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Heat and drought impact on carbon exchange in an age-sequence of temperate pine forests
Authors: M. Altaf Arain, Bing Xu, Jason J. Brodeur, Myroslava Khomik, Matthias Peichl, Eric Beamesderfer, Natalia Restrepo-Couple, Robin Thorne

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Arain, M.A., Xu, B., Brodeur, J.J. et al. Heat and drought impact on carbon exchange in an age-sequence of temperate pine forests. Ecol Process 11, 7 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-021-00349-7

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Article-processing charge

Ecological Processes will start to charge publication fees for non-solicited articles. Authors whose articles are submitted between 1 July 2022 and 31 December 2022, and are editorially accepted by the journal will need to pay an Article Processing Charge (APC) of £1030/$1510/€1220. 

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Ecological Processes is indexed by DOAJ, SCIE and Scopus. See the About page for a full list of other indexing services that include Ecological Processes.

Annual journal awards

Ecological Processes has two annual journal awards to celebrate people in the ecology community who make valuable contributions to the journal. Find out who the winners were for:
- the Highly Cited Paper Award
- the Excellent Reviewer Award

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Editorial Excellence

ForNew Content Item the 3rd continuous year, Ecological Processes is rated as the top rated Springer Nature journal for the excellent publishing experience that the journal has offered to authors in 2021.

About the program: Throughout the year Springer Nature invites journal authors to provide feedback on their publishing experience. In 2022 we reviewed the prior year's data to identify the journals that exemplified editorial excellence. 

About the journal

Ecological Processes is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal devoted to quality publications in ecological studies with a focus on the underlying processes responsible for the dynamics and functions of ecological systems at multiple spatial and temporal scales. The journal welcomes manuscripts on techniques, approaches, concepts, models, reviews, syntheses, short communications and applied research for advancing our knowledge and capability toward sustainability of ecosystems and the environment. Integrations of ecological and socio-economic processes are strongly encouraged.

Along with the journal's rigorous peer review standards and rapid submit-to-acceptance time of less than 120 days, this latest achievement demonstrates the ability of Ecological Processes to deliver timely, accurate and relevant research findings to the field of ecology.

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