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Marine Ecosystem Functioning and Food Webs under Climate Change submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6884 | Submission Open
Keywords: trophic interactions; food webs; marine ecosystems; climate change; energy dynamics; ecosystem functions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)
Diversity and Distribution of Freshwater Fish submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 202 | Submission Open
Keywords: distribution areas; fish species; freshwater environments; global changes; genetic
Ecology and Diversity of Neotropical Freshwater Fish
edited by Irma Vila
submission deadline 17 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open
Keywords: neotropics; diversity; freshwater fish; killifish; catfish; freshwaters; genomics; conservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)
Eco-Physiology of Shallow Benthic Communities submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 306 | Submission Open
Keywords: eco-physiology; ecosystem rehabilitation; functional ecology
Shark Ecology submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 26998 | Submission Open
Keywords: conservation actions; sharks; ecology; monitoring; threats; ecotoxicology; behavior
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)
Plant Diversity Hotspots in the 2020s
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 18875 | 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)
DNA Barcodes for Evolution and Biodiversity—2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 16832 | Submission Open
Keywords: DNA barcoding; biodiversity; evolution; species delimitation; conservation; monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)
Diversity, Biogeography and Evolution of Actinopterygians
edited by Małgorzata Bieńkowska-Wasiluk and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14351 | Submission Open
Keywords: bony fishes; biogeography; diversity; evolution; morphology; taxonomy; systematics
Emerging Effects of Pollinator Loss on Biodiversity submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12503 | Submission Open
Keywords: pollination and pollinator communities; insect conservation; pollination ecology; plant– pollinator interactions; plant– pollinator networks; Hymenoptera; Lepidoptera; Diptera
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)
Climate Change: Vegetation Diversity Monitoring submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10483 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; vegetation change/response/diversity; vegetation stress; vegetation health; monitoring/assessment/modeling; remote sensing; droughts; effects of extreme weather events; vegetation dynamics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Loss & Dynamics)
The Applications of Emerging Technologies on Biodiversity Conservation
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9180 | Submission Open
Keywords: acoustic monitoring; AI-based method; generative pre-trained transformer; satellite; drone; robot
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)
Digitization of Natural History Collections for Biodiversity Science and Conservation
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8929 | 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)
Diversity and Phylogenetics of Parasites in Aquatic Animals
edited by Joanna Dzido and Martina Orosová
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8376 | Submission Open
Keywords: biodiversity; genetic diversity; phylogeny; taxonomy; distibution; systematics; biogeography; evolution; ecology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)
Ectotherms in a Dynamic Environment: Understanding Patterns of Ecology, Distribution, Evolution, and Threats to Species
edited by , Deyatima Ghosh and Amaël Borzée
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7554 | Submission Open
Keywords: amphibians; reptiles; behaviour; cognition; predation; morphology; bioacoustics; distribution; population trend; evolutionary biology; invasion; parasitism; phylogenetics and phylogeography; population genetics; trait evolution; ecosystem service; distribution modelling; conservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)
Morphology and Evolution of Snakes
edited by Jesse M. Meik and Paul M. Hampton
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6077 | Submission Open
Keywords: ophidia; body elongation; phenotype; limb reduction; skull kinesis; scalation; morphological diversity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)
Heteroptera: Biodiversity, Evolution, Taxonomy and Conservation, 2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5730 | Submission Open
Keywords: integrative taxonomy; biodiversity and conservation; biogeographical patterns; evolutionary biology; medically important groups; groups of economic importance; genetic diversity; phylogenetics and phylogeography; morphological and molecular taxonomy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)
Biodiversity Conservation in Urbanized Ecosystems
edited by Gad Perry and Robert Cox
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4910 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban ecosystem regeneration; biodiversity conservation; urban green spaces; urbanization; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)
Genetic Diversity and Plant Breeding
edited by Qiuyue Chen
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4314 | Submission Open
Keywords: genetic diversity; plant breeding; biotic and abiotic stresses
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)
Avian Ecology and Diversity, Population Monitoring and Conservation II: Recent Advances and New Challenges
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3246 | Submission Open
Keywords: avian ecology; avian diversity; population monitoring; bird conservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)
Wetland Biodiversity and Ecosystem Conservation
edited by , Yaolin Guo, Youzheng Zhang and Weihua Guo
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 1477 | Submission Open
Keywords: wetland biodiversity; ecosystem conservation; global change biology; anthropogenic disturbance; biological invasion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)
Impacts of Invasive Species on Local Biodiversity and Ecology in the Context of Climate Change submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 887 | Submission Open
Keywords: invasive species; biodiversity; climate change; ecosystems; ecological processes and impacts; invasion management (active plans); pathways of the spread of invasions; mitigation strategies; socio-economic impacts; monitoring and control of invasive species
Evolution, Systematic and Conservation of Freshwater Fishes
edited by Luisa Maria Sarmento-Soares
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 522 | Submission Open
Keywords: freshwater fish; evolution; ecology; biodiversity; systematic; biogeography; phylogenetic relationships; conservation; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)
Distribution, Biodiversity, and Ecology of Nematodes
edited by Elisa Baldrighi and Eleonora Grassi
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 228 | Submission Open
Keywords: nematode diversity and distribution; ecosystem services; model organisms; environmental assessment; nematode ecology; soil and aquatic nematodes; adaptive strategies; anthropogenic impact; taxonomy and phylogeny; free living and parasite nematodes
Genomics, Microbiomics and Stable Isotope Ecology of Modern and Extinct Ungulates
edited by
submission deadline 1 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 606 | Submission Open
