The Journal of Animal Ecology
Overview
The Journal of Animal Ecology is a renowned scientific journal that publishes cutting-edge research on the ecology, behavior, and conservation of animals. With a multidisciplinary approach, it covers a wide range of topics including population dynamics, community interactions, evolutionary biology, and the impacts of environmental change on animal species. This journal serves as a valuable resource for researchers, ecologists, and conservationists seeking to deepen their understanding of animal ecology and contribute to the field's advancement.
Details
Details
Abbr.
J Anim Ecol
Start
1932
End
Continuing
Frequency
Six no. a year, 1995-
p-ISSN
0021-8790
e-ISSN
1365-2656
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Specialties
Biology
Environmental Health
Environmental Health
Metrics
Metrics
h-index / Ranks: 975
177
SJR / Ranks: 1428
1801
CiteScore / Ranks: 2106
8.30
JIF / Ranks: 1690
4.8
Recent Articles
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Belitz M, Larsen E, Hurlbert A, Di Cecco G, Neupane N, Ries L, et al.
J Anim Ecol
. 2025 Feb;
PMID: 39994832
Climate change is altering the seasonal timing of biological events across the tree of life. Phenological asynchrony has the potential to hasten population declines and disrupt ecosystem function. However, we...
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Dinh K, Vu M
J Anim Ecol
. 2025 Feb;
PMID: 39985162
Research Highlights: Sasaki, M., Finiguerra, M. & Dam, H.G. (2024). Seasonally variable thermal performance curves prevent adverse effects of heatwaves. Journal of Animal Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14221. Marine heatwaves (MHWs) emerge as...
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She W, Holyoak M, Gu J, Qi J, Liu S, Jiang G
J Anim Ecol
. 2025 Feb;
PMID: 39985159
Species interactions remain a cornerstone in shaping community dynamics and structure, alongside other factors, such as climate conditions and human activities. Although network structure is known to influence community stability...
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Han S, van den Brink P, Declerck S
J Anim Ecol
. 2025 Feb;
PMID: 39972545
In many natural systems, animal populations are exposed to increasing levels of stress. Stress levels tend to fluctuate, and long-term increases in average stress levels are often accompanied by greater...
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Zhang Y, Holyoak M, Zhang Z, Liu R, Hao X, Chen J, et al.
J Anim Ecol
. 2025 Feb;
PMID: 39967252
Rodents are known to interact with seed plants in three different ways, including predation in situ, scatter hoarding and larder hoarding of seeds. These behaviours span a spectrum from mutualistic...
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Martinossi-Allibert I, Wacker S, Aparicio Estalella C, Kvarnemo C, Amundsen T
J Anim Ecol
. 2025 Feb;
PMID: 39967037
Predicting the strength and direction of sexual selection is a challenge, as the effects of ecological factors, social environment and behavioural plasticity all need to be considered. The operational sex...
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Debinski D, Warchola N, Altizer S, Crone E
J Anim Ecol
. 2025 Feb;
PMID: 39962638
Phenological changes have been widely documented in animal and plant responses to directional environmental change. However, predicting the consequences of these shifts for species interactions and population viability requires knowledge...
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Horsak M, Janac M, Zhai M, Bojkova J
J Anim Ecol
. 2025 Feb;
PMID: 39957326
While biodiversity loss is undeniably a global phenomenon, an increase in taxonomic richness has recently been reported from some ecosystems and spatial scales. A striking increase in abundance and/or species...
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Santos-Neto P, de Oliveira F, Wirth R, Tabarelli M, Leal I
J Anim Ecol
. 2025 Feb;
PMID: 39943909
Human activities have converted mature forests into mosaics of successional vegetation and chronically disturbed habitats, altering the patterns of population distribution, foraging ecology and thus, the flow of matter and...