Plant Ecology and Diversity is an international journal for communicating results and novel ideas in plant science, in print and online, six times a year. All areas of plant biology relating to ecology, evolution and diversity are of interest, including those which explicitly deal with today's highly topical themes, such as biodiversity, conservation and global change. We consider submissions that address fundamental questions which are pertinent to contemporary plant science. Articles concerning extreme environments world-wide are particularly welcome.
Plant Ecology and Diversity considers for publication original research articles, short communications, reviews, and scientific correspondence that explore thought-provoking ideas.
- Original Article: Original scientific research (~7000 words)
- Rapid Communication Article: As above but shorter format (~2500 words)
- Review Article: In depth review of a specific area (~12,000) N.B. Grubb reviews are invited reviews
- Perspectives Article: Editorial/opinion piece: short articles that foster academic debate
To aid redressing ‘publication bias’ the journal is unique in reporting, in the form of short communications, ‘negative results’ and ‘repeat experiments’ that test ecological theories experimentally, in theoretically flawless and methodologically sound papers. Research reviews and method papers, are also encouraged.
Plant Ecology & Diversity publishes high-quality and topical research that demonstrates solid scholarship. As such, the journal does not publish purely descriptive papers. Submissions are required to focus on research topics that are broad in their scope and thus provide new insights and contribute to theory. The original research should address clear hypotheses that test theory or questions and offer new insights on topics of interest to an international readership.
A structured cover letter at submission is required that outlines:
(1) Why the submitted work is important and timely (what lacunae in knowledge it addresses),
(2) What hypotheses or questions the reported work addresses (hypotheses must test theory and not be ‘paper tiger’ questions),
(3) How the work fills the identified gaps in knowledge and how the work overall advances our understanding (not only in the context of the reported paper but in the broad context of plant biological sciences
Peer review is double-anonymized, unique in ecological journals. All manuscripts are allocated by the Editor-in-Chief to a suitable Associate Editor, who decides whether the paper may proceed to the peer-review stage. (Only papers that are prepared in conformity to the Instructions for Authors and are written in a high standard of English will undergo peer review.) Assignment to an Associate Editor is completed within one week of submission. Papers that are deemed to undergo peer review are assessed by three independent reviewers at the discretion of the handling Associate Editor. These should not generally have been co-authors or collaborators within the past 3 years, nor should they have any other conflict of interest. The selection of reviewers is at the discretion of the Associate Editors.
Editor-in-Chief
Laszlo Nagy –University of Campinas, Brazil
Evolution and systematics
Subject Editor
Matt Olson - Texas Tech University, USA
Associate Editors
Mark Chapman - University of Southampton, UK
Jill Hamilton - Penn State University, USA
Jianquan Liu - Lanzhou and Sichuan Universities, China
Gabriel Massaine Moulatlet - Instituto de Ecología A.C., Mexico
Fábio Pinheiro - University of Campinas, Brazil
Nishi Rajakaruna - California Polytechnic State University, USA
Yongshuai Sun - Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, China
Alex Twyford - University of Edinburgh, UK
Jason Vleminckx - Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Global change and vegetation dynamics
Subject Editor
William Gosling - Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Associate Editors
George Chuyong - University of Buea, Cameroon
Francisco Cuesta - Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
Susanna Venn -School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Australia
Risto Virtanen - University of Oulu, Finland
Environment and plant functioning
Subject Editor
John Grace, University of Edinburgh, UK
Associate Editors
Kurt Fagerstedt - University of Helsinki, Finland
Nalaka Geekiyanage - Rajarata University of Sri Lanka
Lin Hua - Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Science, China
Bart Kruijt - Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Federico Magnani - University of Bologna, Italy
Victor Resco de Dios- University of Lleida, Spain Elmar Veenandaal - Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Biotic Interactions
Subject Editor
Luis Daniel Llambi - University of the Andes, Venezuela
Associate Editors
Lohengrin Cavieres - University of Concepción, Chile
María Vanessa Lencinas - National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Gianalberto Losapio - Stanford University, USA
Colin Tucker - USGS, Southwest Biological Center, USA
Emilio Vilanova - University of California, Berkeley, USA
David Wilkinson - Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Biogeography
Associate Editors
Geraldine Allen - University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Stefan Dullinger - University of Vienna, Austria
Christophe Randin - University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Tropical Forest Ecology
Section Editor
Simon Queenborough - Yale School of the Environment, USA Managing Editor
Erika Buscardo - University of Coimbra, Portugal
Advisory Board
John Birks - University of Bergen, Norway
Christian Körner - University of Basel, Switzerland
Josep Peñuelas - Ecological and Forestry Applications Research Centre - Spanish National Research Council, Spain
Steven Schmidt - University of Colorado Boulder, USA
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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