THE JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY 
EDITED FOR THE 
BRITISH ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
BY 
FRANK CAVERS 
T HE objects of The Journal of Ecology are (i) to foster and promote in all 
ways the study of Ecology in the British Isles, serving as the organ of the 
British Ecological Society ; (2) to present a record of and commentary upon 
the progress of Ecology throughout the world. Each quarterly issue contains original 
articles and notes on ecological topics of current importance, including methods 
of ecological study and research ; notes on current work in the British Isles ; 
reviews and notices of publications of general ecological bearing, of work upon 
British vegetation, and of work upon foreign vegetation ; answers to questions from 
members of the British Ecological Society, so far as these are of general interest ; 
general correspondence ; reports and notices of meetings of the British Ecological 
Society ; progress of the Nature Protection movement and of ecological work in 
Nature Reserves; list of current literature. 
The Journal of Ecology , being largely a Review, is indispensable to those 
desiring to keep abreast of the extensive and widely scattered literature ot Ecology, 
of which it will take a comprehensive view, including in its scope not only work 
dealing with general principles, methods, surveys, and other ecological studies, but 
also publications dealing with Geography, Geology, Meteorology, Climatology, Plant 
Physiology and Anatomy, the science of soils (soil physics, chemistry, and the 
investigation of soil floras and faunas), and other branches of Natural Science, so far 
as these have a direct bearing upon Ecology — the relationships of plants to their 
environment in the widest sense, including the inter-relationships between plants 
and animals. In brief, it aims at furnishing a comprehensive review of progress in 
the entire field of Ecology, touching, as this field does, kindred branches of science 
on various sides. 
The Journal of Ecology is published quarterly — in March, June, September, and 
December. The annual subscription price, including postage to any part of the world, 
for a single copy of each of tjie four issues making up the annual volume, is Fifteen 
Shillings (15s.) net ; single copies, Five Shillings (5 s.) net each. Subscriptions for 
the Journal are payable in advance and should be sent to Mr. C. F. Clay, Cambridge 
University Press, Fetter Lane, London, E.C., either direct or through any bookseller. 
Members of the British Ecological Society should send their annual subscription 
to the Society, One Guinea (fi is.), which includes the supply of one copy of 
each of the four issues of the Journal, to the Secretary, Dr. F. Cavers, Goldsmiths’ 
College, New Cross, London, S.E., to whom all Editorial communications should 
also be addressed. 
Contents of Vol. /, No. 1. March igij 
THE AIMS OF THE NEW JOURNAL. By A. G. Tansley. 
EDITOR 1 \L NOTICE. 
SOME REMARKS ON BLAKENEY POINT, NORFOLK. By F. W. Oliver. 
RAUNKIAER’S ‘LIFE-FORMS’ AND STATISTICAL METHODS. By 
William G. Smith. 
REVIEW. A UNIVERSAL CLASSIFICATION OF PLANT-COMMUNITIES. 
By A. G. Tansley. 
BRIEFER ARTICLES 
The Relation of the Present Plant Population of the British Isles to the Glacial 
Period. By Clement Reid. 
The Nature Reserve Movement in Great Britain. By Wilfred Mark Webb. 
NOTICES OF PUBLICATIONS OF GENERAL BEARING. 
NOTICES OF WORKS ON BRITISH VEGETATION. 
NOTICES OF WORKS ON FOREIGN VEGETATION. 
RECENT LITERATURE. 
A prospectus giving further particulars as to the British Ecological Society and The Journal 
of Ecology will be sent on application to Mr. C. F. Clay, Manager, Cambridge University Press, 
Fetter Lane, E.C. 
