Editorial: 2008 year in review.

2008 was an eventful inaugural year for Evolutionary Applications. We published four issues comprising 45 papers in total, including the special issue: Evolutionary Perspectives on Salmonid Conservation and Management. Wiley-Blackwell sponsored an Evolutionary Applications symposium at the Canadian Society of Ecology and Evolution annual meeting in Vancouver (May), and hosted an official Evolutionary Applications launch reception at the SSE annual meeting in Minneapolis (June). The journal received much press coverage, and was featured in both Nature and New Scientist.

The year was successfully capped with the acceptance of the journal for full indexing in ISI. The Editorial team would like to thank the scientific community for their overwhelming support of this new and unique journal. Undoubtedly this support, as well as the official endorsement of the journal by both the Society for the Study of Evolution, and the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB), contributed to the exceptionally rapid acceptance of the journal into ISI.

In 2008, Evolutionary Applications published papers in most of the fields listed on our website (http://www.evolutionaryapplications.org; see Table 1). Published papers also focused on a wide diversity of organisms of applied importance, including plants, animals and microbes (Table 2). Clearly, the journal is fulfilling its primary goal of being the principal outlet for the increasing number of high-quality papers using evolutionary concepts to address issues of economic, medical and social relevance.

Table 1

Subjects covered in 2008 in Evolutionary Applications

Topic	References
Agriculture and forestry	Broadhurst et al. 2008; Friedman et al. 2008; Mercer et al. 2008
Anthropogenic disturbances	Angilletta et al. 2008; Carlson and Seamons 2008; Einum et al. 2008; Haugen et al. 2008; McClure et al. 2008a; Waples et al. 2008; Williams et al. 2008; Wood et al. 2008
Climate change	Aitken et al. 2008; Bell and Collins 2008; Crozier et al. 2008; Purcell et al. 2008
Conservation	Funk et al. 2008; Garroway et al. 2008; Latta 2008; McClure et al. 2008a; Nomura 2008; Olsen et al. 2008; Raeymaekers et al. 2008; Vähä et al. 2008
Captive breeding, wild-domestic interactions	Araki et al. 2008;; Fraser 2008; Fraser et al. 2008; McClure et al. 2008bValosaari et al. 2008
Disease biology, Evolutionary medicine	Bull and Ebert 2008; Burdon and Thrall 2008; Crespi 2008; Day et al. 2008; Miller and Vincent 2008; Marshall et al. 2008; Michalakis et al. 2008; Nesse and Stearns 2008; Webster et al. 2008
Harvesting, Darwinian fishery science	Araki et al. 2008; Fukuwaka and Morita 2008; Hard et al. 2008; Hutchings and Rowe 2008; Olsen et al. 2008; Thériault et al. 2008
Invasion biology, Biological control	Gilchrist et al. 2008; Lee and Gelembiuk 2008; Olivieri et al. 2008

Table 2

Examples of organisms of applied significance featured in Evolutionary Applications

Organism	References
Biological control agent Larinus cynarae	Olivieri et al. 2008
Crops and trees (forestry)
Maize	Mercer et al. 2008
Saltcedar, Cottonwood	Friedman et al. 2008
Disease vectors Aedes aegypti, Anopheles gambiae	Michalakis et al. 2008, Marshall et al. 2008
Exploited fish salmon (Atlantic, chinook, chum, sockeye) trout (brown, rainbow) cod (Atlantic)	Angilletta et al. 2008; Crozier et al. 2008; McClure et al. 2008b; Vähä et al. 2008; Williams et al. 2008; Wood et al. 2008; Haugen et al. 2008; Miller and Vincent 2008Hutchings and Rowe 2008; Olsen et al. 2008
Model species Drosophila sp. Stickleback	Gilchrist et al. 2008Raeymaekers et al. 2008
Pathogens measles, polio, influenza HIV Schistosoma sp. Myxobolus cerebralis	Bull and Ebert 2008Day et al. 2008Webster et al. 2008Miller and Vincent 2008

In 2009, we are again publishing four issues, including this current special issue on evolutionary medicine, and an upcoming special issue on the impact of harvesting on fish evolution and Darwinian fishery science. Among other events, in August, Wiley-Blackwell will be sponsoring a full-day symposium on evolutionary applications at the 12th ESEB Congress in Turin, Italy.

