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Biodiversity and Ecology in the Mediterranean Sea

edited by

Andrea De Felice

and

Iole Leonori

submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 12306 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; ecology; mediterranean sea; plankton; fish; environmental factors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Ecology and Conservation of Parrots

edited by

Sofia Solórzano

and

Maria Del Coro Arizmendi

submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9805 | Submission Open

Keywords: habitats and parrots conservation; parrots ecology; parrots demography; parrot feeding ecology; genetics and phylogenetics of parrots; social interactions and behavior of parrots

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Effects of Climate Change and Anthropogenic Activities on Mammal Biodiversity

edited by

Ricardo Siqueira Bovendorp

submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2081 | Submission Open

Keywords: defaunation; trophic cascade; ecosystem functioning; habitat loss; climate breakdown; mammals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Loss & Dynamics)

Avian Ecology and Diversity, Population Monitoring and Conservation II: Recent Advances and New Challenges

edited by

Huw Lloyd

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1990 | Submission Open

Keywords: avian ecology; avian diversity; population monitoring; bird conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Marine Ecosystem Restoration: Challenges and Opportunities

edited by

Valentina Costa

and

Veronica Santinelli

submission deadline 24 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5166 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine ecosystem restoration; habitat restoration; artificial reefs; seagrass beds; kelp forests; sustainable fishing and aquaculture; restoration strategies; innovative approaches; biodiversity conservation; ecosystem services; blue carbon

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Loss & Dynamics)

Freshwater Biodiversity Hotspots in 2024

edited by

Simon Blanchet

submission deadline 29 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3186 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic diversity; intraspecific diversity; phylogenetic diversity; functional diversity; species diversity; macroecology; biogeography; conservation; global change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Freshwater Biodiversity)

Diversity and Spatiotemporal Distribution of Nekton

edited by

Longshan Lin

submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15394 | Submission Open

Keywords: fishery resources; diversity and spatiotemporal distribution of nekton; fish biology; ichthyological ecology; fish taxonomy; fish populations; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biogeography and Macroecology)

Diversity in 2024

edited by

Michael Wink

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 24 articles | Viewed by 47465 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; conservation; ecology; phylogeny; evolution

2024 Feature Papers by Diversity’s Editorial Board Members

edited by

Michael Wink

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 29 articles | Viewed by 45315 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity concepts and applications; biodiversity assessment; biodiversity preservation

Shark Ecology

edited by

Primo Micarelli

and

Francesca Romana Reinero

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 21704 | Submission Open

Keywords: conservation actions; sharks; ecology; monitoring; threats; ecotoxicology; behavior

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Recent Advances in the Diversity and Taxonomy of Subterranean Arthropods

edited by

Srećko B. Ćurčić

and

Gordan S. Karaman

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 20896 | Submission Open

Keywords: underground environment; subterranean arthropods; troglobites; stygobites; taxonomy; biodiversity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phylogeny and Evolution)

Taxonomy, Biology and Evolution of Cephalopods

edited by

Xiaodong Zheng

and Ran Xu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 16095 | Submission Open

Keywords: cephalopods; taxonomy; biodiversity; conservation; ecology; evolution; genetics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

The Ligurian Sea and the National Biodiversity Future Centre (NBFC): Biodiversity Conservation in a Temperate Marine Environment under Threat

edited by

Schiaparelli Stefano

, Giorgio Bavestrello and Alice Guzzi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14672 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Biodiversity Conservation Planning and Assessment

edited by Yu Peng

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 14443 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant richness; plant diversity; biodiversity planning; biodiversity assessment; biodiversity conservation; plant diversity and biodiversity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)

Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystems Management—2nd Edition

edited by

Charalampos Dimitriadis

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12836 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Biodiversity and Ecology of Soil Fungal Communities

edited by

Xin-Cun Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12589 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal diversity; new species; new taxon; ecological function; soil community

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Diversity and Culture Collections)

Freshwater Zoobenthos Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12106 | Submission Open

Keywords: biogeography; DNA barcode; ecology; evolution; genomics; phylogeny; taxonomy; zoobenthos

(This special issue belongs to the Section Freshwater Biodiversity)

Diversity and Ecology of the Acari

edited by

Agnieszka Napierała

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 10641 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Diversity in Extreme Environments

edited by

Roberto Pizzolotto

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10417 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Loss & Dynamics)

Socioecology and Biodiversity Conservation—2nd Edition

edited by

Alfredo Ortega-Rubio

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 9862 | Submission Open

Keywords: socio-ecological; ecosystem services; biodiversity conservation; local inhabitants; environmental systems

