Conservation Biology is a peer-reviewed academic journal

Academic journal

An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...

 of the Society for Conservation Biology

Society for Conservation Biology

The Society for Conservation Biology is an 5013 non-profit international professional organization devoted to scientific study of the "maintenance, loss, and restoration of biological diversity." There are 10,000 members worldwide, including students and those in related non-academic sectors. ...

, published by Wiley-Blackwell.

Scope

Conservation Biology publishes articles covering the science and practice of conserving Earth's biological diversity. Coverage includes issues concerning any of the Earth's ecosystems or regions, and that apply different approaches to solving problems in this area.

Article types

Conservation Biology publishes Contributed Papers (original research), Research Notes (preliminary reports), Reviews, Essays (speculative article with a personal perspective), Conservation Practice and Policy (articles that describe the application of conservation science to goals for management, policy or education), Comments (comments on previously published articles in the journal), Diversity (opinion pieces on concepts, methods or applications), Letters (short articles of immediate interest) and Book Reviews (by invitation only).

External links

• Society for Conservation Biology website