Special Issue "Diversity Theories and Perspectives"

Guest Editor
Dr. Carlo Ricotta
Department of Plant Biology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, P.zale A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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Interests: community ecology; diversity indices; functional traits; landscape ecology; scaling; spatial ecology

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is aimed at soliciting a collection of Forum papers discussing all aspects of ecological diversity from the author’s specific perspective: what is our today’s knowledge, what needs to be done, what are the most controversial points, etc.

All submitted papers are subject to ordinary peer-review, nonetheless the authors are encouraged to communicate their own ideas in an informal (though scholarly rigorous) colloquial style.

Dr. Carlo Ricotta
Guest Editor

Submission Information

All manuscripts should be submitted to diversity@mdpi.org with a copy to the Guest Editor. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. Papers will be published continuously (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are refereed through a peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Diversity is an international peer-reviewed Open Access monthly journal published by MDPI.

For the first two issues, to be published in 2009 and 2010, the Article Processing Charges (APC) will be waived for well-prepared manuscripts. English correction and/or formatting fees of 250 CHF (Swiss Francs) will be charged in certain cases for those articles accepted for publication that require extensive additional formatting and/or English corrections.