Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI
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Prof. Dr. Michael Wink
Prof. Dr. Michael Wink
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Editor-in-Chief
Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 329, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Interests: phytochemistry; molecular pharmacology of medicinal and toxic plants; alkaloids; evolution; chemical ecology; ornithology; phylogeny and evolution
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Special Issue in
Molecules: Plant Natural Products against Human Parasites
Special Issue in
Molecules: Diversity of Alkaloids
Special Issue in
Diversity: Feature Papers for Celebrating the tenth Founding Year of Diversity
Special Issue in
Diversity: Genomic Analyses of Avian Evolution
Special Issue in
Diversity: Selected Papers from International Eurasian Ornithology Congress (IEOC 2018)
Special Issue in
International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Alkaloids—Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Medicinal Uses
Special Issue in
Diversity: Selected Papers from 1st International Electronic Conference on Biological Diversity, Ecology, and Evolution (BDEE 2021)
Special Issue in
Diversity: 2021 Feature Papers by Diversity’s Editorial Board Members
Special Issue in
Diversity: Selected Papers from the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Diversity - Animals, Plants and Microbes (IECD 2022)
Special Issue in
Diversity: Diversity in 2022
Special Issue in
Diversity: Diversity in 2023
Special Issue in
Diversity: Selected Papers from International Eurasian Ornithology Congress (IEOC 2023)
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Diversity: 2024 Feature Papers by Diversity’s Editorial Board Members
Special Issue in
Diversity: Selected Papers from 3rd International Electronic Conference on Biological Diversity, Ecology, and Evolution (IECD 2024)
Special Issue in
Diversity: Diversity in 2024
Special Issue in
Diversity: 15th Anniversary of Diversity—Biodiversity, Conservation and Ecology of Animals, Plants and Microorganisms
Special Issue in
Diversity: Diversity in 2025
Special Issue in
Diversity: 2025 Feature Papers by Diversity’s Editorial Board Members
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Diversity: Selected Papers from the 4th International Online Conference on Diversity: Biodiversity of Animals, Plants and Microorganisms (IOCDV 2026)
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Diversity: Diversity in 2026
Prof. Dr. Michel Baguette
Prof. Dr. Michel Baguette
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1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UAR 2029, Station d'Ecologie Théorique et Expérimentale, 09200 Moulis, France
2. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Institut Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), UMR 7205, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, 75241 Paris, France
Interests: genotype-phenotype interactions; phenotypic diversity; sexual selection; metapopulation biology; dispersal; migration; adaptive radiation; coevolution
* Section: Biogeography and Macroecology
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Dr. Simon Blanchet
Dr. Simon Blanchet
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Station d’Ecologie Théorique et Expérimentale, UPR 2021, Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Université Paul Sabatier, 09200 Moulis, France
Interests: freshwater ecology; population (epi-)genetics; ecosystem functioning; host-parasite interactions; evolutionary ecology; habitat fragmentation; conservation biology
* Section: Freshwater Biodiversity
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Prof. Dr. Miguel Ferrer
Prof. Dr. Miguel Ferrer
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Biological Station of Doñana, Spanish National Research Council, Avda. Américo Vespucio s/n, 41092 Seville, Spain
Interests: vertebrates ecology and behavior; conservation biology; bird migration; global change
* Section: Biodiversity Conservation
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Prof. Dr. Bert W. Hoeksema
Prof. Dr. Bert W. Hoeksema
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1. Taxonomy and Systematics Group, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
2. Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 11103, 9700 CC Groningen, The Netherlands
Interests: stony corals; coral-associated fauna; coral reef conservation; coral taxonomy; coral trade; tropical marine biodiversity; marine invertebrates; marine biogeography; phylogeny reconstructions; marine invasives
* Section: Marine Diversity
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Prof. Dr. Matjaž Kuntner
Prof. Dr. Matjaž Kuntner
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Department of Organisms and Ecosystems Research, National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Interests: evolution; systematics; biogeography
* Section: Phylogeny and Evolution
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Dr. Ipek Kurtboke
Dr. Ipek Kurtboke
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School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, QLD 4558, Australia
Interests: microbial ecology and diversity; microbial systematics; biodiscovery; microbial biotechnology applied; environmental and industrial microbiology; marine microbiology; biological control; actinomycetology; bacteriophages
* Section: Microbial Diversity and Culture Collections
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Dr. Luc Legal
Dr. Luc Legal
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Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement, UMR 5245 (CNRS-UPS-INPT) Batiment IVR1/Université Paul Sabatier, 118 Route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse CEDEX 9, France
Interests: molecular evolution; dynamic of communities and populations; plant–insect interactions, ecology; tools: mitochondrial DNA; ISSR; cuticular hydrocarbons; field ecology; model organisms: lepidoptera; diptera; spiders
* Section: Animal Diversity
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Dr. Mario A. Pagnotta
Dr. Mario A. Pagnotta
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Department of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, Tuscia University, Via S. C. de Lellis, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
Interests: plant population genetics; plant evolution and domestication; in situ and ex situ conservation of plant germplasm; molecular characterization; molecular markers; molecular evolution; plant breeding
* Section: Plant Diversity
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Prof. Dr. José L. Tella
Prof. Dr. José L. Tella
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CSIC-Estación Biológica de Doñana EBD, 41092 Seville, Spain
Interests: biological invasions; conservation biology; ecology and conservation of parrots; Neotropical birds; seed dispersal; threatened species; urban birds; wildlife trade
* Section: Biodiversity Loss & Dynamics
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Prof. Dr. Ben-Erik Van Wyk
Prof. Dr. Ben-Erik Van Wyk
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SARChI National Research Chair in Indigenous Plant Use, Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa
