Ecological Engineering

期刊简介：Ecological engineering has been defined as the design of ecosystems for the mutual benefit of humans and nature. The journal is meant for ecologists who, because of their research interests or occupation, are involved in designing, monitoring, or restoring ecosystems, and can serve as a bridge between ecologists and engineers.Specific topics covered in the journal include: habitat reconstruction; ecotechnology; synthetic ecology; bioengineering; restoration ecology; ecology conservation; ecosystem rehabilitation; stream and river restoration; reclamation ecology; non-renewable resource conservation. Descriptions of specific applications of ecological engineering are acceptable only when situated within context of adding novelty to current research and emphasizing ecosystem restoration. We do not accept purely descriptive reports on ecosystem structures (such as vegetation surveys), purely physical assessment of materials that can be used for ecological restoration, small-model studies carried out in the laboratory or greenhouse with artificial (waste)water or crop studies, or case studies on conventional wastewater treatment and eutrophication that do not offer an ecosystem restoration approach within the paper.

【译文】生态工程被定义为设计生态系统以实现人类和自然的共同利益。这本期刊面向生态学家，他们由于研究兴趣或职业，参与设计、监测或恢复生态系统，并可以作为生态学家和工程师之间的桥梁。期刊涵盖的具体主题包括：栖息地重建；生态技术；合成生态学；生物工程；恢复生态学；生态保护；生态系统恢复；河流和溪流恢复；再利用生态学；不可再生资源保护。只有在当前研究增加新颖性并强调生态系统恢复的背景下，才接受生态工程具体应用的描述。