complex ecosystems
Ecological pattern formation in space and time
The role of biophysical constraints and evolutionary attractors on species assemblages
Ecological scaling (scale invariance, scale covariance and across scale dynamics), allometry, and hierarchy theory
Ecological topology and networks
Studies towards an ecology of complex systems
Complex systems approaches for the study of dynamic human-environment interactions
Using knowledge of nonlinear phenomena to better guide policy development for adaptation strategies and mitigation to environmental change
New tools and methods for studying ecological complexity
The papers that should appear in this journal are characterized by:
Biocomplexity related to the environment and vice versa
Inter disciplinarity (e.g. biology, ecology, environmental science, mathematics, modelling)
Integration of natural and social processes (esp. over time)
Types of paper
The following contributions will be accepted:
Original research papers and case studies
Review articles
Special themes issues
Short notes
Viewpoint articles
Letters to the Editor
Book Reviews
Submission checklist
You can use this list to carry out a final check of your submission before you send it to the journal for review. Please check the relevant section in this Guide for Authors for more details.
Ensure that the following items are present:
One author has been designated as the corresponding author with contact details:
• E-mail address
• Full postal address
All necessary files have been uploaded:
Manuscript:
• Include keywords
• All figures (include relevant captions)
• All tables (including titles, description, footnotes)
• Ensure all figure and table citations in the text match the files provided
• Indicate clearly if color should be used for any figures in print
Graphical Abstracts / Highlights files (where applicable)
Supplemental files (where applicable)
Further considerations
• Manuscript has been 'spell checked' and 'grammar checked'
• All references mentioned in the Reference List are cited in the text, and vice versa
• Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including the Internet)
• A competing interests statement is provided, even if the authors have no competing interests to declare
• Journal policies detailed in this guide have been reviewed
• Referee suggestions and contact details provided, based on journal requirements
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