期刊名称：PLANT ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Plant Ecology and Evolution (a continuation of Belgian Journal of Botany, incorporating Systematics and Geography of Plants) is an international journal devoted to ecology, phylogenetics and systematics of all ‘plant’ groups in the traditional sense (including algae, cyanobacteria, fungi, myxomycetes), also covering related fields such as comparative and developmental morphology, conservation biology, ecophysiology, evolution, phytogeography, pollen and spores, population biology, and vegetation studies. It is published by the Royal Botanical Society of Belgium and the National Botanic Garden of Belgium and contains original research papers, review articles, short communications and book reviews.
The journal is indexed in Bibliography of Systematic Mycology / Biological Abstracts / Current Awareness in Biological Sciences (CABS) Elsevier BIOBASE / Current Contents / Excerpta Botanica / Index of Fungi / Index Kewensis / Science Citation Index / Scopus / The Kew Record of Taxonomic Literature / VINITI Abstracts Journal (‘Referativnyi Zhurnal’).
Instructions to Authors
All enquiries and manuscripts should electronically be forwarded to the Editor-in-Chief, National Botanic Garden, Domein van Bouchout, B-1860 Meise (Belgium); email: plecevo[at]br.fgov.be.
Scope of the Journal
Plant Ecology and Evolution is an international journal devoted to ecology, phylogenetics and systematics of all ‘plant’ groups in the traditional sense (including algae, cyanobacteria, fungi & myxomycetes), also covering related fields such as comparative and developmental morphology, conservation biology, ecophysiology, evolution, phytogeography, pollen and spores, population biology and vegetation studies.
Publishers
The journal is a continuation of Belgian Journal of Botany, incorporating Systematics and Geography of Plants. It is published by the Royal Botanical Society of Belgium and the National Botanic Garden of Belgium.
Types of article and language
The journal publishes original research articles, short notes, reviews and book reviews, in English (British spelling – Oxford English Dictionary) or French. Manuscripts may be of any length, but must be clearly and concisely written. A regular paper reports results of a substantial, completed and original work. A short communication is a brief report of a small experiment, taxonomic proposal, or unexplained observation. A review presents a novel and critical appraisal of a specific topic.
Submission
Manuscripts should be submitted electronically by sending a message to plecevo[at]br.fgov.be. The message should include (1) a covering letter, (2) a text file with the entire text, (3) additional files for figures and tables, and (4) electronic appendices. All file types can be submitted as appendix files PDF, nexus, Excel, video files, …). They will be refereed along with the core paper, but the author is responsible for the lay-out of the files. Authors of phylogenetic papers are encouraged to submit the aligned matrices as electronic appendix files.
Authors should consult the checklists given here on how to prepare the files. Authors are expected to have their papers well checked for content and correctness in presentation of text and illustrations. Manuscripts not conforming to the guidelines will be returned to the author until satisfactory files are provided.
The corresponding author receives by e-mail an acknowledgment of receipt of the manuscript, mentioning the communicating editor and a manuscript reference number. If you do not receive an acknowledgement you should inquire to be sure it was received.
Reviewing policy
All contributions are subject to normal reviewing processes. Acceptance of papers is supervised by an international Editorial Board. Manuscripts considered suitable for peer review by the Editorial Board are sent to at least two referees (members of the Board or external). The journal gives referees a target of four weeks for the return of their reports.
Proofs and cover picture
Proofs will be sent to the corresponding author. Alterations in this stage should be exceptional and excessive changes are at the author’s expense. Proofs are to be returned without delay.
Authors are invited to submit eye-catching pictures related to the submission for possible printing on the cover of the issue in which their article will appear. The technical requirements are similar to those for manuscript photographs (see checklist). The image should be sent as a TIFF file of 450 dpi, size approx. 15 × 10 cm.
Charges
Authors pay no fees or page charges. Colour photographs and graphics are accepted without charge when their use enhances scientific content or clarity. The corresponding author receives a free copy of the issue of the Journal in which the paper is published and a PDF (Portable Document Format) file of the paper. In addition, 25 offprints of the article will be supplied without charge upon request, using the form sent out with the proofs. Additional offprints can be ordered using the same form.
Please contact the Editorial Office if you have any further question:
plecevo[at]br.fgov.be or fax **32 2 2600 945.
Print ISSN: 2032-3913; Online ISSN: 2032-3921 © National Botanic Garden of Belgium and Royal Botanical Society of Belgium.
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Elmar Robbrecht (National Botanic Garden of Belgium)
Editorial Assistant
Natacha Beau (National Botanic Garden of Belgium)
Editors
Pierre Meerts, Olivier Raspé, Renate Wesselingh (Royal Botanical Society of Belgium)
Steven Dessein, Ivan Hoste, Bart Van de Vijver (National Botanic Garden of Belgium)
François Gillet, Université de Franche-Comté, France
Myriam Heuertz, Forest Research Centre (CIFOR-INIA), Spain
Tariq Stévart, Missouri Botanical Garden, USA
Editorial Board
Victor A. Albert, University at Buffalo, United States
Martin Diekmann, University of Bremen, Germany
Ursula Eberhardt, CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, The Netherlands
Estrela Figueiredo, University of Coimbra, Portugal & University of Pretoria, South Africa
Bernard Goffinet, University of Connecticut, Storrs, U.S.A.
Ivan Janssens, Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium
Porter P. Lowry II, Missouri Botanical Garden, U.S.A., & Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
Muthama Muasya, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Hans R. Preisig, Universität Zürich, Switzerland
Brice Sinsin, University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin
Marc S.M. Sosef, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Peter F. Stevens, University of Missouri & Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis, U.S.A.
Annick Wilmotte, Université de Liège, Belgium
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