About this journal
Urban Ecosystems is an international journal devoted to scientific investigation of the ecology of urban environments, and policy implications. The scope is broad, including interactions between urban ecosystems and associated suburban and rural environments. The ecology of urban forests receives special emphasis. Contributions span a range of specific subject areas related to urban environments: biodiversity, biogeochemistry, conservation, ecosystem ecology, environmental chemistry, hydrology, landscape architecture, meteorology and climate, policy, population biology, social and human ecology, soil science, urban planning and wildlife and fisheries management.
The Editor-in-Chief is Glenn R. Guntenspergen, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS/NRII), Duluth, MN, USA.