''Oikos'' is a monthly
peer-reviewed
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scientific journal
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covering research in the field of
ecology
Ecology () is the natural science of the relationships among living organisms and their Natural environment, environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community (ecology), community, ecosystem, and biosphere lev ...
. It is published by
Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Nordic Society Oikos.
History
The journal was established in 1949 as ''Oikos: Acta Oecologica Scandinavica'', together with the Nordic Society Oikos, to provide a vehicle for publishing in the growing field of
ecology
Ecology () is the natural science of the relationships among living organisms and their Natural environment, environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community (ecology), community, ecosystem, and biosphere lev ...
. The journal content would have no preference with regard to
taxonomic group. In the 1970s, the scope was narrowed to studies with relevance to the progress of theory in ecology.
From 1949 to 1977, the journal appeared in one volume of three issues per year. From 1977 to 1987, two volumes per year were produced, and three volumes from 1987. In addition, from 1949 to 1975, a number of supplements were published at irregular intervals.
Per Brinck Oikos Award
Between 2007 and 2014, the subject editors made nominations for an annual award given to a world-leading
ecologist. The following persons have received this awards:
*2008: Hal Caswell
*2009:
*2010:
Hanna Kokko
*2011: Michel Loreu
*2012: Tim Coulson
*2013:
Sharon Strauss
*2014: Robert D. Holt
Editors-in-chief
The following persons are or have been
editor-in-chief
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:
*2024–present:
Pedro Peres-Neto,
Concordia University, Canada and
Paulo R. Guimarães Jr,
University of Sāo Paulo, Brazil
*2011–2024:
Dries Bonte,
Ghent University
Ghent University (, abbreviated as UGent) is a Public university, public research university located in Ghent, in the East Flanders province of Belgium.
Located in Flanders, Ghent University is the second largest Belgian university, consisting o ...
*2010–2011:
Tim Benton,
Leeds
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*2004–2010:
Per Lundberg,
Lund
*1989–2004:
Nils Malmer, Lund
*1965–1989:
Per Brinck, Lund
*1949–1965:
Christian Overgaard Nielsen,
Copenhagen
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External links
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Nordic Society Oikos
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