ECOGRAPHY

ECOGRAPHY publishes exciting, novel, and important articles that significantly advance understanding of ecological or biodiversity patterns in space or time. Papers focusing on conservation or restoration are welcomed, provided they are anchored in ecological theory and convey a general message that goes beyond a single case study. We encourage papers that seek advancing the field through the development and testing of theory or methodology, or by proposing new tools for analysis or interpretation of ecological phenomena. Manuscripts are expected to address general principles in ecology, though they may do so using a specific model system if they adequately frame the problem relative to a generalized ecological question or problem.Purely descriptive papers are considered only if breaking new ground and/or describing patterns seldom explored. Studies focused on a single species or single location are generally discouraged unless they make a significant contribution to advancing general theory or understanding of biodiversity patterns and processes. Manuscripts merely confirming or marginally extending results of previous work are unlikely to be considered in Ecography.Papers are judged by virtue of their originality, appeal to general interest, and their contribution to new developments in studies of spatial and temporal ecological patterns. There are no biases with regard to taxon, biome, or biogeographical area.

生态学出版令人兴奋的、新颖的和重要的文章，显著地促进了对空间或时间的生态或生物多样性模式的理解。以保护或修复为重点的论文是受欢迎的，只要它们以生态学理论为基础，并传达一个超越单一案例研究的普遍信息。我们鼓励通过理论或方法的开发和测试，或通过提出分析或解释生态现象的新工具来寻求推进该领域的论文。手稿被期望处理生态学的一般原则，尽管他们可以这样做使用一个特定的模型系统，如果他们充分框定问题相对于一个普遍的生态问题或问题。纯描述性的论文只有在开辟新领域和/或描述很少探索的模式时才会被考虑。一般不鼓励集中于单一物种或单一地点的研究，除非它们对促进一般理论或对生物多样性模式和过程的理解作出重大贡献。在生态学中，仅仅确认或略微扩展以前工作的结果的手稿不太可能被考虑。评判论文的标准是它们的原创性、对大众兴趣的吸引力，以及它们对时空生态格局研究新进展的贡献。在分类单元、生物群落或生物地理区域上没有偏见。