Evolutionary Ecology is a concept-oriented journal of biological research at the interface of ecology and evolution. We publish papers that therefore integrate both fields of research: research that seeks to explain the ecology of organisms in the context of evolution, or patterns of evolution as explained by ecological processes. The journal publishes original research and discussion concerning the evolutionary ecology of organisms. These may include papers addressing evolutionary aspects of population ecology, organismal interactions and coevolution, behaviour, life histories, communication, morphology, host-parasite interactions and disease ecology, as well as ecological aspects of genetic processes. The objective is to promote the conceptual, theoretical and empirical development of ecology and evolutionary biology; the scope extends to any organism or system.In additional to Original Research articles, we publish Review articles that survey recent developments in the field of evolutionary ecology; Ideas & Perspectives articles which present new points of view and novel hypotheses; and Comments on articles recently published in Evolutionary Ecology or elsewhere. We also welcome New Tests of Existing Ideas - testing well-established hypotheses but with broader data or more methodologically rigorous approaches; - and shorter Natural History Notes, which aim to present new observations of organismal biology in the wild that may provide inspiration for future research. As of 2018, we now also invite Methods papers, to present or review new theoretical, practical or analytical methods used in evolutionary ecology.Students & Early Career Researchers: We particularly encourage, and offer incentives for, submission of Reviews, Ideas & Perspectives, and Methods papers by students and early-career researchers (defined as being within one year of award of a PhD degree) – see Students & Early Career ResearchersWe publish 7 types of papers:1. Original Research articles, which present the results of empirical or theoretical research testing current ideas in evolutionary ecology;2. Review articles, which survey recent developments in the field of evolutionary ecology;3. Ideas & Perspectives articles, which present new points of view and/or novel hypotheses;4. Methods papers, to present or review new theoretical, practical or analytical methods used in evolutionary ecology (as of 2018);5. Comments on articles recently published in Evolutionary Ecology or elsewhere;6. New Tests of Existing Ideas, which present tests of well-established hypotheses but with broader data or more methodologically rigorous approaches;7. Natural History Notes, which present new observations of organismal biology in the wild that may provide inspiration for future evolutionary ecology research.

《進化生態學》是一種以概念為導向的生物研究期刊，處于生態學與進化論的結合點。因此，我們發表的論文綜合了這兩個領域的研究:尋求在進化的背景下解釋生物體生態學的研究，或用生態過程解釋進化模式的研究。該雜志發表有關生物進化生態學的原始研究和討論。這些可能包括關于種群生態學的進化方面的論文，生物相互作用和共同進化，行為，生活史，交流，形態學，宿主-寄生蟲相互作用和疾病生態學，以及遺傳過程的生態學方面。目的是促進生態學和進化生物學的概念、理論和經驗發展;范圍擴展到任何有機體或系統。除了原創的研究文章，我們還發表綜述文章，調查進化生態學領域的最新發展;提出新觀點和新假設的文章;以及對最近發表在《進化生態學》或其他雜志上的文章的評論。我們還歡迎對現有觀點進行新的檢驗——檢驗已確立的假設，但要使用更廣泛的數據或更嚴格的方法;-以及較短的《自然歷史筆記》，旨在展示對野外生物有機體的新觀察，可能為未來的研究提供靈感。截至2018年，我們還邀請了方法論文，來展示或回顧進化生態學中使用的新的理論、實踐或分析方法。學生和早期職業研究人員:我們特別鼓勵并提供獎勵，鼓勵學生和早期職業研究人員(定義為在獲得博士學位的一年內)提交評論、觀點和方法論文(參見學生和早期職業研究人員)我們發表7種類型的論文:1. 原始的研究論文，其中提出的經驗或理論研究的結果，測試當前的想法在進化生態學;2. 綜述綜述進化生態學領域最新進展的文章;3.提供新觀點和/或新假設的觀點和觀點文章;4. 方法:提交或審查進化生態學中使用的新的理論、實踐或分析方法(截至2018年);5. 對最近發表在《進化生態學》或其他雜志上的文章發表評論;6. 對現有觀點的新測試，即對已確立的假設進行測試，但采用更廣泛的數據或更嚴格的方法;7. 《自然歷史筆記》(Natural History Notes)提供了對野外有機體生物學的新觀察，可能為未來的進化生態學研究提供靈感。