Bacterial Symbionts of Invertebrates: Diversity, Transmission and Impacts

edited by

Monika Mioduchowska

and Edyta Konecka

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9508 | Submission Open

Keywords: bacterial (endo)symbionts; genetic diversity ; holobiont ; host– symbiont interaction ; metagenomics ; microbial ecology; communities and structure ; microbiome ; pathogenicity ; molecular evolution ; phylogeny

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Diversity and Culture Collections)

Advances in Functional Ecology: From Plant Functional Traits and Functional Diversity to Ecosystem Processes

edited by

Giovanni Bacaro

Enrico Tordoni

and

Francesco Petruzzellis

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8806 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)

Evaluating the Influence of Environmental Variables on Fish Ecology and Diversity

edited by

Lei Zhou

Junjie Wang

and

Chuanbo Guo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8703 | Submission Open

Keywords: fish ecology; environmental variables; water quality; habitat destruction; anthropogenic disturbance; conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Ecology and Conservation of Marine Megafauna

edited by

José Carlos Báez

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6533 | Submission Open

Keywords: bycatch; climate variability; ecological risk assessment; ecosystem approach; conservation management; marine protected areas

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Phytochemical Diversity of Plant-Based Foods and Implications for Health and Prevention of Disease

edited by

Ben-Erik Van Wyk

and

Nicholas J. Sadgrove

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5445 | Submission Open

Keywords: antioxidant; polyphenol; total phenolics; anti-inflammatory; prebiotic; anticoagulant

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Diversity and Chemical Ecology)

The Applications of Artificial Intelligence on the Conservation of Biodiversity

edited by

Xinhai Li

and

Guiming Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5437 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; natural language processing; natural resource sustainability; conservation of biodiversity; biodiversity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)

Marine Ecosystem Functioning and Food Webs under Climate Change

edited by

Anna-Maria Vafeiadou

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5272 | Submission Open

Keywords: trophic interactions; food webs; marine ecosystems; climate change; energy dynamics; ecosystem functions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Digitization of Natural History Collections for Biodiversity Science and Conservation

edited by

Bogdan Jackowiak

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4763 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity loss; conservation; biodiversity data collection; management and aggregation; a new source of biodiversity data; digital identification keys; digitalization of natural history collections; nomenclators and taxonomic databases; biological collections

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)

Microbial Diversity and Culture Collections Hotspots in 2024

edited by

Ipek Kurtboke

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4579 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial diversity; functional diversity; selective isolation; culturable and unculturable diversity; microbial genetic resources; conservation; preservation; culture collections; biological resource centres; unexplored microbial diversity; metagenomics; bioinformatics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Diversity and Culture Collections)

Diversity, Ecology and Genetics of Ciliates

edited by

Alexey Potekhin

and

Bettina Sonntag

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3808 | Submission Open

Keywords: Ciliophora; diversity; protistology; biogeography; microbial communities; symbiosis; speciation; macronucleus; epigenetics; genomics; adaptation and evolution; bioindicators; ecology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Applications on Environmental DNA in Aquatic Ecology and Biodiversity

edited by

Yahui Zhao

and Yingchun Xing

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2938 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental DNA; eDNA; biomonitoring; fish; conservation; biodiversity

Geographic Distribution and Diversity of Animal Parasitic Mites

edited by

Joanna N. Izdebska

and

Leszek Rolbiecki

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2809 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal parasitic mites; pathogenic mites; taxonomy; new taxa; and systematics; phylogeny; ecology; distribution; biodiversity; and regional diversity; host– parasite interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biogeography and Macroecology)

Landscape Science and Natural Resource Management

edited by

Luís C. Santos

and

Robert Mazur

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2700 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological restoration; sustainable agriculture; ecology

Biodiversity as Tools to Assess Impacts on Coastal Ecosystems

edited by

Hélio Hermínio Checon

Guilherme N. Corte

and

Pablo Muniz

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2561 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal management; bioindicators; biomonitors; biotic indices; sandy beaches; mangroves; estuaries; rocky shores; benthos; plankton; nekton

Biogeography and Macroecology Hotspots in 2024

edited by

Michel Baguette

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2274 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptive radiation; biodiversity; colonization; climate change; dispersal distribution; environmental factors; extinction; global change; island biogeography; landscape ecology; life history; metacommunity; meta ecosystem; metapopulation; migration; phylogeny; spatial ecology; speciation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biogeography and Macroecology)

