Biogeography and Macroecology
A section of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818).
Section Information
Biogeography attempts to document and understand patterns of biodiversity changes through space and time. Macroecology focuses on the relationships between organisms and their environment, which involves characterizing and explaining statistical patterns of abundance, distribution, and diversity. Patterns and processes in biogeography and macroecology must be considered in reference to the three scales of space, time, and environmental change, which are closely interrelated. The scope of this Section is thus wide, ranging from the evolution of higher taxa to population and community ecology, through speciation and the development of faunas and floras. The Section Biogeography and Macroecology is resolutely multidisciplinary, using insights from omics disciplines to big data analyses, and covers all living or extinct organisms. As Diversity is a generalist journal, specialized or local studies will be evaluated only if discussion illustrates general questions in relation to biogeography and macroecology. Experimental and field studies are preferred, but theoretical studies are welcome if dealing with an original approach to biogeography and macroecology. Some topical keywords are listed below but are by no means exclusive:
- Adaptive radiation
- Biodiversity
- Colonization
- Climate change
- Dispersal
- Distribution
- Environmental factors
- Extinction
- Global change
- Island biogeography
- Landscape ecology
- Life history
- Metacommunity
- Metaecosystem
- Metapopulation
- Migration
- Phylogeny
- Spatial ecology
- Speciation
Editorial Board
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Hotspots of Subterranean Biodiversity II (Deadline: 1 July 2023)
- Diversity and Distribution of Wildlife Species in Relation to Human Impacts (Deadline: 15 August 2023)
- Geographic Distribution and Diversity of Animal Parasitic Mites (Deadline: 15 September 2023)
- Alpine Biodiversity (Deadline: 30 October 2023)
- Response and Adaptation of Grassland Biodiversity to Natural and Human Disturbances (Deadline: 15 November 2023)
- Diversity and Spatiotemporal Distribution of Nekton (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
- Phylogeny, Taxonomy and Ecosystems of Lichens (Deadline: 30 December 2023)
- Climate Change and Human Activities Impact on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Ecology and Evolution of Mammals in Europe (Deadline: 7 January 2024)
- Phylogeny, Biogeography and Diversity of Crustaceans (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Methods to Strengthen Protected Area Conservation and Management on the National Level (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
Topical Collection
Following topical collection within this section is currently open for submissions: