地理區域覆蓋,博物學家東南部涵蓋陸地的自然歷史科學的所有方面,淡水,海洋生物和環境的一部分北美東南部,大約有界從北卡羅萊納南佛羅里達,西德克薩斯,俄克拉何馬州北部,東回到北卡羅萊納。基于本區域以外實地研究的提供本區域內物種信息的手稿可由編輯酌情考慮。手稿主題-該雜志歡迎基于對陸地、淡水、海洋生物和群落生物學的觀察和研究的手稿，因為它涉及到它們的生活史、它們在環境和棲息地中的功能、利用和適應，以及物種和棲息地的生態和保護。這些研究可能包括實地測量、調查和/或在實驗室條件下的實驗，或利用博物館和植物標本室的標本。學科領域包括但不限于解剖學、行為學、生物地理學、生物學、保護學、進化論、生態學、遺傳學、寄生蟲學、生理學、種群生物學和分類學。對該地區自然歷史方面的嚴格的實驗室、建模和模擬研究，沒有任何領域的成分，將被考慮出版，只要研究對領域博物學家有直接和明確的意義，手稿討論這些含義。特殊問題-東南自然學家歡迎基于一系列邀請文章或會議記錄的特殊問題的建議。特刊編輯可以依靠期刊工作人員多年的經驗，有效地處理與特刊出版有關的大多數細節。

Geographical region covered - The Southeastern Naturalist covers all aspects of the natural history sciences of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine organisms and the environments of the southeastern portion of North America, roughly bounded from North Carolina south to Florida, west to Texas, north to Oklahoma, and east back to North Carolina. Manuscripts based on field studies outside of this region that provide information on species within this region may be considered at the Editor’s discretion.Manuscript subject matter - The journal welcomes manuscripts based on observations and research focused on the biology of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine organisms and communities as it relates to their life histories and their function within, use of, and adaptation to the environment and the habitats in which they are found, as well as on the ecology and conservation of species and habitats. Such studies may encompass measurements, surveys, and/or experiments in the field, under lab conditions, or utilizing museum and herbarium specimens. Subject areas include, but are not limited to, anatomy, behavior, biogeography, biology, conservation, evolution, ecology, genetics, parasitology, physiology, population biology, and taxonomy. Strict lab, modeling, and simulation studies on natural history aspects of the region, without any field component, will be considered for publication as long as the research has direct and clear significance to field naturalists and the manuscript discusses these implications.Special issues - The Southeastern Naturalist welcomes proposals for special issues that are based on a series of invitational articles or on conference proceedings. Special issue editors can rely on the journal staff’s years of experiences in efficiently handling most details relating to the publication of special issues.