Genetic Diversity and Plant Breeding

edited by Qiuyue Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1745 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic diversity; plant breeding; biotic and abiotic stresses

Selected Papers from 3rd International Electronic Conference on Biological Diversity, Ecology, and Evolution (IECD 2024)

edited by

Michael Wink

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 819 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant diversity; animal diversity; biodiversity conservation

Phytochemical Diversity, Ecosystem Services and Conservation of Food Plants

edited by

Ekaterina Kozuharova

Dessislava Dimitrova

and

Luca Rastrelli

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 661 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytochemical diversity; ecosystem services; conservation; food and edible plants; Ethnobotany; plant diversity; phytochemistry; wild vegetables; functional food; ethnogastronomy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)

Selected Papers from “Utilisation of Underutilized Species for Future Food Security and the Conservation of Biocultural Diversity”

edited by

Chunlin Long

and

Sarana Sommano

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 362 | Submission Open

Keywords: edible plant diversity; conservation; biocultural diversity

Forest Edge and Insect Diversity

edited by

Tibor Magura

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 337 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecology; biodiversity; edge effect; community; genetic diversity; functional diversity; phylogenetic diversity; ecosystem services; ecological processes

Diversity, Ecology, and Distribution of Parasites and Endosymbionts of Reptiles

edited by Rodrigo Megía-Palma and Emilio Civantos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 272 | Submission Open

Keywords: co-adaptation; sexual selection; ecography; phylogenetics; vector-borne parasites

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Impacts of Fisheries on Benthic Biodiversity and Ecosystems

edited by

Renato Mamede

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine biodiversity; benthic ecosystems; conservation and management of benthic ecosystems; fisheries; fishing disturbance on benthic ecosystems; fishery stock depletion; overfishing; IUU fishing; ghost nets; bottom trawling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Investigation of the Biology, Ecology, Distribution of Marine Macrozoobenthic Communities—2nd Edition

edited by

Andrea Bonifazi

and

Emanuele Mancini

submission deadline 4 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1000 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine macrozoobenthic communities; marine benthic flora and fauna; marine bioconstructions; species diversity and distribution; community composition; biogeographic patterns; biodiversity and conservation; morphological and molecular taxonomy; population and community ecology

Do We Still Need Natural History Collections?

edited by

Vlatka Mičetić Stanković

Marija Ivković

and Irena Grbac

submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9073 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity loss; conservation; taxonomy; ecology; fossils; minerals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phylogeny and Evolution)

Ecology and Conservation of Freshwater Mollusks

edited by Joaquim Reis

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 206 | Submission Open

Keywords: freshwater bivalves and gastropods; invasive species; endemism; conservation; life cycle; endangered species; ecological requirements; ecosystem; rivers and streams; lakes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Freshwater Biodiversity)

Biology and Evolutionary History of Reptiles

edited by

Adán Pérez-García

submission deadline 26 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3355 | Submission Open

Keywords: reptiles; fossil record; paleontological sites; faunistic associations; systematics; diversity; evolutionary history; lifestyles; paleoecology

Herbaria: A Key Resource for Plant Diversity Exploration

edited by

Adriano Stinca

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 16330 | Submission Open

Keywords: algae; ancient DNA; biological collections; bryophytes; digitization; exsiccata; fungi; herbaria; historical collections; lichens; metadata; museological importance; taxonomy; type; vascular plants

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)

Plant Diversity Hotspots in the 2020s

edited by

Mario A. Pagnotta

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10573 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic diversity and conservation; fragmentation effects; conservation management; population genetics and ecology; global and local change effects on plant biodiversity; evolution and ecology; community and ecosystem ecology; tolerance/resistance to biotic and abiotic factors; restoration ecology; phylogenetic analyses; theoretical methods; computational methods; germplasm inventory; genotype x environment interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)

Application of GIScience and Remote Sensing in Biodiversity Conservation

edited by

James Magidi

Tsitsi Bangira

and

Matlhogonolo Kelepile

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8946 | Submission Open

Keywords: geospatial technology; remote sensing; geographic information systems; spatial statistics; machine learning and deep learning; cloud computing; big data science; image processing; spatial ecology; landscape ecology; sustainable development goals (SDGs)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)

Diversity, Ecology and Conservation of Zooplankton

edited by Raquel Jiménez-Melero and

Juan Diego Gilbert

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3200 | Submission Open

Keywords: freshwater zooplankton; marine zooplankton; life history; population/community dynamics; egg bank; ecological modelling; diversity conservation; ecotoxicology; non-native species; global change

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