2nd Edition: Macro-Ecology, Macro-Evolution and Conservation of Animals and Plants
A special issue of Biology (ISSN 2079-7737). This special issue belongs to the section "Evolutionary Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2024) | Viewed by 2175
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biodiversity conservation; ecological modeling; statistical inference; macroecology; phylogeny
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Over the past two decades, ecological and evolutionary research has been booming because of the integration of different disciplines, such as geography, computer science and big data science. Macro-ecology and macro-evolution are sprouting because of these interdisciplinary studies. However, they can become even more prosperous in the light of conservation, as human society and nature are now in an unprecedented era with extraordinary changes. Toward this end, in this Special Issue, we welcome the submission of papers that address the relevant conservation issues from the macro-ecological and macro-evolutionary perspectives. Interested authors are not necessarily required to submit their papers with sufficiently large spatial scales or long-term experimental periods. The submitted manuscripts should fit our Special Issue as long as the ideas and results convey take-home messages regarding the conservation, resilience or mitigation of biodiversity under global change and human influence.
Prof. Dr. Youhua Chen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biodiversity conservation
- global change biology
- plant ecology
- animal ecology
- geographic information system
- macro-genetics
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