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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ECR Feature: Evan Whiting on species richness in snakes and lizards
Evan Whiting is a PhD candidate at the University of Minnesota. He is a herpetologist interested in understanding the diversification and biogeography of reptiles. Evan shares his recent work on latitudinal and environmental clines (or lack thereof) across and within different snake and lizard clades in continental North America. Evan Whiting enjoying a hike inContinue reading “ECR Feature: Evan Whiting on species richness in snakes and lizards”
ECR feature: Victor Noguerales on spatio-temporal dynamics shaping genetic variation
Victor Noguerales is a postdoc at the Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología in the Canary Islands – Spain. He is a phylogeographer interested in elucidating the mechanisms generating biological diversity, from populations to communities. Here, Victor shares his work on spatial hypotheses testing the processes promoting the genetic structure in a halophilic grasshopper. VíctorContinue reading “ECR feature: Victor Noguerales on spatio-temporal dynamics shaping genetic variation”
ECR feature: Juan David González-Trujillo on processes shaping beta diversity
Juan David is a postdoc at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales in Spain. He is an ecologist interested in explaining how historical events shape current biodiversity patterns. Here, JD shares his recent research on how past and current processes impact beta diversity in Neotropical streams. Juan David González-Trujillo is a postdoc researcher at theContinue reading “ECR feature: Juan David González-Trujillo on processes shaping beta diversity”
Moving beyond species richness: Ecorichness
A new species-based metric for island biogeography Above: The response of the new metric ‘ecorichness’ to island area for terrestrial isopods of central Aegean islands. Size of dots is proportional to the number of habitats of each island. Habitat diversity, as an estimate of environmental heterogeneity, has been considered among the main factors shaping patternsContinue reading “Moving beyond species richness: Ecorichness”
ECR feature: Timothy Perez on plant heat tolerance
Tim is a postdoc at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He is an ecophysiologist interested in how plants respond to differences in climate. Here, he shares his recent research on how phylogeny and climate predict little variation in plant heat tolerance responses. Author Timothy Perez, some bromeliads, aroids, and a rainbow eucalyptus tree atContinue reading “ECR feature: Timothy Perez on plant heat tolerance”
ECR Feature: Gimo Mazembe Daniel on dung beetle diversification
Gimo is a recently appointed research scientist at the National Museum in Bloemfontein, South Africa. He is an entomologist with interests in understanding the systematics and biogeography of dung beetles and related scarab beetles. Gimo shares his recent work on the contributions of different environmental factors in shaping diversity in the dung beetle genus, Sisyphus.Continue reading “ECR Feature: Gimo Mazembe Daniel on dung beetle diversification”
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
This blog is maintained in support of the biogeography community by the social media and senior editors of the Journal of Biogeography
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/13652699/homepage/editorialboard.html
Publish & Read
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