There is still a far from complete understanding of the complex ecosystems in the Neotropics, although they have been studied since the first expeditions of the old world naturalists Marcgrave, Humboldt, Spix, Darwin, Bates and Müller. The aims and scope of the Journal are, besides taxonomic and zoogeographic surveys, analyses of animal communities and their relationship with biotic and abiotic environmental conditions. This includes the fauna of both terrestrial and fresh water ecosystems in the Neotropics. Contributions that represent original research and mini-reviews are welcome. 

Manuscripts presenting just checklists and new geographic records are not considered for publication. 

If manuscripts do not meet the requirements of the journal, the editors reserve the right to reject manuscripts on submission or to ask for revisions prior to formal peer review. 

All published research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by independent expert referees.

Editor-in-Chief
Stefan Vidal -  Department of Crop Sciences, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany
Editorial Board 
Júlio César Bicca-Marques - Primates - Department of Biodiversity and Ecology, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 
Antonio D. Brescovit - Spiders - Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil 
Louise H. Emmons - Mammals - Division of Mammals, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA 
Terry L. Erwin - Carabid beetles - Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA 
Robert W. Henderson - Snakes, Reptiles - Section of Vertebrate Zoology, Milwaukee Public Museum, USA 
Fabian M. Jaksic - Mammals, birds, lizards - Department of Ecology, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile 
Detlev Kelm - Bats - Biological Station Donana, Spain 
William E. Magnusson - Frogs, Reptiles, Mammals - Department of Ecology, INPA, Manaus, Brazil 
Angela Schmitz Ornés - Birds - Department of General and Systematic Zoology, Zoological Institute and Muesum, University of Greifswald, Germany 
David L. Pearson - Cicindelid beetles, birds -  Department of Zoology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA 
Luis A. Pereira - Myriapoda - Museum of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina 
Peter Petermann - Birds - Bensheim, Germany 
Ulrich Saint-Paul - Fish - Leipniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Bremen, Germany 
Karl-Ludwig Schuchmann - Birds - Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany 
Mirco Solé - Frogs - Departament of Biological Sciences, State University of Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, Brazil
Former Editors:
Anne Zillikens 
Thomas Püttker  
Joachim Adis 
Wolf Engels
Ernst Josef Fittkau 
Rainer Hutterer
Joachim IIIies 
Andreas Schlüter


Founding Editors:
Hans Wilhelm Köpcke 
Ernst Titschack