Journal Guide

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Urban Ecosystems is an international journal devoted to scientific investigations of the ecology of urban environments and their policy implications. The scope of the journal is broad, including interactions between urban ecosystems and associated suburban and rural environments. Special emphasis is placed on the ecology of urban forests. Contributions may span a range of specific subject areas as they may apply to urban environments: biodiversity, biogeochemistry, conservation, ecosystem ecology, environmental chemistry, hydrology, landscape architecture, meteorology and climate, policy, population biology, social and human ecology, soil science, urban planning and wildlife and fisheries management.

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening is a refereed, international journal aimed at presenting high-quality research with urban and peri-urban woody and non-woody vegetation and its use, planning, design, establishment and management as its main topics. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening concentrates on all tree-dominated (as joint together in the urban forest) as well as other green resources in and around urban areas, such as woodlands, public and private urban parks and gardens, urban nature areas, street tree and square plantations, botanical gardens and cemeteries.The journal welcomes fundamental and applied research papers, as well as review papers and short communications. Contributions should focus on one or more of the following aspects:Form and functions of urban forests and other vegetation, including aspects of urban ecology.Policy-making, planning and design related to urban forests and other vegetation.Selection and establishment of tree resources and other vegetation for urban environments.Management of urban forests and other vegetation.Original contributions of a high academic standard are invited from a wide range of disciplines and fields, including forestry, biology, horticulture, arboriculture, landscape ecology, pathology, soil science, hydrology, landscape architecture, landscape planning, urban planning and design, economics, sociology, environmental psychology, medicine, and education.Special attention will be given to interdisciplinary research as developed under the approaches of, for example, urban forestry, arboriculture, urban greening, urban ecology, urban health, urban agriculture, urban horticulture, urban silviculture, and community forestry.The papers should be written in a style that is understandable to specialists from other disciplines as well as interested policy-makers and higher-level practitioners.

Vegetation Ecology and Diversity is a peer-reviewed, open-access international journal owned and published by the Italian Society of Vegetation Science (SISV).

The journal publishes original research articles covering all aspects of vegetation, ranging from plant communities to landscapes, including dynamic processes and community ecology. It prioritizes papers that emphasize plant community ecology and vegetation surveys to advance ecological models, interpret and classify vegetation, map ecosystems, assess environmental quality, manage and conserve plant biodiversity, and interpret and monitor European habitats. Submissions are expected to be grounded in rigorous, quantitative analyses of physical and biological components.

The journal welcomes territorial studies across various geographic scales and accepts contributions focused on applied research, provided they present innovative methodological approaches and a thorough, up-to-date vegetation analysis.

Vegetation Ecology and Diversity supports the Italian Vegetation Database VegItaly (member of the Global Index of Vegetation-Plot Databases - GIVD EU-IT-001) and urges the contributing Authors to store their vegetation data in it.

From 2012 to 2024, the journal was named Plant Sociology, and its content is accessible via this link. Vegetation Ecology and Diversity succeeds Plant Sociology [2012–2024, ISSN 2704-6192 (online), ISSN 2280-1855 (print)], which was formerly Fitosociologia [1990–2011, ISSN 1125-9078] and Notiziario della Società Italiana di Fitosociologia [1964–1989, ISSN 1120-4605], the historical journals of the Italian Society of Vegetation Science (SISV).