《生態學快報》是一個迅速出版生態學最新研究成果的論壇。將考慮與任何生物群和地理區域的所有分類單元的生態學有關的手稿，并優先考慮那些探索或測試清楚說明的假設的論文。該期刊發表的論文簡明扼要，由于其原創性、普遍興趣和對生態學新發展的貢獻，值得緊急出版。我們不鼓勵純粹的描述性論文，以及那些僅僅確認或擴展先前工作成果的論文。《生態學快報》上發表了三種類型的文章:?信函:在快速發展領域令人興奮的發現;?想法和視角:面向普通讀者的小說隨筆;?綜述和綜合:值得緊急報道的重要主題的綜合

Ecology Letters is a forum for the very rapid publication of the most novel research in ecology. Manuscripts relating to the ecology of all taxa, in any biome and geographic area will be considered, and priority will be given to those papers exploring or testing clearly stated hypotheses. The journal publishes concise papers that merit urgent publication by virtue of their originality, general interest and their contribution to new developments in ecology. We discourage purely descriptive papers and those merely confirming or extending results of previous work.Three types of article are published in Ecology Letters:? Letters: exciting findings in fast-moving areas;? Ideas and Perspectives: novel essays for a general audience;? Reviews and Syntheses: syntheses of important subjects meriting urgent coverage