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地球上生命最顯著的特征是其多樣性，而生態(tài)學(xué)和進(jìn)化領(lǐng)域?qū)τ诶斫馍锒鄻有允侨绾萎a(chǎn)生、如何維持、其后果是什么以及我們應(yīng)該如何保護(hù)生物多樣性至關(guān)重要。進(jìn)化是貫穿所有生命科學(xué)的統(tǒng)一概念，從生命的起源和多樣化到理解人類行為，再到應(yīng)對(duì)疾病帶來(lái)的挑戰(zhàn)。生態(tài)學(xué)將生物學(xué)從個(gè)體的相對(duì)簡(jiǎn)單性中提取出來(lái)，用來(lái)解釋有機(jī)體與其環(huán)境之間相互作用的復(fù)雜性。它的影響超越了生物學(xué)，延伸到環(huán)境科學(xué)和社會(huì)面臨的巨大挑戰(zhàn)。《自然生態(tài)與進(jìn)化》對(duì)生態(tài)與進(jìn)化生物學(xué)的全貌感興趣，包括分子、生物、人口、社區(qū)和生態(tài)系統(tǒng)層面的研究方法，以及社會(huì)科學(xué)的相關(guān)部分。《自然生態(tài)與進(jìn)化》為所有對(duì)生命多樣性的各個(gè)方面感興趣的研究人員和決策者提供了一個(gè)場(chǎng)所，他們可以在這里一起學(xué)習(xí)該領(lǐng)域最成功和最重要的進(jìn)展，并討論當(dāng)前的熱點(diǎn)問(wèn)題。作為一份僅供在線閱讀的月刊，我們廣泛的范圍確保了所發(fā)表的研究成果能夠被最廣泛的科學(xué)家所接受。與所有自然品牌雜志一樣，《自然生態(tài)與進(jìn)化》擁有一支專業(yè)編輯團(tuán)隊(duì)、公平嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)?shù)耐性u(píng)審流程、高標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的編輯和制作、快速出版和編輯獨(dú)立性。除了發(fā)表原創(chuàng)研究，《自然生態(tài)與進(jìn)化》還將發(fā)表與生態(tài)與進(jìn)化相關(guān)的各個(gè)學(xué)科的評(píng)論、評(píng)論、新聞與觀點(diǎn)、特征和通信。