Announcements

Our Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Office have selected a number of papers to be displayed in the Editor’s Choice Articles section and all of them have been proven to be particularly interesting to authors or otherwise important to the field. Recently, the Editorial Office selected the following papers from the most-cited publications of 2020:

1. “Potential of DNA Intercalating Alkaloids and Other Plant Secondary Metabolites against SARS-CoV-2 Causing COVID-19”
by Michael Wink
Diversity 2020, 12(5), 175; https://doi.org/10.3390/d12050175
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/12/5/175

2. “A Common Approach to the Conservation of Threatened Island Vascular Plants: First Results in the Mediterranean Basin”
by Giuseppe Fenu et al.
Diversity 2020, 12(4), 157; https://doi.org/10.3390/d12040157
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/12/4/157

3. “Plant Diversity Patterns and Conservation Implications under Climate-Change Scenarios in the Mediterranean: The Case of Crete (Aegean, Greece)”
by Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis et al.
Diversity 2020, 12(7), 270; https://doi.org/10.3390/d12070270
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/12/7/270

4. “Austrian COLOSS Survey of Honey Bee Colony Winter Losses 2018/19 and Analysis of Hive Management Practices”
by Hannes Oberreiter et al.
Diversity 2020, 12(3), 99; https://doi.org/10.3390/d12030099
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/12/3/99

5. “More Than a Functional Group: Diversity within the Legume–Rhizobia Mutualism and Its Relationship with Ecosystem Function”
by Benton N. Taylor et al.
Diversity 2020, 12(2), 50; https://doi.org/10.3390/d12020050
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/12/2/50

6. “Revised Calculation of Kalinowski’s Ancestral and New Inbreeding Coefficients”
by Harmen P. Doekes et al.
Diversity 2020, 12(4), 155; https://doi.org/10.3390/d12040155
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/12/4/155

7. “The Role of Climate and Topography in Shaping the Diversity of Plant Communities in Cabo Verde Islands”
by Carlos Neto et al.
Diversity 2020, 12(2), 80; https://doi.org/10.3390/d12020080
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/12/2/80

8. “Longitude, Forest Fragmentation, and Plant Size Influence Cycas micronesica Mortality Following Island Insect Invasions”
by Thomas E. Marler et al.
Diversity 2020, 12(5), 194; https://doi.org/10.3390/d12050194
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/12/5/194

9. “Highlighting the Crude Oil Bioremediation Potential of Marine Fungi Isolated from the Port of Oran (Algeria)”
by Ahlem Maamar et al.
Diversity 2020, 12(5), 196; https://doi.org/10.3390/d12050196
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/12/5/196

10. “Knowing the Enemy: Inducible Defences in Freshwater Zooplankton”
by Patricia Diel et al.
Diversity 2020, 12(4), 147; https://doi.org/10.3390/d12040147
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/12/4/147

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the research groups behind these exceptional papers for their contributions to Diversity (ISSN: 1424-2818). We would greatly appreciate it if you could circulate this document among your colleagues or through your network.

If you want to learn more about the contributions published in the “Editor’s Choice”, please click the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/diversity/editors_choice.