Journal of Animal Ecology publishes the best animal ecology research that develops, tests and advances broad ecological principles.A primary aim of the journal is to publish articles detailing novel and important work that will challenge the way animal ecologists think. We encourage papers that make significant advances to the field through the development of ecological theory or methodology which generate ecological insights that extend beyond the study system utilised. Studies focussed on a single species are considered for publication when they make a significant contribution to advancing general theory or understanding. A theoretical paper in Journal of Animal Ecology should establish, or substantially extend, our theoretical understanding of an issue of general importance for the field of animal ecology. The best theory papers will have a close relationship to considerations of how empirical analysis can be tensioned against the new theoretical developments. We bring papers that address questions of general importance and/or current interest in all aspects of animal ecology to a broad international audience.

《動(dòng)物生態(tài)學(xué)雜志》出版了最好的動(dòng)物生態(tài)學(xué)研究，開發(fā)、測(cè)試和推進(jìn)廣泛的生態(tài)學(xué)原理。該雜志的一個(gè)主要目標(biāo)是發(fā)表文章，詳細(xì)介紹新穎和重要的工作，將挑戰(zhàn)動(dòng)物生態(tài)學(xué)家的思維方式。我們鼓勵(lì)那些通過(guò)發(fā)展生態(tài)學(xué)理論或方法論而在該領(lǐng)域取得重大進(jìn)展的論文，這些理論或方法論所產(chǎn)生的生態(tài)學(xué)見解超出了所使用的研究體系。當(dāng)集中于單一物種的研究對(duì)推進(jìn)一般理論或理解做出重大貢獻(xiàn)時(shí)，將考慮發(fā)表這些研究。發(fā)表在《動(dòng)物生態(tài)學(xué)雜志》上的一篇理論論文，應(yīng)該建立或?qū)嵸|(zhì)上擴(kuò)展我們對(duì)一個(gè)在動(dòng)物生態(tài)學(xué)領(lǐng)域具有普遍重要性的問(wèn)題的理論理解。最好的理論論文將與如何在新的理論發(fā)展中加強(qiáng)實(shí)證分析密切相關(guān)。我們?yōu)閺V大的國(guó)際讀者提供關(guān)于動(dòng)物生態(tài)學(xué)各方面的重要問(wèn)題和/或當(dāng)前感興趣的論文。