ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

The vision for Ecological Monographs is that it should be the place for publishing integrative, synthetic papers that elaborate new directions for the field of ecology.Original Research Papers published in Ecological Monographs will continue to document complex observational, experimental, or theoretical studies that by their very integrated nature defy dissolution into shorter publications focused on a single topic or message.Reviews will be comprehensive and synthetic papers that establish new benchmarks in the field, define directions for future research, contribute to fundamental understanding of ecological principles, and derive principles for ecological management in its broadest sense (including, but not limited to: conservation, mitigation, restoration, and pro-active protection of the environment). Reviews should reflect the full development of a topic and encompass relevant natural history, observational and experimental data, analyses, models, and theory. Reviews published in Ecological Monographs should further blur the boundaries between “basic” and “applied” ecology.Concepts and Synthesis papers will conceptually advance the field of ecology. These papers are expected to go well beyond works being reviewed and include discussion of new directions, new syntheses, and resolutions of old questions.In this world of rapid scientific advancement and never-ending environmental change, there needs to be room for the thoughtful integration of scientific ideas, data, and concepts that feeds the mind and guides the development of the maturing science of ecology. Ecological Monographs provides that room, with an expansive view to a sustainable future.

生态专著的愿景是，它应该是发表综合性、综合性论文的地方，阐述生态学领域的新方向。发表在《生态学专著》上的原始研究论文将继续记录复杂的观察、实验或理论研究，这些研究由于其非常完整的性质，不会分解为更短的专注于一个主题或信息的出版物。审查将是全面和综合的论文，确立该领域的新基准，确定今后的研究方向，有助于对生态原则的基本理解，并得出最广泛意义上的生态管理原则(包括但不限于:保护、减轻、恢复和积极保护环境)。复习应该反映一个主题的全面发展，包括相关的自然史、观察和实验数据、分析、模型和理论。发表在生态学专著上的评论应该进一步模糊“基础”生态学和“应用”生态学之间的界限。概念和综合论文将在概念上推进生态学领域。这些论文预计将远远超过正在审查的作品，包括讨论新的方向，新的综合，和解决老问题。在这个科学飞速发展、环境不断变化的世界上，需要有足够的空间来对科学思想、数据和概念进行深思熟虑的整合，这些思想、数据和概念能够滋养心智，并指导成熟的生态学的发展。生态专著提供了这样一个空间，为可持续的未来提供了广阔的视野。