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Austral Ecology nows publishes in Early View.

Austral Ecology

Published on behalf of The Ecological Society of Australia (ESA)

Edited by:
Michael Bull

ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 57/124 Ecology
Impact Factor: 1.826

Austral Ecology publishes original papers describing experimental, observational or theoretical studies on terrestrial, marine or freshwater systems, which are considered without taxonomic bias. Special thematic issues are published regularly, including symposia on the ecology of estuaries and soft sediment habitats, freshwater systems and coral reef fish.

TopNews and Announcements

Special Issue - Australian Canopy Crane (Vol. 32 Iss. 1 Feb 2007)
The forest canopy has been called 'the last biological frontier', with scientific interest in the above ground layers of forests rapidly increasing. One of the major stimuli for canopy research has been the introduction of industrial cranes into forests as a means of providing safe and easy access to large sections of the canopy. This special issue of Austral Ecology will provide a summary of what has been learnt about Australian tropical forest canopies through this new tool and poses new hypotheses about the structure and function of forest canopies and the biota associated with this remarkable
part of the forest ecosystem. Furthermore, this will be the first time that a holistic story about the canopy of a single forest has been put together in this way.

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Manuscript Submission available online
Manuscripts can now be submitted online to Austral Ecology using Manuscript Central at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/aec

Online Content Now Available Back to Volume 1
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TopHighlights

• Climate change as a threatening process
  Mark Westoby and Mark Burgman
  
• Effects of fire on the structure and composition of open eucalypt forests
  Ricky-John Spencer and Gregory S Baxter
  
• Positive interaction between invasive plants: The influence of Pyracantha angustifolia on the recruitment of native and exotic woody species
  Paula A Tecco, Diego E Gurvich, Sandra Diaz, Natalia Perez-Harguindeguy and Marcelo Cabido
  
• Advancing urban ecological studies: Frameworks, concepts, and results from the Baltimore Ecosystem Study
  S. T. A. Pickett AND M. L. Cadenasso
  
• Review of the ecology of Australian urban fauna: A focus on spatially explicit processes
  Jenni Garden, Clive McAlpine, Ann Peterson, Darryl Jones and Hugh Possingham