Advances in Ecological Research
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Advances in Ecological Research is a scientific journal
Scientific journal
In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. There are thousands of scientific journals in publication, and many more have been published at various points in the past...

 which was first published in 1962 by Academic Press
Academic Press
Academic Press is an academic book publisher. Originally independent, it was acquired by Harcourt, Brace & World in 1969. Reed Elsevier bought Harcourt in 2000, and Academic Press is now an imprint of Elsevier....

. It was originally envisaged to be published every two years, however due to the quantity and quality of contributions it began to be published annually after the second issue. The first editor was J B Cragg while the current editor is Aldo Poiani. Academic Press became part of Elsevier
Elsevier
Elsevier is a publishing company which publishes medical and scientific literature. It is a part of the Reed Elsevier group. Based in Amsterdam, the company has operations in the United Kingdom, USA and elsewhere....

who now publish the journal.

The journal publishes papers on a wide range of ecology topics typically including landscape and ecosystem ecology, populations and communities of plants and animals and physiology.
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