Despite being in our first year of operation, we succeeded in maintaining a very short time from submission to first decision (34 days). Also, our transparent online review and production system allows authors to track the progress of their manuscripts from submission to publication. We will continue striving both to publish the highest quality research on applied evolution, and to make the importance and broad relevance of evolutionary biology more accessible to all interested readers.

Adalgisa Caccone

Adam M. Cook

Alan E. Pepper

Alan T. Hitch

Alessandra della Torre

Alexandre Courtiol

Alice J. Norton

Ana Rivero

Andrew Lowe

Andrew P. Hendry

Ángel Martínez-Vásquez

Barry A. Berejikian

Bernard Crespi

Beth L. Sanderson

Brian R. Beckman

Brianna West

Camille Parmesan

Carol Eunmi Lee

Casey Baldwin

Charles E. Petrosky

Charlotte M. Gower

Chris C. Wood

Chris J. Foote

Christine Sidobre

Colin J. Garroway

Colin Yates

Craig R. Primmer

Damon M. Holzer

David Carbonell

David G. Biron

David J. Coates

Davnah Urbach

Denis Carr

Dieter Ebert

Donna G. Folk

Dylan J. Fraser

E. Ashley Steel

E. Richard Vincent

Eero Niemelä

Eric D. Forsman

Erin S. Dunlop

Esben Moland Olsen

Fabienne Justy

Federica Santolamazza

Filip A. M. Volckaert

Fred M. Utter

Frèdèric Simard

Gabriele Gentile

George R. Pess

George R. Pess

George W. Gilchrist

Gregory E. Maes

Gregory William Gelembiuk

Grethe Robertsen

Halvor Knutsen

Hitoshi Araki

Howard A. Schaller

Hugo R. Perales

Ian A. Fleming

Ingrid Hontis

Isabelle Olivieri

J. Battin

Jaakko Erkinaro

Jacques Derek Charlwood

Jakob Gjøsæter

James D. Eddington

James E. Roelle

James J. Bull

James R. Manhart

Jan Atle Knutsen

Jason A. Holliday

Jeff Bowman

Jeffrey A. Hutchings

Jeffrey C. Jorgensen

Jeffrey J. Hard

Jeremy J. Burdon

Jeremy Suess

Joanne P. Webster

João Pinto

Joel G. Kingsolver

John C. Patton

John D. Reynolds

John F. Gaskin

John G. Williams

John W. Bickham

Jonathan M. Friedman

Jonathon C. Marshall

Joost A. M. Raeymaekers

Joseph Travis

Juha-Pekka Vähä

Julian J. Dodson

Kata-Riina Valosaari

Kentaro Morita

Kevin M. Purcell

Kris Nackaerts

Krista K. Bartz

Kristin Mercer

Lisa G. Crozier

Leif Asbjørn Vøllestad

Linda M. Broadhurst

Lisa G. Crozier

Lisa M. Jeffers

Louis Bernatchez

Mark D. Scheuerell

Mark P. Miller

Mart R. Gross

Martin J. Donnelly

Mary E. Power

Masa-aki Fukuwaka

Maurice McDonald

Michael C. Singer

Michael J. Angilletta Jr

Michael J. Ford

Michael S. Blouin

Michelle M. McClure

Mikko Heino

N. J. Mantua

Nicole Mideo

Nils Chr. Stenseth

Nils Christian Stenseth

P. W. Lawson

Patrícia Beldade

Paul Bentzen

Paul J. Wilson

Paul L. Klerks

Paul L. Leberg

Paul Spruell

Per Aass

Per Erik Jorde

Peter A. Vesk

Peter F. Hassemer

Peter H. Thrall

Philip Agnew

Philip J. Howell

R. B. Huey

R. G. Shaw

R. John Nelson

Randolph M. Nesse

Ray Hilborn

Raymond B. Huey

Richard Law

Richard W. Carmichael

Richard W. Carmichael

Richard W. Zabel

Robert G. Kope

Robert G. Latta

Robin S. Waples

Sally N. Aitken

Sam Yeaman

Sami Aikio

Samuel Alizon

Samuel Cotton

Sara Magalhães

Sarah Geldof

Saul A. Cunningham

Sherrylynn Rowe

