Plant Ecology and Diversity is an international journal for communicating results and novel ideas in plant science, in print and on-line, six times a year. All areas of plant biology relating to ecology, evolution and diversity are of interest, including those which explicitly deal with today's highly topical themes, such as biodiversity, conservation and global change. We consider submissions that address fundamental questions which are pertinent to contemporary plant science. Articles concerning extreme environments world-wide are particularly welcome.
A structured cover letter at submission is required that outlines:
(1) Why the submitted work is important and timely (what lacunae in knowledge it addresses),
(2) What hypotheses or questions the reported work addresses (hypotheses must test theory and not be ‘paper tiger’ questions),
Peer review is double-blind, unique in ecological journals. All manuscripts are allocated by the Editor-in-Chief to a suitable Associate Editor, who decides whether the paper may proceed to the peer-review stage. (Only papers that are prepared in conformity to the Instructions for Authors and are written in a high standard of English will undergo peer review.) Assignment to an Associate Editor is completed within one week of submission. Papers that are deemed to undergo peer review are assessed by three independent reviewers at the discretion of the handling Associate Editor. These should not generally have been co-authors or collaborators within the past 3 years, nor should they have any other conflict of interest. The selection of reviewers is at the discretion of the Associate Editors.
