Ecology has developed from a descriptive science to a scientific field that has fostered general theories such as island theory and optimal foraging. It has become a hypothesis-driven science with scientists around the world working on the same body of theory. Although this has been fruitful, it also poses an increasing challenge for the reviewing process. This is due to not only the growing number of manuscripts and the increasing complexity of experimental design and statistical analyses [1,2], but also the expanding number of species and ecosystems that are studied.