期刊名称：FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment is the members' journal of the Ecological Society of America. International in scope and interdisciplinary in approach, Frontiers focuses on current ecological issues and environmental challenges.
Frontiers is aimed at professional ecologists and scientists working in related disciplines. With content that is timely, interesting and accessible, even to those reading outside their area of expertise, it has a broad, interdisciplinary appeal and is relevant to all users of ecological science, including policy makers, resource managers, and educators.
Frontiers covers all aspects of ecology, the environment, and related subjects. You'll read about global issues, broadly impacting research, cross-disciplinary or multi-country endeavors, new techniques and technologies, new approaches to old problems, and practical applications of ecological science.
The journal is sent to all ESA members as part of their membership, and is also available by subscription to non-members and institutions.
Instructions to Authors
Review Process
The manuscript submission and peer review process is broken down into the following 7 steps:
- The Author submits a manuscript.
- Reviewers are assigned to the manuscript.
- The Reviewers review the manuscript.
- The Assistant Editor makes recommendations.
- The Editor makes the final decision.
- The Editorial Assistant contacts the Author with the decision.
Submission Process
The manuscript submission process is broken into a series of 4 screens that gather detailed information about your manuscript and allow you to upload the pertinent files. The sequence of screens are as follows:
- A long form asking for author, title, abstract, and file quantities.
- A screen asking for the actual file locations on your computer (via an open file dialog). After completing this screen, your files will be uploaded to our server.
- A completion screen that will provide you with a specific manuscript number for your manuscript.
- An approval screen that will allow you to verify that your manuscript was uploaded and converted correctly.
Before submitting a manuscript, please gather the following information:
- All Authors
- First Names, Middle Names/Initials, Last Names
- Postal Addresses
- Work Telephone Numbers
- E-mail adresses
- Title (you may copy and paste this from your manuscript)
- Abstract (you may copy and paste this from your manuscript)
- Keywords
- Manuscript files in Word, WordPerfect, Excel, Text or Rich Text formats.
- Do not use the text option if you have used Greek letters, special characters, superscripts, or subscripts in your paper.
- Figures/Images as seperate files from the Manuscript file,in TIFF, JPG or EPS format (NOT IN MICROSOFT WORD).
After the manuscript is submitted, you will be directed to a page that will allow you to review your converted manuscript. If the conversion is not correct, you can replace or delete your manuscript files as necessary. After you have reviewed the converted files, you will need to click on "Approve Manuscript." This link will have a red arrow  next to it. Throughout the system, red arrows reflect pending action items that you should address.
Getting Help
If you need additional help, you can click on the help signs  spread throughout the system. A help dialog will pop up with context-sensitive help.
Manuscript Status
After you approve your manuscript, you are finished with the submission process. You can access the status of your manuscript at any time via:
- Logging into the system with your password
- Clicking on the link represented by your manuscript tracking number and abbreviated title
- Clicking on the "Check Status" link at the bottom of the displayed page
This procedure will display detailed tracking information about where your manuscript is in the submission/peer-review process.
Starting
The manuscript submission process starts by pressing the "Submit Manuscript" link on your "Home" page. Please make sure you have gathered all the required manuscript information listed above BEFORE starting the submission process.
Please press HOME to continue.
Editorial Board
Editorial Board
- Neil Adger (University of East Anglia, UK)
- Barbara Bedford (Cornell University, NY, USA)
- Mary Ann Bruns (Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA)
- Charles Canham (Institute of Ecosystem Studies, NY, USA)
- Steven Carpenter (University of Wisconsin, WI, USA)
- Diane De Steven (USDA, SC, USA)
- James Detling (Colorado State University, CO, USA)
- James Estes (University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA)
- Edward Evans (Utah State University, UT, USA)
- Jingyun Fang (Peking University, China)
- Thomas Fontaine (EPA, OR, USA)
- Claude Gascon (Conservation International, DC, USA)
- Edwin (Ted) Grosholz (University of California, Davis, CA, USA)
- Elizabeth Hadly (Stanford University, CA, USA)
- Peter Hudson (Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA)
- Ann Kinzig (Arizona State University, AZ, USA)
- Sam P. Lake (Monash University, Australia)
- Eric Lambin (Stanford University, CA, USA)
- Michael Mappin (University of Calgary, Canada)
- Michelle Marvier (Santa Clara University, CA, USA)
- Louis Pitelka (Appalachian Laboratory, MD, USA)
- Jake Rice (Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Ontario, Canada)
- Donald Scavia (NOAA, MD, USA)
- Timothy Seastedt (Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, CO, USA)
- Diane Wickland (NASA, DC, USA)
- Mark Wilson (University of Michigan, MI, USA)
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