Forest Ecology and Management publishes scientific articles that link forest ecology with forest management, and that apply biological
and ecological knowledge to the management and conservation of man-made and natural forests. The scope of the journal includes all forest
ecosystems of the world.
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Forest Ecology and Management publishes scientific articles that link forest ecology with forest management, and that apply biological
and ecological knowledge to the management and conservation of man-made and natural forests. The scope of the journal includes all forest
ecosystems of the world.
A refereeing process ensures the quality and international interest of the manuscripts accepted for publication.
The journal aims to encourage communication between scientists in disparate fields who share a common interest in ecology and forest
management, and to bridge the gap between research workers and forest managers in the field to the benefit of both.
The editors
encourage submission of papers that will have the strongest interest and value to the Journal's international readership. Some key features
of papers with strong interest include:
1. Clear connections between the ecology and management of forests;
2. Novel ideas
or approaches to important challenges in forest ecology and management;
3. Studies that address a population of interest beyond
the scale of single research sites (see the editorial, Three key points in the design of forest experiments, Forest Ecology and Management
255 (2008) 2022-2023);
4. Review Articles on timely, important topics. Authors are encouraged to contact one of the editors to discuss
the potential suitability of a review manuscript.
We now receive many more submissions than we can publish. Many papers are rejected
because they do not fit within the aims and scope detailed above. Some examples include:
1. Papers in which the primary focus is,
for example, entomology or pathology or soil science or remote sensing, but where the links to, and implications for, forest management
are not clear and have not been strongly developed;
2. Model-based investigations that do not include a substantial field-based
validation component;
3. Local or regional studies of diversity aimed at the development of conservation policies;
4. The effects
of forestry practices that do not include a strong ecological component (for example, the effects of weed control or fertilizer application
on yield);
5. Social or economic or policy studies (please consider our sister journal, 'Forest Policy and Economics').
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