Key Resources for Ecology and Conservation Biology
This guide covers all aspects of ecology and conservation biology including: agricultural ecology, autoecology; biomes and ecoregions; community ecology; ecological genetics and genomics; ecosystem services; ecosystems; ecotoxicology; endangered species conservation; history of ecology and general principles; integrative ecology; landscapes and the biosphere; managing the biosphere; marine ecology; molecular ecology; physiological ecology; population ecology; and restoration ecology.
Below are key resources to get you started in locating ecological and conservation biology literature.
Please note:
Comprehensive literature searching in Ecology & Conservation Biology requires consulting a variety of resources which are listed in the Databases section below. Since ecology is comprised of many distinct areas, you should also explore Related Subject Guides.
BIOSIS Previews is a database for researching the biological sciences literature. Designed by biologists for keeping up with the literature across pure and applied life sciences including agriculture and medicine. Excellent features for searching by taxonomic categories and broad concept codes (subject categories). More than 27 million records in all life science areas, including agriculture, biochemistry, biomedicine, biotechnology, ecology, environmental biology, genetics, microbiology, plant biology, veterinary medicine & pharmacology, and zoology. Indexes over 6,000 journals, serials, books and book chapters, conference proceedings and patents.
[Coverage: 1926-present]
An “extensive, annotated bibliography of the most important concepts and ideas in the discipline” of ecology. Articles range from agroecology to wildlife ecology including “autoecology, population, community, and ecosystem ecology, the main biomes of the world, as well as articles related to the synthesis of ecology with other disciplines including human ecology … and chemical ecology …” The Ecology Bibliography is kept current as follows: each article receives an annual formal review; and about 50-75 new articles are added each year.
Started in 2010, the entire journal is dedicated to protocols, field methods and “promotes the development of new methods in ecology & evolution, and facilitates their dissemination and uptake by the research community.”