Reprint

2021 Feature Papers by Diversity’s Editorial Board Members

Volume II

Edited by
January 2024
512 pages
  • ISBN978-3-0365-9957-1 (Hardback)
  • ISBN978-3-0365-9958-8 (PDF)

This book is a reprint of the Special Issue 2021 Feature Papers by Diversity’s Editorial Board Members that was published in

This book is part of the book set 2021 Feature Papers by Diversity’s Editorial Board Members

Biology & Life Sciences
Environmental & Earth Sciences
Summary

The journal “Diversity” has a competent and ambitious international Editorial Board. A number of the EB members published their research in a Special Issue in 2021. About 52 publications on biodiversity, ecology and evolution are organized in this Special Issue.

The publications cover a broad range of several timely aspects of biodiversity, such as invasive species; biodiversity management; floristics; Citizen Science; the influence of human activities on plant, insect, mammal, bird, reptile and amphibia populations; parasites; genetic diversity and DNA barcoding; as well as microbiome, genome and transcriptome studies. Additionally, taxonomic and biosystematic topics, with the description of new species, including a new species of dinosaur, are covered in several of the SI publications.

Format
  • Hardback
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© 2022 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
primates; Laotian langur; Assamese macaque; Phou Hin Poun National Protected Area; surveys; ecology; conservation; interspecific interactions; Mugilidae; Cytochrome Oxidase I; Arabian Sea; cryptic species; sequence divergence; Polychaete Eunicida; Polychaete Serpulidae; marine bioconstructions; polychaete diversity; mesophotic bioconstructions; Mediterranean Sea; Southeastern Italian coast; Italian fauna; Papua New Guinea; biodiversity; threats; conservation; SWOT analysis; ecosystem; planning; resources; prioritization; protists; cyanobacteria; rotifers; crustacea; hypersaline conditions; Messolonghi saltworks; Sciurus vulgaris; yellow-necked mouse; tits; common starling; Hymenoptera; nest-dwelling invertebrates; anthropogenic transformation; rotifera; distribution; checklist; taxonomy; avian mortality; cat-bird interactions; cat predation; citizen science; domestic cat; human-wildlife conflict; wildlife rehabilitation; cryoenvironments; prokaryotic diversity; prokaryotic abundance; microbial metabolic activities; predictive functional profiling; Antarctic lakes’ brines; hot-spring keel-back; distribution; habitat suitability; Hengduan Mountains; Qinghai-Tibet-Plateau; sunscreens; UV filters; nanoparticles; coastal areas; coral reef; ecotoxicology; contentious invasive species; invasive properties; ecosystem services; phytochemical properties; weed; zebra mussel; Aegagropila linnaei; Europe; aquarium; invasive species; costal dunes; cross-pollination; reproductive success index; seed germination; incompatibility index; self-pollination; scorpions; taxonomy; phylogenetics; species delimitation; COI; genetic degradation; morphology; Procambarus clarkii; Crustacea; Decapoda; vitellogenesis; digital gene expression analysis; discoidal lipoprotein; β-glucan binding protein; seed shattering; yield loss; herbicide resistance; hybrid fitness; weed management; preventative measures; cultural practices; alien species; archipelago; biodiversity; databases; endemism; evolutionary arena; GBIF; invasive species; island biogeography; island biota; Macaronesia; macroecology; non-native alien species; plants; TRY; EU Biodiversity Strategy; Victoria Land; molecular phylogeny; cox1; 28S; biogeography; terrestrial invertebrates; acari; Stereotydeus spp.; Caridea; phylogeny; morphology; new taxon; Oplophoroidea; filamentous cyanobacteria; Microcoleusiopsis ganfuensis; polyphasic; taxonomy; sauropodomorph; Triassic; plateosaurid; dinosaur; Greenland; diversity; ecosystem engineers; facilitation; edge effect; seagrass; hydrodynamics; food availability; stable isotopes; mimics; amphibian decline; invasive alien species; predatory risk; size-selective predation; Pelophylax ridibundus; water frogs; freshwater invertebrates; invertebrate traits; litter decomposition; mesocosms; primary salinization; seawater intrusion; Mesobiotus harmsworthi group; Mesobiotus furciger group; morphogroup; new species; tardigrades; taxonomy; phylogeny; transcriptome; gene expression pattern; Colubridae; visual adaption; phototransduction; circadian; mitochondrial genome; molecular phylogeny; gene order; avian malaria; Alectoris rufa; host-parasite co-evolution; hunting; farm-reared birds; Plasmodium; introduced parasites; senescence; reproductive allocation; terminal investment; reproductive restraint; resource availability; α diversity; β diversity; multivariate pseudo-standard error; plant biodiversity; protected areas; sampling optimization; ecological network analysis; emergy analysis; ascendency; Ligurian Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Helix; Codringtonia; Caucasotachea; Levantina; taxonomy; phylogeography; Western Palaearctic; Europe; Middle East; gastropod; ant diversity; PTP; species complex; species delimitation; tropical savanna; Alectoris chukar; gamebirds; geometric morphometrics; morphometry; morphological diversity; Blenniidae; phylogeny; Parablennius; Salaria; Reynoutria ssp.; Collembola; Nematodes; habitat type; novel ecosystems; diversity; distribution; Theileria; tick vectors; South Asia; benthic coupling; fisheries modelling; Bayesian networks; spatially explicit; Baltic Sea; non-stationary; regime shift; resilience; sustainability; high mountain biogeography; climate change ecology; refugia; niche heterogeneity; industry; commerce; business; farming; chemistry; health; medicine; Aquila chrysaetos; golden eagle; diet diversity; foraging; alternative prey; Testudo spp.; Greece; raptors; tortoise predation; black pine; cedar; competition; ecological niche; paleoecology; abundance; agriculture; anthropogenic activity; community assemblage; industrial activities; intermediate disturbance; rodents; species richness; riparian zones; riparian buffers; streams; rivers; riverscapes; watersheds; catchments; conservation; ascidian; Bonnierilla; Doropygus; Janstockia; Leucothoe; Styelicola; Notodelphyidae; Phallusia nigra; Red Sea; Osmia cornuta; Osmia rufa; biotope; semi-field conditions; artificial nests; section analysis parasites; pathogens; Heterobranchia; iNaturalist; Mollusca; Solitary Islands Marine Park; volunteer; European pied flycatcher; Ficedula hypoleuca; extra-pair mating behaviour; extra-pair copulations; extra-pair paternity; Western Siberia; episelective evolution; phenotypic polymorphism; structural genomics; chromosomal inversion; supergene; functional genomics; hormonal plasticity; frequency-dependent selection; cryptic female choice of sperm; sexual selection; eco-evolutionary dynamics; Peramelemorphia; marsupials; phylogeny; ecospace; DNA authentication; Mytilidae; ecosystem engineer; coastal systems; macrobenthos; associated fauna; pollution; harvesting; trampling; dredging; trawling