Environmental Modelling and Software announces their best paper awards for 2007!

Elsevier is happy to announce the "Best Paper Award" for Articles published in Environmental Modelling and Software during 2007. The aim of the awards is to recognize those authors whose papers epitomize the aims and scope of the journal. The following editors have been awarded for their outstanding research:

1) The "Best Paper 2007: Integrated Modelling" category was awarded to PP. Reichert, M. Borsuk, M. Hostmann, S. Schweizer, C. Spörri, K. Tockner and  B. Truffer for "Concepts of decision support for river rehabilitation".

2) The "Best Paper 2007: Generic Modelling and/or Software" category is "PEAS: A toolbox to assess the accuracy of estimated parameters in environmental models" by Nicola Checchi, Elisabetta Giusti, Stefano Marsili-Libelli.

3) The "Best Paper 2007: Decision Support" category was awarded to R.Sojda for "Empirical evaluation of decision support systems: Needs, definitions, potential methods, and an example pertaining to waterfowl management"

For more information on the journal's 2007 best paper awards as well as for the award-winning research papers, go to the journal homepage

Biological Conservation – Call for Systematic Reviews

Biological Conservation is seeking submission of manuscripts reporting on the outcomes of systematic reviews on the effectiveness of conservation interventions or the impacts of human activities on biodiversity.

A systematic review follows an explicit methodology for critically appraising evidence on the effectiveness or impact of an intervention. It follows preset criteria for maximising data capture and minimising bias. It discriminates between studies on the basis of methodological quality and seeks to synthesise datasets (qualitative or quantitative) and may use meta-analytical techniques to increase statistical power. Conclusions contain a statement on the effectiveness of the intervention or extent of impact and an assessment of the statistical uncertainty surrounding that statement.

More background to systematic reviews, including guidelines, can be viewed at www.environmentalevidence.org. Systematic review is a transparent, open and objective process and anyone considering undertaking a review is advised to contact Andrew Pullin (a.s.pullin@bangor.ac.uk) at an early stage.

For more details, please view:
www.elsevierscitech.com/cfp/cfp_biolcon020708.pdf

Science of the Total Environment  - Call for Papers in Environmental Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology

The field of nanotechnology is developing at rapid pace and already becoming a major force of modern economy. However, while this is a tremendous business and technology opportunity, there are many uncertainties about the environmental implications of nanotechnology. The behaviour, characteristics, and the transformation of nano-materials, both engineered and naturally occurring, have great ecological implications.

The Science of Total Environment is interested in providing the scientific community a common venue for the dissemination of results dealing with the environmental implications and applications of this new technology.  For topics of interest and more information, go to the journal homepage.

Authors should follow the manuscript format of the Science of Total Environment as described. Any potential authors who have any additional questions regarding manuscript submissions can contact Associate Editor, C. P. Huang (huang@ce.udel.edu).

To read more about this Call, please view:
www.elsevierscitech.com/cfp/cfp_stoten020708.pdf

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Environmental Geochemistry: Site Characterization, Data Analysis and Case Histories
Edited by B. De Vivo, Harvey Belkin and Annamaria Lima

Systems Science and Modeling for Ecological Economics
By Alexey A. Voinov

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