Sierra Curtis-McLane

Sigurd Einum

Sonia E. Sultan

Stéphanie Bédhomme

Stephanie M. Carlson

Stephen C. Stearns

Susan M. Haig

Susan M. Sogard

T. P. Quinn

Tetsuro Nomura

Thomas D. Cooney

Thomas D. Mullins

Thrond Oddvar Haugen

Timothy J. Beechie

Todd R. Seamons

Tongli Wang

Troy Day

Ulf Dieckmann

Veijo Kaitala

Véronique Thériault

W. Chris Funk

William P. Connor

Yannis Michalakis

Yvain Dubois

Adriaan Rijnsdorp

Alexander Medvinsky

Amy Arnett

Anders Finstad

Andrea Graham

Andres Aguilar

Andrew Clark

Andrew DeWoody

Andrew Whitehead

Andrew Hendry

Anti Vasemagi

Armando Caballero

Ary Hoffmann

Asbjorn Vollestad

Aurelie Coulon

Austin Burt

Ben Letcher

Ben Ridenhour

Ben Sadd

Bengt Hansson

Benjamin Blackman

Bernard Crespi

Bernhard Horsthemke

Bill Jordan

Bob McDowall

Briana Gross

Bror Jonsson

CA Bondy

Camille Bonneaud

Carsten Nowak

Christophe BoÎte

Christopher Badcock

Claire Lavigne

Cortland Griswold

Craig Starger

Dan Bolnick

Daniel Funk

Daniel Heath

Daniel Promislow

Dany Garant

Dave Klein

Dave Montgomery

David Ayre

David Berg

David Clements

David Coltman

David Haig

David Skuse

Dawn Hawley

Don Larsen

Donato Cioli

Doug Swain

Dylan Fraser

Einar Eg Nielson

Elaine Petrof

Elizabeth Jones

Elizabeth Lacey

Eric Baack

Eric Edeline

Eric Taylor

Erik Postma

Erik Svensson

Etienne Klein

Fred Utter

Frederic Tripet

Gary Lamberti

George Somero

Glenn Cooper

Glenn Howe

Greg Lanzaro

Heather Ferguson

Heinz Muller-Scharer

Jacob Koella

Jacobus De Roode

Jacqui Shykoff

Jane Hughes

Jane Lecomte

Janis Antonovics

Jason Sexton

Jean Bousquet

Jeffrey Hard

Jeffrey Townsend

Jeffrey Hutchings

Jennifer Gow

Jerri Bartholomew

Jim Bull

Jinliang Wang

Jocelyn Poissant

Jodie Holt

Joe Travis

Joey DiBattista

Johanne Brunet

John Epifanio

John Raven

John Reynolds

Joseph Neigel

Juan Robledo-Arnuncio

Juha Merilä

Juha-Pekka Vähä

Julian Dodson

Jutta Burger

Ken Currens

Kentaro Morita

Kermit Ritland

Kjetil Hindar

Kristin Mercer

Lauren Buckley

Lisa Dorn

Lisa Crozier

M. Joanne Morgan

Marc Tatar

Marie-Héléne Muller

Marie-Josée Fortin

Marjorie Matocq

Mark Woolhouse

Marylène Boulet

Masa-aki Fukuwaka

Maureen Purcell

Melanie Murphy

Michael Bonsall

Michael Brockhurst

Michael Hansen

Michael Kinnison

Michael Turelli

Michael Angilletta

Michael Blouin

Michelle Dudash

Michelle Tseng

Mike Gilchrist

Mike Healey

Mikko Heino

Molly Manier

Neil Lobo

Neil Tsutsui

Nicole Mideo

Nora Besansky

Outi Savolainen

Paul Bentzen

Paul Leberg

Paul Schmid-Hempel

Paul Turner

Paulo Prodohl

Pengxin Lu

Peter Biro

Rachel Vallender

Ray Hilborn

Ray Huey

Rees Kassen

Rick Gustafson

Robert Gatenby

Robert Godfree

Robert Lacy

Robert Park

Robin Bush

Roger Cousens

Roger Doyle

Roland Regoes

Russell Bonduriansky

Ruth Hufbauer

Scott Findlay

Scott Wilson

Sebastien Barot

Sigurd Einum

Sofia Consuegra

Stephan Munch

Stephanie Carlson

Stephen Roberts

Stephen Stearns

Steve Lindley

Steve Lougheed

Thomas Hansen

Thomas Lenormand

Thrond Haugen

Thure Hauser

Todd Seamons

Tom Quinn

Travis Marsico

Ülo Väli

Véronique Theriault

Vitaly Ganusov

Yolanda Morbey

Yvonne Willi