Biodiversity Loss & Dynamics
A section of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818).
Section Information
Natural ecosystems are currently threatened by a range of impacts, from regional climate change to point-source pollution and everything in between—for example, habitat fragmentation or invasive species. One of the most visible effects of these impacts is the loss of taxonomic diversity, from the level of genes to species. This section will highlight studies that investigate these losses as well as their causes and consequences. However, to fully understand biodiversity loss and predict its impacts, fundamental research in the dynamics associated with these biodiversity patterns are both important and necessary. The following types of studies are also of interest to this section, so long as their connection to biodiversity loss is clear and explicit.
Keywords
- Climate change
- Global warming
- Pollution
- Habitat fragmentation
- Habitat loss
- Invasive species
- Overexploitation
- Pollution
- Resource extraction
- Urbanization
- Habitat conversion
- Wildlife trade
- Extinction
- Species at risk
- Community ecology
- Biodiversity–ecosystem functioning
- Biodiversity loss
- Conservation
- Stability
- Sustainable development
- Taxonomic hotspots
- Biomonitoring
Editorial Board
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Monitoring of Insect Biodiversity Loss (Deadline: 15 February 2023)
- Effects of Climate Change and Anthropogenic Activities on Mammal Biodiversity (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- Ecology and Conservation of the Endangered Sage Scrub Ecosystem (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- State-of-the-Art Biodiversity Research in Poland (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- eDNA for Basic and Applied Sciences (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- Wildlife Population Ecology and Spatial Ecology under Global Change (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- Ecotones as Diversity Drivers: New Research Perspective from Boundaries and Border Habitats (Deadline: 5 June 2023)
- Multi-Criteria Analyses for Biodiversity and Ecosystems Protection: Integrative Approaches at Local, Regional and Global Scales (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Recent Studies of Invasion Ecology in the Mediterranean Basin (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Ecology and Management of Forest Insects in the Anthropocene (Deadline: 10 July 2023)
- Climate Change: Vegetation Diversity Monitoring (Deadline: 10 August 2023)
- Emerging Alien Species and Their Invasion Processes (Deadline: 20 August 2023)
- Community Ecology, Macroecological Patterns and Conservation of Tropical Beetles (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Biodiversity of Invertebrates (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Peatland Ecosystems under Climate Change (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Aspects of Honey Bee Colonies Losses (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Diversity in Extreme Environments (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
