《群落生態學》于2000年創刊，是由兩家著名的生態學期刊《群落學》和《植物文摘》合并而成，旨在為群落生態學家創建一個共同的全球論壇。參閱前八卷(2000 - 2007)的內容。該期刊的范圍包括但不限于以下主題領域:以社區為基礎的生態理論。生態群落建模。以社區為基礎的生態生理學。時間動態，包括演替。營養相互作用，包括食物網和競爭。空間模式分析，包括縮放問題。物種豐富和多樣性的群落模式。抽樣的生態社區。數據分析方法，包括多元分析和地質統計學。歡迎在陸地、海洋或淡水系統中對植物、動物和/或微生物群落進行基于實驗的實地研究。純描述性研究一般不接受發表。

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY was launched in 2000 following the merger of two well-established ecological periodicals, Coenoses and Abstracta Botanica in an effort to create a common global forum for community ecologists. See the contents of its first eight volumes (2000 - 2007). The scope of the journal includes, but is not restricted to, the following subject areas: Community-based ecological theory.Modelling of ecological communities.Community-based ecophysiology.Temporal dynamics, including succession.Trophic interactions, including food webs and competition.Spatial pattern analysis, including scaling issues.Community patterns of species richness and diversity.Sampling ecological communities.Data analysis methods, including multivariate analysis and geostatistics.Experimentally-based field studies of plant, animal and/or microbial communities, in terrestrial, marine or freshwater systems, are welcome. Purely descriptive studies will not normally be accepted for publication.