Journal subject areas

The journal subject areas are defined by the following index terms below. These terms represent the keywords to be chosen for assignment of submitted manuscripts to individual associate editors.

Anatomy and embryology	Hans-Jürg Kuhn, Ulrich Zeller
Animal welfare and husbandry	Augusto Vitale, Sarah Wolfensohn
Behaviour	Julia Ostner, Ute Radespiel
Cognition and communication	Julia Fischer, Elke Zimmermann
Conservation	Jonah Ratsimbazafy, Dietmar Zinner
Ecology and biogeography	Russell Hill, Amanda Korstjens
Evolution, phylogeny and palaeontology	Rebecca R. Ackermann, Sarah Elton, Nina Jablonski
Genetics	Jenny Tung, Linda Vigilant
Immunology	Bert 't Hart, Peter Horn
Infection biology	Heinz Feldmann, Frank Kirchhoff, Fabian Leendertz
Neurosciences	Angela Roberts, Stefan Treue
Pathology	Anne Lewis, Keith G. Mansfield
Physiology	Catherine Crockford, Gerhard Weinbauer
Reproductive biology	Weizhi Ji, Stefan Schlatt
Stem cell biology	Ulrich Martin, Erika Sasaki