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Annales Zoologici Fennici is an established, international, peer-reviewed journal, open to all scientists, appearing in six-number yearly volumes (until 2002 quarterly). It was founded in 1934 by Societas Biologica Fennica Vanamo. Since 1978 it has been published by the Finnish Zoological Publishing Board and since 1994 by the Finnish Zoological and Botanical Publishing Board.

Annales Zoologici Fennici publishes original research reports, in-depth reviews, short communications and commentaries on different subjects from the realm of animal science. Although we also publish papers on specific topics (see the list below), our aim is to promote papers which, by using an integrative and cross-discipline approach, provide a picture of the past and present environment, and interactions amongst its components. This may be achieved by employing tools from different fields such as:

ecology, paleoecology and ecometrics*,
paleontology (tertiary and quaternary) and evolution,
conservation biology and wildlife management,
animal behaviour and interactions (incl. animal societies and recognition systems),
bioenergetics (energy flow through an ecosystem and its elements, carrying capacity),
physiology and toxicology,
genetics and phylogenetics.

We also encourage submissions of articles on research methodology that present and/or discuss methods of data gathering and processing, the interpretation of results through statistical testing, and philosophical issues related to the natural sciences. Both theoretical and empirical works are warmly welcome. We, however, discourage submissions of purely descriptive works and manuscripts of restricted interest.

* Ecometrics is concerned with relations between measureable ecomorphological traits — such as e.g. tooth structure, limb proportions, body mass, incubation temperature, claw shape, any aspect of anatomy or physiology — that are means by which organisms interact with their environment and the environment. Ecometric trait distributions are thus comparatively universal measures for exploring system dynamics across multiple scales.

Electronic versions (pdf format) are available at this site as follows:

vols. 15 (1978)–43 (2006): full access free of charge to all.
vols. 44 (2007)–47 (2010): full access to subscribers upon registration; viewing rights to all.
abstracts of all articles are accesible free of charge

To purchase/renew a web-only subscription please send us an e-mail at sekj[at]helsinki.fi