The future of biogeography, now
The Journal of Biogeography publishes research at the intersection of biology and geography that is scientifically important and of broad general interest. We seek papers describing patterns and revealing mechanisms that shape biodiversity, through time, throughout the planet, from the deep past into the future, and from local to global scales.
Featured researchers
Meet researchers publishing in the journal, emphasizing early career researchers breaking new ground
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Highlighted papers
Read about recent biogeography research published in the journal from a different perspective
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Journal news
Updates from the senior editorial team on changes and initiatives at the Journal of Biogeography
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RFP for Special Issue in GEOGENOMICS
Integrating geology, geography and genomics to study the coupled evolution of life and Earth. Geogenomics is an emerging field at the intersection of geology, geobiology, Earth system science, genomics, and higher-level biodiversity studies. Geogenomics employs genomic data to solve geologic problems or constrain geological hypotheses. Conversely, phylogenetics and phylogeography seek to use the geological recordContinue reading “RFP for Special Issue in GEOGENOMICS”
ECR Feature: Arya Sidharthan on the cryptic diversity of mountain loaches
Arya Sidharthan is a PhD student at the Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, India. She is a freshwater fish biologist, who uses molecular tools to study the ecology and evolution of fishes. Arya shares her recent work on unravelling the evolutionary history and cryptic diversity of mountain loaches in the Western Ghats. It’sContinue reading “ECR Feature: Arya Sidharthan on the cryptic diversity of mountain loaches”
ECR feature: Alexandre Réjaud on diversification of Amazonian frogs
Alexandre Réjaud is an evolutionary biologist finishing up his Ph.D. at the Université Paul Sabatier in France. He combines distribution and sequencing data to understand the mechanisms leading to amphibians’ diversification. Alexandre shares his recent work on the historical biogeography of Amazonian frogs. Alexandre Réjaud Personal links. ResearchGate Institute. Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique, UniversitéContinue reading “ECR feature: Alexandre Réjaud on diversification of Amazonian frogs”
First JBI Global Colloquium: “Towards a comprehensive understanding of biodiversity-geodiversity relationships”
Geodiversity – the abiotic diversity of the Earth’s atmosphere, surface, and sub-surface, comprising geology, soils, hydrology, climate, landforms, and their interaction – is increasingly recognised as a crucial component of the natural world, and a key element of the “conserving nature’s stage” approach to conservation. Interest in the relationships between biodiversity and geodiversity has grownContinue reading “First JBI Global Colloquium: “Towards a comprehensive understanding of biodiversity-geodiversity relationships””
ECR feature: Jorge Cruz Nicolás on proxies for genetic diversity
Jorge Cruz Nicolás is an evolutionary ecologist, currently working towards his PhD at the Instituto de Ecología, UNAM. He uses genetic tools to study population genetic processes in tree species. Jorge shares his recent work on identifying proxies for genetic diversity based on expectations of the niche centrality hypothesis. Jorge Cruz sampling in a forestContinue reading “ECR feature: Jorge Cruz Nicolás on proxies for genetic diversity”
Miocene diversification of mountain loaches
How ancient river systems, geological barriers and climatic changes in the Western Ghats influenced speciation of balitorid loaches Of the many endemic and evolutionarily distinct freshwater fish lineages of the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot, the mountain loach genus Bhavania comprises a biogeographically fascinating group. Its morphological similarities to the sucker-loaches of Indo-China and Sunda IslandsContinue reading “Miocene diversification of mountain loaches”
Goals
- To broaden the reach of biogeographical research
- To enhance papers recently published in the journal
- To communicate the journal’s choices to advance an equitable accessible quality publishing ecosystem for biogeography
Biogeography is …
“The branch of biology that deals with the geographical distribution of plants and animals. Also: the characteristics of an area or organism in this respect.”
Oxford English Dictionary
Values
- Ethical authorship: COPE – https://publicationethics.org/authorship
- Fair evaluation: DORA protocol – https://sfdora.org/
- Constructive contributions: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8w69d7bx
About Us
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