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Diversity and Distributions

Edited by:
David M. Richardson

ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 6/28 Biodiversity Conservation; 27/124 Ecology
Impact Factor: 3.446

Diversity and Distributions is a journal of conservation biogeography. We publish papers that deal with the application of biogeographical principles, theories, and analyses (being those concerned with the distributional dynamics of taxa and assemblages) to problems concerning the conservation of biodiversity. We no longer consider papers the sole aim of which is to describe or analyze patterns of biodiversity or to elucidate processes that generate biodiversity. Papers must have a strong conservation focus.

The journal has become and will remain a key forum for research on the ecology of biological invasions. The study of invasions is a key component of conservation biogeography. The scientific study of biological invasions extends well beyond pure ecology and biogeography. For example, invasions raise pressing ethical and economic issues. Contributions on these topics fall outside the scope of this journal, unless clear links are made to fundamental biogeographical or ecological dimensions of the invasion phenomena.

Diversity and Distributions is a sister publication to Journal of Biogeography and Global Ecology and Biogeography. The three journals have distinct but complementary focus areas within the broad field of biogeography.

The journal was launched in 1998 and publishes six issues a year.

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You can submit your manuscript to Diversity and Distributions online, using the manuscript submission website. The online manuscript submission and review process leads to faster submission to first decision times and greater simplicity for authors and reviewers. Please ensure that you follow the Journal's instructions carefully before you submit your next manuscript to Diversity and Distributions. Please note the new requirements for abstracts - the journal now uses "structured abstracts" - see the instructions to authors.

Special Issue
A special issue on 'Fifty years of invasion ecology the legacy of Charles Elton' is available online. Click here to access this issue.

Online Submission now available
Diversity and Distributions now operates online article submission and peer review through ScholarOne Manuscripts (formerly known as Manuscript Central).

Free Access in the Developing World
Free online access to this journal is available 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) in conjunction with UNEP, the United Nations Environment Programme.

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.

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Free to view 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 paper free of charge.

Reducing redundancy in invasion ecology by integrating hypotheses into a single theoretical framework
Jane A. Catford, Roland Jansson, Christer Nilsson

Twenty years of understorey bird extinctions from Amazonian rain forest fragments: consistent trends and landscape-mediated dynamics
Philip C. Stouffer, Cheryl Strong, Luciano N. Naka

European map of alien plant invasions based on the quantitative assessment across habitats
Milan Chytrý, Petr Py ek, Jan Wild, Joan Pino, Lindsay C. Maskell, Montserrat Vilà

Effect of species rarity on the accuracy of species distribution models for reptiles and amphibians in southern California
Janet Franklin, Katherine E. Wejnert, Stacie A. Hathaway, Carlton J. Rochester, Robert N. Fisher

Threats and biodiversity in the mediterranean biome
Emma C. Underwood, Joshua H. Viers, Kirk R. Klausmeyer, Robin L. Cox, M. Rebecca Shaw

Human land use, agriculture, pesticides and losses of imperiled species
Katherine E. Gibbs, Robin L. Mackey, David J. Currie

How many birds are there in a city of half a million people?
Richard A. Fuller, Jamie Tratalos, Kevin J. Gaston

MigClim: Predicting plant distribution and dispersal in a changing climate
Robin Engler, Antoine Guisan.x

Collapse of an avifauna: climate change appears to exacerbate habitat loss and degradation
Ralph Mac Nally et al.

The more you introduce the more you get: the role of colonization pressure and propagule pressure in invasion ecology
Julie L. Lockwood, Phillip Cassey, Tim M. Blackburn

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