Impact of Climate Change on Individual, Population, Community and Ecosystems
A special issue of Biology (ISSN 2079-7737). This special issue belongs to the section "Ecology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 183
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ecological restoration; animal ecology; pest management; wildlife conservation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute your latest research findings to the Special Issue titled “Impact of Climate Change on Individual, Population, Community and Ecosystems”. Climate change remains a significant challenge for both humans and the natural world, affecting every organism in the ecosystem through various pathways. Understanding the impact of climate change on biology and their response to climate change is the foundation for predicting ecosystem development and developing ecosystem management strategies. The impact of climate change varies at different ecological scales. It may benefit the survival of individual organisms, but at the ecosystem scale, it may cause potential ecological disasters.
This Special Issue aims to bridge these gaps by synthesizing research that explicitly links processes across multiple levels of biological organization. We seek to foster an integrated perspective that is essential for predicting future ecological states and informing effective mitigation and adaptation strategies. The collection particularly focuses on the changes in the effects of climate change at different scales—whether they are consistent or opposite. The Special Issue also encourages researchers to fill in the mechanisms and pathways by which climate change affects biological traits.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Studies tracing the cascading effects of climate change from physiological traits to ecosystem processes.
- Research on climate-induced mismatches in species interactions and their population- or community-level consequences.
- Analyses of how changes in biodiversity mediate ecosystem stability and function under climate scenarios.
- Investigations into adaptive capacity and evolutionary rescue across different scales.
- Methodological papers advancing cross-scale integration, including novel modelling frameworks or multi-scale experimental designs.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Zhenggang Xu
Prof. Dr. Wensheng Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- climate change
- cross-scale interactions
- ecosystem resilience
- ecological forecasting
- biodiversity shifts
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