THE JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY 
The objects of THE JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY are (1) 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. 
Its contents include 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; 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. 
THE JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, being largely a Review, is indispensable 
to those desiring to keep abreast of the extensive and widely scattered literature 
of 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 the four issues making up the annual 
volume, is Fifteen Shillings (15s.) net; single copies, Five Shillings (5s.) net 
each. Subscriptions for the Journal are payable in advance and should be 
sent to Mr. C. P. 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 (£1. Is.), which includes the supply of 
one copy of each of the four issues of the Journal , to the Secretary, Dr. E. J 
Salisbury, The Briars, Crosspath, Radlett. 
Editorial communications to A. G. Tansley, Grantchester, Cambridge. 
