''Austral Ecology: A Journal of Ecology in the Southern Hemisphere'' is a

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covering research related to the

ecology Ecology () is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere level. Ecology overl ...

of land, marine, and freshwater systems in the Southern Hemisphere. It is published by

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and is the official journal of the

Ecological Society of Australia The 'Ecological Society of Australia'' (ESA) is the peak group of ecologists in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), A ...

. The journal addresses the commonality between

ecosystem An ecosystem (or ecological system) consists of all the organisms and the physical environment with which they interact. These biotic and abiotic components are linked together through nutrient cycles and energy flows. Energy enters the syst ...

s in Australia and many parts of southern Africa, South America, New Zealand, and Oceania. For example, many species in the unique biotas of these regions share common

Gondwana Gondwana () was a large landmass, often referred to as a supercontinent, that formed during the late Neoproterozoic (about 550 million years ago) and began to break up during the Jurassic period (about 180 million years ago). The final st ...

ancestors. The journal was established in 1976 as ''Australian Journal of Ecology'', obtaining its current name in 2000. , the

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is Nigel Andrew (

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, New South Wales, Australia). The Michael Bull prize, named after a long-time editor, is awarded yearly for the best student-led paper published in the journal.

Manuscript types

The journal publishes the following article types:

Editors-in-chief

The following persons are or have been editor-in-chief of the journal:

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 2.087.

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External links

*{{Official website, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14429993 Ecology journals 8 times per year journals Wiley (publisher) academic journals English-language journals Publications established in 1976