The ultimate aim of Ecological Indicators is to integrate the monitoring and assessment of ecological and environmental indicators with managementpractices. The journal provides a forum for the discussion of the applied scientific development and review of traditional indicator applications as well as for theoretical, modelling and quantitative approaches such as index development. Research into the following areas will be published. 

• All aspects of ecological and environmental indicators and indices. 
• New indicators, and new approaches and methods for indicator development, testing and use. 
• Development and modelling of indices, e.g. application of indicator suites across multiple scales and resources. 
• Analysis and research of resource, system- and scale-specific indicators. 
• Methods for integration of social and other valuation metrics for the production of scientifically rigorous and politically-relevant assessments using indicator-based monitoring and assessment programs. 
• Approaches on how research indicators can be transformed into direct application for management purposes. 
• Broader assessment objectives and methods, e.g. biodiversity, biological integrity, and sustainability, through the use of indicators. 
• Resource-specific indicators such as landscape, agroecosystems, forests ecosystems, aquatic ecosystems, wetlands, etc. 

The journal seeks innovative papers which provide new developmental and methodological steps for environmental indication. Submissions of results from simple monitoring programs or single case studies, resulting in descriptive approaches without any exploration from the theory of indication, from the methodology of indication, or from the management points of view are not considered suitable for publication in Ecological Indicators. 

The following contributions will be accepted: 

Original research papers; 
Review articles; 
Special themed issues; 
Short notes and case studies; 
Viewpoints; 
Letters to the Editor; 
Book reviews. 

Original research papers
Review articles
Short notes and studies
Viewpoint articles
Letters to the Editor
Book Reviews

Editor-in-Chief
J.C. Marques, PhD
University of Coimbra Department of Life Sciences, Coimbra, Portugal
Associate Editors
R. Achtziger
Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, Freiberg, Germany
C. Bryant
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
C. Fürst
Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
A. Kaklauskas
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, Lithuania
P. L. Pert
CSIRO Land and Water Dutton Park, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
S. Ripp
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
F. Xu
Peking University, Beijing, China
G. Zurlini
University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
Editorial Board
T.R. Angradi
US Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development, Duluth, Minnesota, United States
J. Aroviita
Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki, Finland
S. Bastianoni, PhD
University of Siena Department of Physical Sciences Earth and Environment, Siena, Italy
S. Bell
The University of Edinburgh OPENspace Research Centre, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
J. P. Bennett
University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
T. Blaschke
University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
A. Borja
AZTI-Tecnalia, Pasaia, Spain
O.T. Bouman
Cape Breton University, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
A. Cano-Orellano
University of Seville, Sevilla, Spain
K.W. Chau
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong
G.Q. Chen
Peking University, Beijing, China
M. Convertino
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
R.M.V. Cortes, PhD
University of Tras-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
L. Costa
University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
R. Costanza
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
M. Devescovi
Ruđer Bošković Institute Center for Marine Research, Rovinj, Croatia
B.D. Fath
Towson University, Towson, Maryland, United States
A. Feest
University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
V. Ferretti
London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom
A. Gnauck
Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Cottbus, Germany
A.M. Gonçalves
University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
G. Gonzalez Barbera
Center for Edaphology and Applied Biology of the Segura River Soil and Water Conservation Group, Murcia, Spain
M.B. Griffith
National Center for Environmental Assessment, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
J.G. Holmquist
University of California Los Angeles Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, Bishop, California, United States
E. Hyatt
Ecological Indicators, Athens, Georgia, United States
C. Jacoby
Saint Johns River Water Management District, Palatka, Florida, United States
K.B. Jones
US Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, United States
H.Y. Liu
Peking University College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China
U. Mander, PhD
University of Tartu Department of Geography, Tartu, Estonia
W.J. Mitsch, PhD
Florida Gulf Coast University Everglades Wetland Research Park, Naples, Florida, United States
J.C. Munch
Helmholtz Centre Munich Institute for Soil Ecology, Neuherberg, Germany
S. N. Nielsen, PhD
Aalborg University, Section for Sustainable Biotechnology, Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Copenhagen, Denmark
R. Pandey
Forest Research Institute Dehradun, Dehradun, India
V. Rao
Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India
D.J. Rapport
EcoHealth Consulting, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada
J.C. Rodgers
Mississippi State University Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States
F. Schanz
University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
K. Summers
National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory Gulf Ecology Division, Gulf Breeze, Florida, United States
R. Virtanen
University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
B.G. Wiersma
University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States