Aims and Scope


Aims

Applied Herpetology is an international journal addressing research on amphibians and reptiles in relation to humans and therefore focussing on natural products development, farming, ethnobiology, biodiversity and environmental monitoring, conservation and wildlife management. A main objective of the journal is to enhance communication between academic scientists and researchers in industry, governmental bodies, international agencies and others involved in applied research involving herpetofauna. The target audience includes:

Applied Herpetology is covered by:


Scope

Initially proposed at the 3rd World Congress of Herpetology (Prague, August 1997), applied herpetology was formally defined at a workshop of the 4th World Congress (Sri Lanka, December 2001) as those studies in herpetology that concern human interests (uses of amphibians and reptiles), or result from human interference. Such studies are increasingly important, since it is likely that in future little research funding will be available for herpetological work that is not applied. Among the subjects so far identified as applied herpetology and covered by the journal Applied Herpetology are: