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Papers dealing with all aspects of spatial, ecological and historical biogeography are considered for publication in Journal of Biogeography. The mission of the journal is to contribute to the growth and societal relevance of the discipline of biogeography through its role in the dissemination of biogeographical research. To that end, the editorial policy is that the journal seeks to be representative of the discipline of biogeography, to be global in scope, and to be inclusive of major traditions and viewpoints within the discipline.

The journal was established in 1974 and, reflecting the growth of the discipline, is now published in 12 issues a year, as part of a joint subscription package together with the sister journals _Global Ecology and Biogeography _and Diversity and Distributions. The three journals have overlapping scope and aims; with the sister titles each emphasising links between biogeography and related disciplines, as described below. The editors reserve the right to transfer material between the journals where this is deemed most suitable.

Journal of Biogeography continues to be essential reading for all environmentalists, biogeographers, ecologists, biologists, botanists and zoologists.

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Global Ecology and Biogeography focuses on the emerging field of macroecology: the study of broad, consistent patterns in the ecological characteristics of organisms and ecosystems. The journal emphasizes studies that address general ecological hypotheses, explored and tested using data of broad geographic, taxonomic, or temporal scope. A variety of approaches are represented: empirical studies documenting ecological and biogeographic patterns, theoretical studies that explore the causes of those patterns, applied studies of impacts of anthropogenic influences, as well as methodological studies of the tools used to study these problems. Recent work published in Global Ecology and Biogeography has included topics such as broad-scale patterns of biodiversity, ecosystem responses to global climate change, historical and evolutionary biogeography, remote sensing of ecosystem properties, species abundance and species range patters, and statistical methodologies. The journal was established in 1991 and is published in 6 issues a year.

Diversity and Distributions publishes papers on a wide range of themes relating to the study of biodiversity. The journal has become and will remain a key forum for research on the ecology of biological invasions. The adoption, in 2005, of the subtitle A Journal of Conservation Biogeography recognises the need for a journal whose primary mission is to focus on the application of biogeographical theories and methods to conservation problems at scales from landscape up to the global. The journal was launched in 1998 and is published in six issues a year.

New Journal of Biogeography Editorship for 2005 Click here to read Prof. Whittaker's Editorial for the 2005 volume.

Selected papers

Journal of Biogeography hits National Geographic!
Canada's Rain Forest Wolves a Link to Past - _Stefan Lovgren_Read the article to which this news piece referes free at Blackwell Synergy:
Predators in natural fragments: foraging ecology of wolves in British Columbia's central and north coast archipelago
C. T. Darimont, M. H. H. Price, N. N. Winchester, J. Gordon-Walker and P. C. Paquet

The following six papers were the most accessed articles within Journal of Biogeography by Synergy users in 2003. Click on each link to view the Abstracts. If you do not have a subscription to Journal of Biogeography you can purchase single articles for $25 by clicking the Buy Now option within Synergy.

A model for the species-area-habitat relationship K. A. Triantis, M. Mylonas, K. Lika, K. Vardinoyannis

Scale and species richness: towards a general, hierarchical theory of species diversity
Robert J. Whittaker, Katherine J. Willis, Richard Field

The biogeographic regions reconsidered Barry Cox

Cladistic and phylogenetic biogeography: the art and the science of discovery
Marco G. P. Van Veller, D. R. Brooks, M. Zandee

The historical bridge between the Amazon and the Atlantic Forest of Brazil: a study of molecular phylogeography with small mammals
Leonora P. Costa

Changes to plant species richness in forest fragments: fragment age, disturbance and fire history may be as important as area
Karen A Ross, Barry J Fox, Marilyn D Fox

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Classics Revisited:

Ecology before ecology: biogeography and ecology in Lyell's 'Principles' D. M. Wilkinson

Biogeography of Australian freshwater fishes
P.J. Unmack

The species-area relationship does not have an asymptote!
M. Williamson, K.J. Gaston & W.M. Lonsdale

The biogeographic regions reconsidered
B. Cox

Impact of land-use changes on the wildebeest migration in the northern part of the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem
S. Serneels & E.F. Lambin