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Frontiers of Biogeography The scientific journal of the International Biogeography Society.
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Frontiers of Biogeography The scientificjournalofthe International Biogeography Society Frontiers of Biogeography (ISSN 1948-6596) is the open access journal published by the International Biogeography Society (IBS; http://www.biogeography.org/). Frontiers of Biogeography is published quarterly and all content is available free online at escholarship.org/uc/fb and listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (www.doaj.org). We welcome contributions from all biogeographers or other persons interested in biogeography or in applying biogeographical knowledge, whether or not they are members of the IBS. Average time forpublicationislessthanthreemonthsafterthemanuscriptisaccepted. Theeditorial systemfollowsan open sourcepolicy, and theauthorsretainallintellectualpropertyrightsthrough a CreativeCommonslicense. • The journal publishes articles in thefollowingsections: • RESEARCH LETTERS (short and concise manuscripts presenting original scientific research). • OPINIONS, PERSPECTIVES, and REVIEWS(reviews or personal perspectives on specific topics or research areas, as well as opinion papers and debates, and mini-reviews providing brief up-to-date summaries of biogeographical topics). • NEWS and UPDATE(short news, updates and commentaries summarizing recently published literature, dissertation abstracts of recently finished theses, book reviews and workshop or symposium summaries). • PROFILES(interviews or biographies of prominent biogeographers; obituaries). • RESOURCES(toolboxdescriptions of new software and/or methods, and datadescriptions of and links to large datasets). • AGORA(magazine-like section on biogeography-related topics and activities, including education, practice, and research). • CORRESPONDENCE(short communications about topical matters in life and work concerning biogeography). • CONFERENCE/SYMPOSIA PROCEEDINGS(compilations of a series of papers associated with conferences and/or symposia on biogeographical topics). • ANNOUNCEMENTS (of meetings, jobs, and other advertisements). • Recent papers in Frontiers of Biogeography include: • Cottee-Jones, H.E.W. & R.J. Whittaker. 2012. The keystone species concept: a critical appraisal. 4(3): 117–127. • Ladle, R. & J. Hortal. 2013. Mapping species distributions: living with uncertainty. 5(1):8–9. • Rocha, L.A. et al. 2013. Massively parallel DNA sequencing: the new frontier in biogeography. 5(1): 67–77. • Weins, J.J. 2012. Why biogeography matters: historical biogeography vs. phylogeography and community phylogenetics for inferring ecological and evolutionary processes. 4(3):128–135 For more informationonpublishing in Frontiers of Biogeographypleaseseehttp://escholarship.org/uc/fborcontacttheeditor at frontiersofbiogeography@gmail.com. WE INVITE YOU TO SUBMIT TO FRONTIERS OF BIOGEOGRAPHY