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Editor-in-chief: Daniel Montesinos
Managing editor: Jutta Stadler
eISSN: 1399-1183

Web Ecology (WE) is a platinum open-access journal issued by the European Ecological Federation (EEF), an organization representing the European ecological societies. Web Ecology publishes papers from all fields of ecology without any geographic restriction. It is a forum to communicate results of experimental, theoretical, and descriptive studies of general interest to an international audience. Original contributions, short communications, and reviews on ecological research on all kinds of organisms and ecosystems are welcome as well as papers that express emerging ideas and concepts with a sound scientific background. Papers must be original and not previously published in another journal. We also aim to serve as a publication forum for those European ecological societies that do not maintain their own society journal. Web Ecology also offers the opportunity to publish special issues resulting from conferences or symposiums from ecological societies.

Web Ecology is free to publish and free to read, thanks to the commitment of the European Ecological Federation to science accessibility.

IF value: 2.000
IF2.000
IF 5-year value: 1.787
IF 5-year1.787
CiteScore value: 3.3
CiteScore3.3

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29 Mar 2023
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Plant spatial aggregation modulates the interplay between plant competition and pollinator attraction with contrasting outcomes of plant fitness
María Hurtado, Oscar Godoy, and Ignasi Bartomeus
Web Ecol., 23, 51–69, https://doi.org/10.5194/we-23-51-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/we-23-51-2023, 2023
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24 Nov 2022
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The BIODESERT survey: assessing the impacts of grazing on the structure and functioning of global drylands
Fernando T. Maestre, David J. Eldridge, Nicolas Gross, Yoann Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Hugo Saiz, Beatriz Gozalo, Victoria Ochoa, and Juan J. Gaitán
Web Ecol., 22, 75–96, https://doi.org/10.5194/we-22-75-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/we-22-75-2022, 2022
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12 Jan 2021
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Ecological correlates of crop yield growth and interannual yield variation at a global scale
Gabriela Gleiser, Nicolay Leme da Cunha, Agustín Sáez, and Marcelo Adrián Aizen
Web Ecol., 21, 15–43, https://doi.org/10.5194/we-21-15-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/we-21-15-2021, 2021
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19 Aug 2020
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Ödenwinkel: an Alpine platform for observational and experimental research on the emergence of multidiversity and ecosystem complexity
Robert R. Junker, Maximilian Hanusch, Xie He, Victoria Ruiz-Hernández, Jan-Christoph Otto, Sabine Kraushaar, Kristina Bauch, Florian Griessenberger, Lisa-Maria Ohler, and Wolfgang Trutschnig
Web Ecol., 20, 95–106, https://doi.org/10.5194/we-20-95-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/we-20-95-2020, 2020
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03 Apr 2020
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Scientists' warning on endangered food webs
Ruben H. Heleno, William J. Ripple, and Anna Traveset
Web Ecol., 20, 1–10, https://doi.org/10.5194/we-20-1-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/we-20-1-2020, 2020
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01 Mar 2013–indefinite | K. Jax and A. Schwarz | Information

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14 Feb 2023 Journal website facelift

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14 Feb 2023 Journal website facelift

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24 Nov 2022 The BIODESERT survey: assessing the impacts of grazing on the structure and functioning of global drylands

The authors introduce the BIODESERT survey, the first systematic field survey devoted to evaluating the joint impacts of grazing by domestic livestock and climate on the structure and functioning of dryland ecosystems worldwide.

24 Nov 2022 The BIODESERT survey: assessing the impacts of grazing on the structure and functioning of global drylands

The authors introduce the BIODESERT survey, the first systematic field survey devoted to evaluating the joint impacts of grazing by domestic livestock and climate on the structure and functioning of dryland ecosystems worldwide.

28 Jun 2022 Release of journal metrics 2021

The journal metrics 2021 were released and the current numbers are available from the journal metrics overview.

28 Jun 2022 Release of journal metrics 2021

The journal metrics 2021 were released and the current numbers are available from the journal metrics overview.