Research & Reviews : Journal of Ecology

Research & Reviews : Journal of Ecology [2278-2230(e)] is a peer-reviewed hybrid open-access journal launched in 2011 focused on the publication of current research work carried out under ecology. This journal covers all major fields of applications in ecology.

• Behavioral Ecology: Research on behavioral adaptations, social organization, mating systems, parental care, communication, cooperation, competition, sexual selection, conflict, and behavioral responses of organisms to ecological and environmental pressures.
• Population Ecology and Demography: Studies on population size, density, distribution, growth, life-history strategies, migration, reproductive patterns, demographic processes, population viability, and responses of plant and animal populations to environmental change.
• Community Ecology and Species Interactions: Research on the structure and dynamics of ecological communities, including competition, predation, herbivory, mutualism, parasitism, facilitation, food webs, species coexistence, biodiversity patterns, and biotic interactions across ecosystems.
• Ecosystem Ecology and Biogeochemical Processes: Studies on energy flow, nutrient cycling, primary productivity, decomposition, carbon dynamics, ecosystem functioning, ecosystem resilience, and interactions among biological, physical, and chemical components of terrestrial and aquatic systems.
• Evolutionary Ecology and Adaptation: Research on natural selection, adaptation, speciation, coevolution, life-history evolution, host–parasite relationships, ecological genetics, evolutionary responses to environmental change, and the ecological mechanisms shaping biological diversity.
• Molecular Ecology and Conservation Genetics: Studies applying molecular, genomic, and population-genetic approaches to biodiversity, gene flow, genetic diversity, phylogeography, speciation, hybridization, conservation, microbial diversity, and adaptation to changing environments.
• Landscape Ecology and Spatial Dynamics: Research on landscape structure, habitat connectivity, fragmentation, land-use change, spatial ecological processes, ecological corridors, ecosystem services, urban and regional landscapes, and the effects of human activity on ecological patterns.
• Restoration Ecology and Ecosystem Recovery: Studies on ecological restoration, habitat rehabilitation, revegetation, rewilding, recovery of degraded ecosystems, restoration monitoring, adaptive management, community assembly, and restoration of forests, grasslands, wetlands, rivers, coasts, and urban ecosystems.
• Terrestrial Ecology: Research on forests, grasslands, deserts, tundra, mountain ecosystems, savannas, agroecosystems, soil–plant–animal interactions, terrestrial biodiversity, ecosystem productivity, and ecological responses to climate, land-use, and resource pressures.
• Aquatic and Marine Ecology: Studies on rivers, lakes, streams, wetlands, estuaries, coastal zones, and marine ecosystems, including aquatic biodiversity, nutrient cycling, water quality, habitat dynamics, trophic interactions, ecosystem services, and environmental change.
• Microbial Ecology: Research on microorganisms in soil, water, plants, animals, and extreme environments, including microbial communities, biofilms, decomposition, symbiosis, nutrient cycling, bioremediation, microbial diversity, and environment–host–microbe interactions.
• Ecotoxicology and Environmental Stress: Studies on the ecological effects of pollutants, toxic chemicals, heavy metals, pesticides, microplastics, pharmaceuticals, and other environmental stressors, including biomarkers, exposure pathways, risk assessment, bioaccumulation, and ecosystem-level impacts.
• Climate Change Ecology: Research on ecological responses to climate variability and climate change, including shifts in species distribution, phenology, ecosystem productivity, biodiversity loss, adaptation, resilience, carbon cycling, and ecosystem-based mitigation strategies.
• Biodiversity, Conservation, and Wildlife Ecology: Studies on species diversity, threatened and endangered species, conservation planning, habitat management, wildlife populations, protected areas, ecological monitoring, invasive species, and strategies for conserving biological diversity.
• Urban Ecology and Human-Dominated Ecosystems: Research on ecological processes in cities and other human-modified environments, including urban biodiversity, green infrastructure, ecosystem services, pollution, land-use change, human–wildlife interactions, and sustainable urban ecosystems.
• Agroecology and Sustainable Ecosystems: Studies on agricultural ecosystems, crop–soil–biodiversity interactions, ecological intensification, pollination, pest regulation, soil health, landscape management, sustainable farming, and the ecological foundations of resilient food systems.
• Systems Ecology and Ecological Modelling: Research using mathematical, computational, network, and systems approaches to understand ecological processes, ecosystem dynamics, species interactions, biogeochemical cycles, biodiversity, and responses to environmental change.
• Applied Ecology and Environmental Management: Studies that apply ecological knowledge to environmental assessment, natural-resource management, conservation practice, ecosystem services, pollution management, climate adaptation, land restoration, and evidence-based environmental decision-making.