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Global Change Biology

Edited by:
Steve Long

ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 2/28 Biodiversity Conservation; 5/124 Ecology; 3/163 Environmental Sciences
Impact Factor: 5.876

Global Change Biology exists to promote understanding of the interface between all aspects of current environmental change and biological systems, including rising tropospheric O3 and CO2 concentrations, climate change, loss of biodiversity, and eutrophication. Topics covered include the following, in the context of biological implications and feedbacks:

Climate change
Global change
Land-use change
Rising carbon dioxide
Ocean warming
Atmospheric pollution
Carbon sequestration
Carbon mitigation
Global food security

Both biological responses and feedbacks to change are included, and may be considered at any level of organization from molecular to biome. Studies which integrate across levels of organization to provide a mechanistic understanding are particularly encouraged. Studies may be experimental, observational or theoretical, and may concern aquatic or terrestrial and managed or natural environments. Global Change Biology concentrates on primary research articles, but operates a flexible policy regarding other submissions, which include Technical Papers, Mini-Reviews and Opinion Articles.

*NEWS JUST IN* According to a special ISI ScienceWatch section, Global Change Biology is ranked 3rd in the list of most-cited journals in Climate Change Research, 1999-2009 (First and second places were Nature and Science respectively).
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**NEW in 2009 - GCB Bioenergy - a new sister journal of Global Change Biology**
GCB Bioenergy will provide a forum to place biology firmly within the debate and development of environmentally sound bioenergy. It will bring together research from the molecular biology of microbial platforms for fuel synthesis and breeding of improved feedstock crops to agronomy and greenhouse gas balances.The journal will exist to promote the understanding of the interface between biological science and the production of fuels directly from plants, algae and waste.

Online submission to GCB Bioenergy is now open via ScholarOne Manuscripts (formerly known as Manuscript Central).

Online Content Now Available Back to Volume 1
All back issues of this journal are available online. For further information on how to access these issues please visit our Librarian Site.

Early View now available
Global Change Biology publishes Early View articles - fully peer-reviewed and proof-checked articles are published online ahead of final issue compilation. To view the latest articles in Early View please click here.

Online Open
Authors of articles in this journal can now choose to make their articles open access and available free for all readers through the payment of an author fee. Read more.

Referee Report Form
The referee report form is available here.

Discounted Online Subscriptions for ESA and BES Members
Members of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) and the British Ecological Society (BES) can subscribe to Global Change Biology online at a fraction of the price. Visit the subscription page for applicable rates and to subscribe.

Free Online Access in the Developing World
Access to this journal is available free online within institutions in the developing world through the AGORA Initiative with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the OARE Initiative (Online Access to Research in the Environment) with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

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Recent Press Coverage for Global Change Biology
The following press coverage has been recorded for Global Change Biology in 2009:

Wildlife of Galapagos Islands 'devastated by ocean warming'
Telegraph; also reported by UPI, BBC News, Sky News (December 2009)

Carbon dioxide makes aspens grow faster
USA Today (December 2009)

Ice retreat creates new CO2 store
BBC News (November 2009)

Beneath the waves: the future of carbon capture and storage
Guardian (November 2009)

Cities trap more carbon than rainforests
National Geographic (September 2009)

Reindeer herds in global decline
BBC Earth News online; also reported in The Sun, United Press International, CBC.ca, Vancouver Sun, Calgary Herald

Warmer summers 'killing off daddy long legs and beloved British Birds
Mail Online (March 2009)

Weather Eye: frogspawn is a good indicator of spring
Times Online (March 2009)

Research Highlights, Ecology: Bouillabaise
Nature, 459, 142, (May 2009)

The International Polar Year - Virtual Special Issue
This virtual issue of Global Change Biology has been assembled to mark the end of the fourth International Polar Year. The two overarching themes of this issue are Ecosystem Processes and Population Change.
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Fire - A Special Issue
This special issue of Global Change Biology considers fires on four continents (Europe, North and South America and Africa) and addresses the drivers for recent changes in fire activity, models what we can expect in the future and considers some of the challenges facing forest managers. Read the issue online now.

Impacts of Environmental Change on Insect Management and Conservation - Virtual Special Issue
The articles of this thematic issue are associated with a symposium of the XXII International Congress of Entomology - Entomology: Strength in Diversity (15-21 August 2004 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia). Edited by Hefin Jones.

Popular Articles
The following articles demonstrate some of the topics published in the journal over the last few years. Click on any title to view the abstract:

Bird migration times, climate change, and changing population sizes
Abraham J. Miller-Rushing, Trevor L. Lloyd-Evans, Richard B. Primack, Paul Satzinger

Meeting US biofuel goals with less land: the potential of Miscanthus
Emily A. Heaton, Frank G. Dohleman, Stephen P. Long

Effects of temperature and fertilization on nitrogen cycling and community composition of an urban lawn
Neeta S. Bijoor, Claudua I. Czimczik, Diane E. Pataki, Sharon A. Billings

Effects of elevated CO2 on the protein concentration of food crops: a meta-analysis
Daniel R. Taub, Brian Miller, Holly Allen

Climate change effects on upland stream macroinvertebrates over a 25-year period
Isabelle Durance, S. J. Ormerod

European phenological response to climate change matches the warming pattern
Annette Menzel, Tim H. Sparks, Nicole Estrella et al.

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