Overview
Evolutionary Ecology is a concept-oriented journal of biological research at the interface of ecology and evolution. We publish papers that therefore integrate both fields of research: research that seeks to explain the ecology of organisms in the context of evolution, or patterns of evolution as explained by ecological processes.
The journal publishes original research and discussion concerning the evolutionary ecology of organisms. These may include papers addressing evolutionary aspects of population ecology, organismal interactions and coevolution, behaviour, life histories, communication, morphology, host-parasite interactions and disease ecology, as well as ecological aspects of genetic processes. The objective is to promote the conceptual, theoretical and empirical development of ecology and evolutionary biology; the scope extends to any organism or system.
In addition to Original Research articles, we publish Review articles that survey recent developments in the field of evolutionary ecology; Perspectives articles which present new points of view and novel hypotheses; and Comments on articles recently published in Evolutionary Ecology or elsewhere. We also welcome Natural History Notes, which aim to present new observations of organismal biology in the wild that may provide inspiration for future research, and Methods papers, which present or review new theoretical, practical or analytical methods used in evolutionary ecology.
Students & Early Career Researchers: We particularly encourage, and offer incentives for, submission of Reviews, Ideas & Perspectives, and Methods papers by students and early-career researchers (defined as being within one year of award of a PhD degree)–please see Students & Early Career Researchers.
We publish 6 types of papers:
1. Original Research articles, which present the results of empirical or theoretical research testing current ideas in evolutionary ecology;
2. Review articles, which survey recent developments in the field of evolutionary ecology;
3. Perspectives articles, which present new points of view and/or novel hypotheses;
4. Methods papers, to present or review new theoretical, practical or analytical methods used in evolutionary ecology;
5. Natural History Notes, which present new observations of organismal biology in the wild that may provide inspiration for future evolutionary ecology research;
6. Comments on articles recently published in Evolutionary Ecology or elsewhere.
Evolutionary Ecology:
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- Editor-in-Chief
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- Matthew Symonds
- Journal Impact Factor
- 1.8 (2023)
- 5-year Journal Impact Factor
- 1.8 (2023)
- Submission to first decision (median)
- 8 days
- Downloads
- 213,089 (2023)
Latest articles
Journal updates
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Dispersal in small organisms
CALL FOR PAPERS | Deadline: November 1, 2024
This special issue will revisit the theme on the 50th anniversary of Daniel Otis Wolfenbarger’s Factors Affecting Dispersal Distances of Small Organisms with contributions on behavior, ecology, genetics, and evolution that deal with factors promoting and restricting dispersal. -
Morphological responses to climate change
CALL FOR PAPERS | Deadline: November 30, 2024
UN SDG 13 (Climate Action); SDG 14 (Life Below Water); SDG 15 (Life on Land)
We invite contributions that identify morphological changes across different organismal groups, explore the mechanisms underlying the changes, and/or investigate their consequences for species’ physiology, survival, and reproduction; studies that examine the biotic and abiotic factors that promote or mitigate such morphological responses are also encouraged, as they play an important role in identifying the characteristics of organisms that make them more likely to evolve morphologically in response to climate change. -
Developments in the study of poison frog evolutionary ecology - Part I
LATEST SPECIAL DOUBLE ISSUE | Volume 38, Issue 1-2, April 2024
Issue Editors: Bibiana Rojas, Fernando Vargas-Salinas
We have put together this special double issue aiming to broaden both the topics and the coverage of poison frog clades. This first part consists of 15 manuscripts covering topics ranging from larval behavioural ecology and parental care to space use and its environmental determinants, along with conservation implications.
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- Electronic ISSN
- 1573-8477
- Print ISSN
- 0269-7653
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