From theory to practice, from molecules to ecosystems, from regional to global

Global Ecology and Conservation (GECCO) is an open access international scientific journal in the disciplines of ecology and conservation biology. The journal publishes articles spanning a diverse range of fields that contribute to ecology and conservation of terrestrial, marine or freshwater organisms and ecosystems. The primary aim of Global Ecology and Conservation is the publication of high-quality papers that advance the field of ecology and theory and practice of conservation. We welcome submissions from across the globe and we are particularly interested in articles from poorly represented regions, species and from authors from diverse origins. Population studies of species with Data Deficient (DD) are welcome.

Global Ecology and Conservation also publishes thematic special issues that have a global relevance in terms of the topics, authors' diversity (including countries and gender) or issues addressed, and thus demonstrate applications of conservation biology and ecology.

The journal will generally not consider manuscripts without a significant biological component (e.g., studies of pollution chemistry), and particular emphasis is placed on connecting the research to its ecological and/or conservation implications. Papers focused on species inventories, distribution modelling, animal behaviour, plant physiology, and purely technical and methodological papers will not be considered without a clear link to ecology or conservation. GECCO is not a venue of papers that deals with pure aspects of Toxicology or Environmental Science.

Papers dealing with Agroecosystems, or Soil ecology will be considered in GECCO only if they have clearly defined implications for ecology and conservation of wild organisms or habitats.

Editor-in-Chief
Richard T. Corlett
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Associate Editors
Chuck Cannon
Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois, United States
Meredith L. Gore
Michigan State University Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Editorial Board Members
Paula Campanello
Esquel Mountain and Patagonia Steppe Research Center, Esquel, Argentina
Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz
University of Nottingham - Malaysia Campus, Semenyih, Malaysia
Mark J. Costello
The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Priya Davidar
Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
Vincent Devictor
Institute of Evolution Science of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
David Dudgeon
University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Chris Kettle
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
Binbin Li
Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan, Jiangsu, China
João Carlos Marques, PhD
University of Coimbra Department of Life Sciences, Coimbra, Portugal
William Mitsch, PhD
Florida Gulf Coast University Everglades Wetland Research Park, Naples, Florida, United States
Felix Müller
Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
Jacob Phelps
Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor Barat, Indonesia
Richard B. Primack
Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Jan Vymazal, PhD
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Praha, Czech Republic
Edward L. Webb
National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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