Plant Ecology is a scientific journal

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 on plant ecology

Plant ecology

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, formerly known as Vegetatio. The journal publishes original scientific papers on the ecology of vascular plant

Vascular plant

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s and terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem

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s. The editor in chief

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 is Neal J. Enright (Murdoch University

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).

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, AGRICOLA

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, ASFA

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, Biological Abstracts

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, BIOSIS

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, CAB Abstracts

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, CAB International

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, Current Contents

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/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences, Geobase

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, Global Health

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, Science Citation Index

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, Scopus

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, and Summon by Serial Solutions

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. According to the Journal Citation Reports

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, the journal's 2009 impact factor

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is 1.567, ranking it 6th out of 39 journals in the subject category "Forestry".