About Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Aims

The Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens (ISSN 2673-5636) is an international, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed, open-access and open-source scientific journal that covers areas at the intersection of fauna and flora conservation. It publishes reviews, original research papers, short communications and opinion papers, without limits in terms of the maximum length of manuscripts.

The Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens draws together expertise from multiple disciplines (i.e., biology, conservation, veterinary science, geography, limnology, ecology, geology, paleology, archaeology, arboriculture, anthropology, history, social sciences and humanities), to explore pure and applied research questions concerning the management, conservation and sustainability of biodiversity (i.e., plants, animals, fungi, protozoa, viruses and bacteria) and human/nature heritage issues.

Scope

The journal scope includes all aspects related to botanical gardens, zoological gardens, natural sciences museums and other similar institutions. Main interests focus on:

• ex-situ conservation
• zoological gardens
• botanical gardens
• animal welfare
• animal behaviour
• animal cognition
• veterinary science
• animal nutrition
• education
• environmental enrichment
• human-animal interactions
• aquarium
• visitors effect

MDPI Publication Ethics Statement

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Book Reviews

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Copyright / Open Access

Articles published in JZBG will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s). MDPI will insert the following note at the end of the published text:

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