The journal invites manuscripts describing individual case studies that have the potential to form the basis of broader theories and concepts. Papers describing new methods or techniques can be published only if they describe truly new and significant advances in methodology that can be broadly applied to the understanding or management of environmental problems. Ecological Applications invites contributions from scientists, policy makers, and managers concerned with the full spectrum of ecological applications. Included within this spectrum are global climate change and biogeochemistry, conservation biology, ecotoxicology and pollution ecology, fishery and wildlife ecology, forestry, agroecosystems, range management, soils, hydrology and groundwater, landscape ecology, and epidemiology. Types of contributions Articles.
Articles describing significant original research comprise the core of the journal.
Articles may not exceed 20 printed pages and ideally should not exceed 15 printed pages. Articles exceeding 60 manuscript pages, counting all pages including references, tables and figures, normally will be rejected as too long. Invited Features are intended to address various aspects of a theme that is likely to be of broad interest to applied ecologists. Ideally, a feature should inform a broad audience about an unfamiliar topic or an area in which there has been considerable recent progress, or it should cause the audience to re-examine an issue that is not as settled as most have presumed. Additional advice and instructions are available which explain how to propose and prepare Invited Features.