Interests: plant systematics; plant taxonomy; Apiaceae (Umbelliferae); Fabaceae (Leguminosae); chemosystematics; useful plants; medicinal plants; ethnobotany
* Section: Chemical Diversity and Chemical Ecology
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Dr. Tamer Albayrak
Dr. Tamer Albayrak
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Editorial Board Member
Department of Biology, Science Faculty, Dokuz Eylül University, 35390 İzmir, Turkey
Interests: evolutionary biology; behavioural ecology; host-parasite interactions; ornithology; population genomics
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Prof. Dr. Pedro M. Anastácio
Prof. Dr. Pedro M. Anastácio
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MARE—Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Departamento de Paisagem, Ambiente e Ordenamento, Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Évora, 7000-671 Évora, Portugal
Interests: ecological modelling; aquatic ecology; biological invasions; freshwater fauna; invasive species dispersal
Dr. Demetra Andreou
Dr. Demetra Andreou
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Department of Environmental and Life Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus, Poole BH12 5BB, UK
Interests: parasite dynamics; host-parasite coevolution; emerging diseases; invasive species; environmental DNA
Prof. Dr. Conxita Avila
Prof. Dr. Conxita Avila
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Editorial Board Member
Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences (BEECA), Faculty of Biology, and Biodiversity Research Institute (IrBIO), University of Barcelona, Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Interests: marine invertebrates; marine chemical ecology and Antarctic benthos
Dr. Sérgio P. Ávila
Dr. Sérgio P. Ávila
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1. CIBIO-Açores, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos
Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, 9500-321 Pólo dos Açores,
Azores, Portugal
2. Departamento de Biologia, Universidade dos Açores, 9501-801 Ponta
Delgada, Açores, Portugal
Interests: (palaeo)biogeography, palaeontology, (palaeo)ecology and (palaeo)biodiversity of shallow-water marine invertebrates in volcanic oceanic islands; evolutionary patterns and processes and assembling rules of the shallow-water marine fauna in insular ecosystems
Prof. Dr. Giovanni Bacaro
Prof. Dr. Giovanni Bacaro
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Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, via L. Giorgieri 10, 34127 Trieste, Italy
Interests: ecological modelling; ecosystem functioning; ecosystem services; invasive alien species; plant diversity; spatial ecology; statistics
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Prof. Dr. Ming Bai
Prof. Dr. Ming Bai
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Editorial Board Member
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Interests: insect diversity; molecular systematics; geometric morphometrics; 3D morphology; functional morphology; biogeography; AI taxonomy; Intelligent insect monitoring; fossil
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Dr. João Pedro Barreiros
Dr. João Pedro Barreiros
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cE3c—Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE—Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and the Environment, University of the Azores, PT-9700-042 Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
Interests: marine and freshwater megafauna; ichthyology; herpetology; ethology
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Prof. Dr. Davide Bassi
Prof. Dr. Davide Bassi
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Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Via Saragat 1, 44122 Ferrara, Italy
Interests: fossil and living larger foraminifera and calcareous algae; paleoecology; marine paleoenvironments; paleobiogeography; carbonate sedimentology; Cenozoic
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Dr. Rüdiger Bieler
Dr. Rüdiger Bieler
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Editorial Board Member
Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, USA
Interests: biogeography; evolutionary biology; systematics; phylogeny; marine Mollusca
Prof. Dr. Daniel G. Blackburn
Prof. Dr. Daniel G. Blackburn
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Editorial Board Member
Department of Biology, Life Sciences Center, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106, USA
Interests: functional morphology of placentas in viviparous reptiles; fetal membrane morphology and development in reptiles; evolution of vertebrate viviparity; history of evolutionary thought; history and demise of concepts of biological “race”
Dr. Stephen Blake
Dr. Stephen Blake
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Editorial Board Member
Department of Biology, Saint Louis University (SU), St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
Interests: wildlife ecology; wildlife conservation; conservation biology; biodiversity; ecology; zoology; endangered species; conservation; wildlife
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Dr. Emilie Boissin
Dr. Emilie Boissin
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USR3278 CRIOBE, Universite de Perpignan, 66860 Perpignan CEDEX, France
Interests: marine biodiversity patterns; conservation genetics; invasion biology; echinoderms and cnidarians; phylogeography; hologenome evolution; microbiome; coral reefs
Dr. James J. Cai
Dr. James J. Cai
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Editorial Board Member
Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
Interests: human population genomics; molecular evolution and bioinformatics
Dr. Agustín Camacho
Dr. Agustín Camacho
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Editorial Board Member
Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Avenida Américo Vespucio, núm 26 Isla de la Cartuja, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
Interests: ecophysiology; behavior, ecology; macroecology; herpetofauna; arthropods; ectothermic animals; thermal biology
Dr. Fabián Casas
Dr. Fabián Casas
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Department of Zoology, Universidad de Granada,18071 Granada, Spain
Interests: wildlife management; biodiversity conservation; ecology; ornithology; hunting management; farmland; animal behaviour
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Dr. Alessandro Catenazzi
Dr. Alessandro Catenazzi
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Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
Interests: conservation biology; ecology; biodiversity; amphibian biology; herpetology
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Dr. Maria Teresa Ceccherini Guicciardini
Dr. Maria Teresa Ceccherini Guicciardini
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Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, University of Florence, Piazzale delle Cascine 28, 50144 Florence, Italy
Interests: soil DNA; soil metagenome; real-time PCR; microbial ecology; forest soil; agricultural soil
Dr. Simone Ceccobelli
Dr. Simone Ceccobelli
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Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche 10, 60131 Ancona, Italy
Interests: animal genetics; livestock genetic resources; molecular markers; livestock biodiversity; livestock conservation genomics; animal breeding and genetics