Protecting Endangered Species: Second Edition
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Ecology and Conservation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 1479
Special Issue Editor
Interests: ecological adaptation, endocrine regulation and genetic evolution of animal behavior, and relate animal behavior to conservation biology of endangered species; monitor the biodiversity in many different regions and study the hotspots of biodiversity science
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Endangered animals need more attention due to their vulnerability and sensitivity to environmental deterioration and human disturbance. This Special Issue aims to provide knowledge on the conservation of endangered species and threatened animals through original articles, reviews, case reports, short communications, etc. This Special Issue will allow researchers, students, and wildlife managers worldwide to share their best animal protection studies and experiences. This Special Issue covers all endangered and threatened animals in the world, which is a species listed as Near Threatened (NT), Vulnerable (VU), Endangered (EN), Critically Endangered (CR), and Extinct in the Wild (EW) in The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN, 2022) or listed as an endangered species of a country or region. The scope of this Special Issue focuses on the endangered species themselves, the habitats they depend on, the influencing factors faced by endangered animals, the genetics issue of the protected animals, the theory and method of conservation, and the conservation policy. The disciplines related to this Special Issue may include conservation biology, behavior, genetics, physiology, endocrinology, evolutionary conservation biology, etc.
Dr. Chunwang Li
Guest Editor
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Animals is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- endangered animals
- threatened animals
- recovered species
- animal conservation
- in situ conservation
- ex situ conservation
- habitat conservation
- human disturbance
- wildlife management
- conservation policy
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- Protecting Endangered Species in Animals (18 articles)
