SCOPE

RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS (RJBI) publishes original scientific papers dealing with biological invasions of alien species in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems for the following subjects:

1. description of invasion process (theory, modeling, results of observations and experiments): invasion corridors, invasion vectors, invader species adaptations, vulnerability of aboriginal ecosystems;
2. monitoring of invasion process (reports about findings of organisms out of the limits of natural range, propagule pressure assessment, settling dynamics, rates of naturalization);
3. invasion risk assessment;
4. genetic, evolutional, and ecological consequences of biological invasions of alien species;
5. methods, means of hoarding, processing and presentation of applied research data (new developments, modeling, research results, data base) with factual and geoinformation system applications;
6. use of the results of biological invasion research (methods and new basic results) under the study of marine, fresh-water and terrestrial species, populations, communities and ecosystems;
7. control, rational use and eradication of the harmful alien species.

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS – MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica

General information for authors
http://www.maik.ru/cgi-perl/contents.pl?lang=eng&catalog=4&page=1