Evolution, Genetics, and Conservation of Wildlife Respond to Environmental Changes
A special issue of Biology (ISSN 2079-7737). This special issue belongs to the section "Conservation Biology and Biodiversity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 116
Special Issue Editors
Interests: response and adaptation of biodiversity under climate change and human activities; scientific conservation measures using micro- and macro-scale approaches
Interests: environmental DNA; molecular ecology and environmental genomics; community ecology; biodiversity conservation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to our upcoming Special Issue. In the era of accelerating global climate change, habitat degradation, and expanding anthropogenic impacts, wildlife faces unprecedented survival pressures. Environmental changes not only exert direct influences on species distributions and behavioral patterns but also reshape genetic architectures and evolutionary pathways through selective pressures. A comprehensive understanding of these complex dynamics is essential for formulating effective, evidence-based conservation policies.
This Special Issue aims to provide an academically inclusive platform for open discussions among scholars.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include, but not are limited to, the following: (1) rapid evolutionary response mechanisms in wildlife under environmental change; (2) the application of conservation genetics and genomics; (3) eco-evolutionary dynamics modeling; (4) integration of genomic tools with ecological models; and (5) biodiversity conservation and resilient ecosystem management under environmental change. In addition, we encourage scholars to submit other articles related to the above-mentioned themes. It is with great enthusiasm that we invite you to contribute to the development of the academic subject in this field.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Jiang Chang
Dr. Shuping Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- environmental change
- wildlife
- rapid evolution
- genetic diversity
- conservation genomics
- environmental DNA
- species distribution models
- adaptive evolution
- eco-evolutionary dynamics
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