期刊名称：PALAEOBIODIVERSITY AND PALAEOENVIRONMENTS
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About the journal
Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments
Editor-in-Chief: Peter Königshof
ISSN: 1867-1594 (print version)
ISSN: 1867-1608 (electronic version)
Journal no. 12549
- Takes a multidisciplinary approach to palaeobiodiversity
- Focuses on changes in ecosystems and climate in Earth's history, interaction of environments and organisms
- Compares modern and ancient sedimentary environments
- No page charges
Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments is an international journal providing a multidisciplinary approach in the fields of Palaeobiodiversity, Palaeoenvironments, and Palaeobiogeography in Earth History. It is a relaunch of the well-known "Senckenbergiana lethaea" and incorporates peer-reviewed original research, review papers and short notes spanning a broad scope of subject matter. Its principal fields of interest are biodiversity of fossil organisms and their palaeoenvironment, comparison of modern and ancient sedimentary environments, palaeoecology, and palaeobiogeography.
Coverage includes systematic studies of all fossil animal / plant groups with a special focus on palaeoenvironmental investigations; palaeoecosystems and climate changes in Earth's history; environment-organism interaction; comparison of modern and ancient sedimentary environments; palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography.
Related subjects » Animal Sciences - Ecology - Geology - Plant Sciences
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Aims and scope: Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments
Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments is a peer-reviewed international journal for the publication of high-quality multidisciplinary studies in the fields of palaeobiodiversity, palaeoenvironments and palaeobiogeography. Key criteria for the acceptance of manuscripts are a global scope or implications of problems on a global scale significant not only for a single discipline, a focus on the diversity of fossil organisms and the causes and processes of change in Earth’s history. The topics covered include: Systematic studies of all fossil animal / plant groups with a special focus on palaeoenvironmental investigations, palaeoecosystems and climate changes in Earth’s history, environment-organism interaction, comparison of modern and ancient sedimentary environments, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography. |
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Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Peter Königshof
Senckenberg Forschungsinstitute und Naturmuseen
Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt am Main
Senckenberganlage 25
60325 Frankfurt
e-mail: peter.koenigshof@senckenberg.de
Managing Editor
Sinje Weber
Senckenberg Forschungsinstitute und Naturmuseen
Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt am Main
Senckenberganlage 25
60325 Frankfurt
e-mail: Sinje.Weber@senckenberg.de
Editorial Board
Thomas Becker
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität,
Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut und
Museum, Corrensstrasse 24,
48149 Münster, Germany
e-mail: rbecker@uni-muenster.de
Michael J. Benton
Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol,
Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road,
Bristol BS8 1RJ, UK
e-mail: Mike.Benton@bristol.ac.uk
Carl Brett
University of Cincinnati, Department of Geology
500 Geology-Physics Bldg.,
Cincinnati 45221-0013 OH, U.S.A
e-mail: carlton.brett@uc.edu
Donald Brinkman
Royal Tyrrell Museum, Highway 838 Midland Provincial Park
Drumheller, Alberta Canada T0J 0Y0
e-mail: Don.Brinkman@gov.ab.ca
Oldrich Fatka
Charles University, Institut of Geology and Palaeontology, Albertov 6
128-43 Prague 2, Czech Republic
e-mail: fatka@natur.cuni.cz
Raimund Feist
Université de Montpellier II, Lab. de Paléobotanique, Place E. Bataillon
34095 Montpellier Cedex, France
e-mail: Raimund.Feist@univ-montp2.fr
Mikael Fortelius
University of Helsinki, Department of Geology, P.O. Box 64,
00014 Helsinki, Finland
e-mail: mikael.fortelius@helsinki.fi
Franz T. Fürsich
Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Loewenichstr. 28
91054 Erlangen, Germany
e-mail: franz.fuersich@gzn.uni-erlangen.de
Eberhard Gischler
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Campus Riedberg, Altenhöferallee 1
60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
e-mail: gischler@em.uni-frankfurt.de
Rüdiger Henrich
Universität Bremen, Research Group Sedimentology - Palaeoceanography, Bibliothekstraße 1,
28359 Bremen, Germany
e-mail: henrich@uni-bremen.de
Michael Joachimski
Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institut für Geologie und Mineralogie, Schlossgarten 5
91054 Erlangen, Germany
e-mail: joachimski@geol.uni-erlangen.de
Ralf-Dietrich Kahlke
Senckenberg Forschungsinstitute und Naturmusseen, Forschungsstation für Quartärpaläontologie Weimar, Am Jakobskirchhof 4
99423 Weimar, Germany
e-mail: rdkahlke@senckenberg.de
Michal Kucera
MARUM & Fachbereich Geowissenschaften
Universität Bremen
Leobener Straße
28359 Bremen
e-mail: mkucera@marum.de
Alan Lord
Senckenberg Forschungsinstitute und Naturmuseen, Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt am Main, Senckenberganlage 25
60325 Frankfurt, Germany
e-mail: Alan.Lord@senckenberg.de
Xueping Ma
Peking University, Department of Geology
100871 Beijing, China
e-mail: max@pku.edu.cn
John Marshall
University of Southampton, Southampton Oceanography Centre
School of Ocean and Earth Science, European Way
Southampton SO17 1EF, UK
e-mail: jeam@noc.soton.ac.uk
Paul Mazza
Università degli Studi di Firenze, Department of Geology and Paleontology, Via La Pira 4
50121 Florence, Italy
e-mail: paul.mazza@unifi.it
Thomas Mörs
The Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Palaeozoology, Box 50007
104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
e-mail: thomas.moers@nrm.se
Werner Piller
Universität Graz, Institut für Erdwissenschaften, Heinrichstrasse 26
8010 Graz, Austria
e-mail: werner.piller@uni-graz.at
Jean-Noel Proust
Université de Rennes 1, CNRS UMR 6118, Avenue du G Leclerc
35042 Rennes CX, France
e-mail: Jean-Noel.Proust@univ-rennes1.fr
Grzegorz Racki
University of Silesia, Department of Earth Sciences, Bedzinska 6
41200 Sosnowiec, Poland
e-mail: racki@us.edu.pl
Jose Valenzuela Rios
Universitat de València, Dept. de Geología, ./. Dr. Moliner 50
46100 Burjassot, Spain
e-mail: Jose.I.Valenzuela@uv.es
Zbynek Rocek
Laboratory of Palaeobiology, Geological Institute, Academy of Sciences, Rozvojová 135
165 00 Prague, Czech Republic
e-mail: Rocek@gli.cas.cz
Robert A. Spicer
The Open University, Department of Earth Sciences, Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space and Astronomical Research, Walten Hall
Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK
e-mail: R.A.Spicer@open.ac.uk
John Talent
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Center for Ecostratigraphy and Paleobiology, Maquarie University
2109 Sydney, Australia
e-mail: jtalent@laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au
Paul Taylor
Natural History Museum, Department of Paleontology, Cromwell Road
London SW7 5BD, UK
e-mail: p.taylor@nhm.ac.uk
Reed Wicander
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI 48859, USA
e-mail: reed.wicander@cmich.edu
Min Zhu
Academia Sinica, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
P.O. Box 643,
10044 Beijing, China
e-mail: zhumin@ivpp.ac.cn
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