To publish papers of the highest scientific quality within the general area of insect (and other arthropods) conservation and diversity covering topics ranging from ecological theory to practical management.
Papers are invited on the following topics:
Conservation genetics
Extinction debt
Long-term conservation planning and implementation
Global implications of local or national conservation actions
Management responses of species and communities
Captive breeding programs
Comparisons of restored and natural habitats
Biogeography
Global biodiversity
Metapopulation dynamics
Climate change: impacts on distributions and range
Invasive species: impacts and control
Effects of pollution
Genetic threats to diversity by introgression
Effects of fragmentation on diversity and distribution
Impact of agricultural and forestry practices on biodiversity
Enhancing urban environments for diversity and protection
Biodiversity action plans: can we scale up from insects?
Effectiveness and choice of indicator species
Soil biodiversity and interactions with above-ground biodiversity
Ecological interactions at local levels
Ecological and evolutionary factors influencing diversity and local, regional and global scales
Sustainable livelihoods and training on the ground
Integrating science and policy
Contributions will fall into five main areas:
Standard research papers
Major/Feature/Invited reviews
Mini-Reviews
Techniques & Methodologies
Forum, Policy and Comment
Contributions are welcomed from all sectors of the ecological and conservation community with a particular interest in arthropods.  Descriptions of new species, straightforward accounts of natural history and articles of an anecdotal nature will not be published.

Senior Editors
All posted material must be clearly marked with the sender's address
Raphael K. Didham
School of Animal Biology
University of Western Australia
35 Stirling Highway
Crawley WA 6009
Australia
Phone: +61 8 6488 3424
Fax: +61 8 6488 1029
Email: raphael.didham@uwa.edu.au
Simon R. Leather
Department of Crops & Environment
Harper Adams University College
Edgmond
Newport
Shropshire, TF10 8NB
UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1952-815488
Email: simonleather@harper-adams.ac.uk
Yves Basset
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Apartado 0843-03092
Balboa, Ancon
Panama City
Republic of Panama
Tel. +507 212 8233
Fax +507 212 8148
Email: bassety@si.edu

Editors
Christopher Hassall, University of Leeds, UK
Laurence Packer, York University, Canada
Karsten Schönrogge, CEH, UK
Alan Stewart, University of Sussex, UK

Associate Editors
Francesca Barbero, University of Turin, Italy
Philip Barton, The Australian National University, Australia
Yves Basset, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama
Thomas Bolger, School of Biology and Environmental Science, Ireland
Seán Brady, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC, USA
Gavin Broad, The Natural History Museum, UK
Tilly Collins, Imperial College London, UK
Raphael Didham, University of Western Australia/CSIRO, Australia
Matthew Forister, University of Nevada, USA
Róbert Gallé, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
Michael Garratt, University of Reading, UK
Heloise Gibb, La Trobe University, Australia
Francis S. Gilbert, University of Nottingham, UK
Christopher Hassall, University of Leeds, UK
Mats Jonsell, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Nusha Keyghobadi, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Simon R. Leather, Harper Adams University, UK
Nick Littlewood, University of Cambridge, UK
Jörg Müller, Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald, Germany
David Nash, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Jerome Orivel, CNRS, France
Laurence Packer, York University, Canada
Sandra Rehan, York University, Canada
Ignacio Ribera, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain
David Roubik, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama
Göran Sahlén, Halmstad University, Sweden
Manu Sanders, University of New England, Australia
Karsten Schonrogge, CEH, Wallingford, UK
Alan Stewart, University of Sussex, UK
Allan Watt, CEH Edinburgh, UK
Steve Yanoviak, University of Louisville, USA

Editorial Assistant
Lia Curtin, Content Review
Research Content Management