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editorial ISSN 1948-6596 Introducing Research Articles As Frontiers of Biogeography has begun to flour- ish, increasing submissions have made authors’ predilections more clear, and our view of the jour- nal’s role has matured. Last issue we announced that Frontiers will meet the previously unfulfilled need for Monographs in biogeography (Lomolino and Field 2014). This issue, we publish our first full -length Research Articles (Pompe et al. 2014, Schweiger and Beierkuhnlein 2014). This means Frontiers now has a full range of article types re- porting original research, having earlier provided the community with a venue for Correspondence on matters arising in biogeography, and Research Letters for original scientific research that is of particular note and most effectively communi- cated quickly. We have published updated Infor- mation for Authors 1 , which reflects these new ad- ditions and clarifies some issues related to com- mon problems, so please check these guidelines when preparing a contribution to the journal. Research Articles are full-length articles, similar to the majority of papers regularly pub- lished in Diversity & Distributions, Ecography, Global Ecology & Biogeography, and Journal of Biogeography. Our goal is not to compete with these ‘big four’ biogeography journals, or other established titles that regularly publish biogeogra- phy, but rather to provide a versatile alternative for good science by authors who would like a little extra helping hand and/or to join our non-profit, society-based, open-access community (see Daw- son et al. 2014). You might view our Research Arti- cles as a stepping stone to the big four (a place to cut your teeth). Or they might be an option if your good research didn’t strike lucky at your first- choice venue—in which case send your prior edi- torial decision, reviews, and responses to the edi- tor-in-chief to request expedited handling at Fron- tiers. You may desire the freedom to write in a more engaging way than some journals allow (we encourage clear, lively writing styles). Increasingly, perhaps, it will be your first choice; if you’re con- sidering ‘gold’ open access, we hope you’ll find Frontiers more and more difficult to beat. Michael N Dawson 1 , Richard Field 2 and Joaquin Hortal 3 Frontiers of Biogeography editors-in-chief mdawson@ucmerced.edu richard.field@nottingham.ac.uk ibs@mncn.csic.es References Dawson, M.N, Field, R. & Hortal, J. (2014) Guides, not gate- keepers. Frontiers of Biogeography, 6, 2–4. Lomolino, M.V. & Field, R. (2014) Re-articulation and re- integration of publications: monographs in biogeogra- phy. Frontiers of Biogeography, 6, 57–59. Pompe, S., Hanspach, J., Badeck, F.W., Klotz, S., Bruelheide, H. & Kuhn, I. (2014) Using ecological and life-history characteristics for projecting species responses to climate change. Frontiers of Biogeography, 6, 119– Schweiger, A.H. & Beierkuhnlein, C. (2014) Water tempera- ture and acidity regime shape dominance and beta- diversity patterns in helocrenic spring plant communi- ties. Frontiers of Biogeography, 6, 132–143. 1 http://escholarship.org/uc/search?entity=fb;view=authorinformation, last accessed 23/09/2014 Your participation in frontiers of biogeography is encouraged. Please send us your articles, com- ments and/or reviews. We are also open to suggestions on content and/or structure. Please check http://www.biogeography.org/html/fb.html for more information, or contact us at ibs@mncn.csic.es and frontiersofbiogeography@gmail.com. frontiers of biogeography 6.3, 2014 — © 2014 the authors; journal compilation © 2014 The International Biogeography Society
Highlights
As Frontiers of Biogeography has begun to flourish, increasing submissions have made authors’ predilections more clear, and our view of the journal’s role has matured
Last issue we announced that Frontiers will meet the previously unfulfilled need for Monographs in biogeography (Lomolino and Field 2014)
This issue, we publish our first full -length Research Articles (Pompe et al 2014, Schweiger and Beierkuhnlein 2014). This means Frontiers has a full range of article types reporting original research, having earlier provided the community with a venue for Correspondence on matters arising in biogeography, and Research Letters for original scientific research that is of particular note and most effectively communicated quickly
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As Frontiers of Biogeography has begun to flourish, increasing submissions have made authors’ predilections more clear, and our view of the journal’s role has matured. Authors Dawson, Michael N Field, Richard Hortal, Joaquin Powered by the California Digital Library University of California editorial
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