Western North American Naturalist
Last updated ISSN 1527-0904
Western North American Naturalist is published by Brigham Young University Press in environmental science. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Western North American Naturalist concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Brigham Young University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1527-0904, 1944-8341 |
| Subject area | Environmental Science |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 1,540 |
| Publishing since | 1942 |
| Journal website | ojs.lib.byu.edu/spc/index.php/wnan/index |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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