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地球上生命最顯著的特征是其多樣性，而生態學和進化領域對于理解生物多樣性是如何產生、如何維持、其后果是什么以及我們應該如何保護生物多樣性至關重要。進化是貫穿所有生命科學的統一概念，從生命的起源和多樣化到理解人類行為，再到應對疾病帶來的挑戰。生態學將生物學從個體的相對簡單性中提取出來，用來解釋有機體與其環境之間相互作用的復雜性。它的影響超越了生物學，延伸到環境科學和社會面臨的巨大挑戰。《自然生態與進化》對生態與進化生物學的全貌感興趣，包括分子、生物、人口、社區和生態系統層面的研究方法，以及社會科學的相關部分。《自然生態與進化》為所有對生命多樣性的各個方面感興趣的研究人員和決策者提供了一個場所，他們可以在這里一起學習該領域最成功和最重要的進展，并討論當前的熱點問題。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表的研究成果能夠被最廣泛的科學家所接受。與所有自然品牌雜志一樣，《自然生態與進化》擁有一支專業編輯團隊、公平嚴謹的同行評審流程、高標準的編輯和制作、快速出版和編輯獨立性。除了發表原創研究，《自然生態與進化》還將發表與生態與進化相關的各個學科的評論、評論、新聞與觀點、特征和通信。