Keywords: bison; buffalo; bovine species; paleoecology of habitats; genetic diversity; ancient and modern genomes; evolution of bison and other bovine species; conservation; great plains; dental calculus and microfossils; oral and gut microbiomes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phylogeny and Evolution)
Diversity, Biogeography, Fossil Record and Evolution of Bivalvia
edited by and Marija Bošnjak
submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1051 | Submission Open
Keywords: bivalves; biodiversity; taxonomy; habitats; symbionts; evolution; bivalve extinctions; survivors; invasive taxa
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phylogeny and Evolution)
Interactions Between Alien Species and Pollinators and Other Beneficial Arthropods
edited by Angeliki F. Martinou
submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 303 | Submission Open
Keywords: invasive alien species; pollinators; arthropods; biological control; entomology; integrated pest management; ecological impact; ecosystem resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)
Selected Papers from “Utilisation of Underutilized Species for Future Food Security and the Conservation of Biocultural Diversity” submission deadline 30 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1888 | Submission Open
Keywords: edible plant diversity; conservation; biocultural diversity
Herbaria: A Key Resource for Plant Diversity Exploration
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 22176 | 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)
Aquatic Plant Diversity, Conservation, and Restoration submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 20362 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquatic vegetation; biodiversity; macrophytes; freshwater; resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)
Socioecology and Biodiversity Conservation—2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 19578 | Submission Open
Keywords: socio-ecological; ecosystem services; biodiversity conservation; local inhabitants; environmental systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)
Birds in Temperate and Tropical Forests—2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8512 | Submission Open
Keywords: temperate forest bird community; tropical forest bird community; bird diversity; large-scale bird diversity; competition; predation; feeding guild; long-term changes in bird communities; tree logging; forest structure changes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)
Studies on Biodiversity and Ecology of Algae in China—2nd Edition
edited by , and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3979 | Submission Open
Keywords: algae; biodiversity; ecology
Coral Reef Biodiversity Conservation and Ecological Rehabilitation
edited by Xinming Lei and Wentao Niu
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3387 | Submission Open
Keywords: coral reefs; biodiversity; restoration; rehabilitation; ecosystem
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)
Marine Resources Dynamics Under Global Change submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2508 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; environmental variability; marine coastal systems; marine communities; fishery resources; species resilience; impact of extreme climatic events
Biodiversity of Urban Ecosystems in the Global South: Challenges and Conservation
edited by Guilherme Demetrio, and Jean Carlos Santos
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 719 | Submission Open
Keywords: green infrastructure; habitat fragmentation; urban biodiversity; urban conservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)
Ecology of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities Under Global Change
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open
Keywords: macroinvertebrates; biodiversity assessment; climate change; aquatic ecosystems; human dimension; conservation; AI applications
Impacts of Anthropogenic Structures on Birds submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open
Keywords: birds; buildings; collisions; communication towers; fences; transmission lines; utility-scale solar facilities; wind turbines
Ecology, Distribution, and Conservation of Endangered Birds
edited by Xiaoping Yu
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open
Keywords: breeding ecology; reintroduction; climate changes; biodiversity; habitat selection; conservation; species distribution
Systematics and Phylogeny of Insects: Exploring Entomological Diversity
edited by Sergio Pérez-González
submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open
Keywords: insect diversity; systematics phylogeny; molecular phylogenetics; morphological systematics; genomics; transcriptomics; evolutionary biology; biogeography; biodiversity; genetic diversity
Ecology and Diversity of Diptera in the Tropics submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2508 | Submission Open
Keywords: phylogeny; species diversity; tropics; functional ecology; diversity of applied knowledge in the forensic and medical fields
Integrated Pest Management and Its Role in Biodiversity Conservation
edited by , Cameron Jack, Isaac Esquivel and Vahid Ghasemi
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1322 | Submission Open
Keywords: integrated pest management; biodiversity conservation; invasive species; ecological restoration; bees; pest control innovations; agricultural sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)
Morphological Variation and Its Molecular Mechanism of Amphibians and Reptiles
edited by , Buddhi Dayananda and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1198 | Submission Open
Keywords: morphological trait  ; altitudinal variation; latitudinal variation; intersexual variation; genetic mechanism
Invasive Alien Plants: Issues and Perspectives submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 277 | Submission Open
Keywords: alien plants; biological invasions; biodiversity; climate change; biodiversity management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)
Genetic Differentiation in Pelagic Fishes Under Global Change
edited by Francisco Javier García-De León and Verónica Mendoza-Portillo
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; population genetics; pelagic fishes; conservation
Population Genetics and Phylogeography of Mammals: Molecular Applications for the Conservation and Monitoring of Genetic Diversity
edited by Rodrigo Vega and Sofia I. Gabriel
submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9854 | Submission Open
Keywords: conservation applications; conservation genetics and genomics; eDNA monitoring; genetic diversity; mammals; phylogeography; population genetics and genomics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)
Ecology and Diversity of Plants in Arid and Semi-Arid Ecosystems submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5461 | Submission Open
Keywords: molecular regulation mechanisms; desert plants; plant diversity; biodiversity conservation; ecological adaptability; oxidative stress in plants; biotic and abiotic stress; arid and semi-arid land
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)
Revisiting the Biodiversity of Intertidal, Shallow, and Deep Subtidal Rocky Ecosystems in the Anthropocene: An Era of Climate Change and Species Extinction
edited by Edgardo Londoño-Cruz and Jaime Ricardo Cantera-Kintz
submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 267 | Submission Open
Keywords: rocky ecosystems; intertidal zones; subtidal habitats; biodiversity patterns; climate change impact; species extinction; disturbance; ecosystem services; marine conservation; anthropogenic pressures; marine invertebrates; fishes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)
Aquatic Biodiversity Across Mediterranean Islands: Insights into Zoological and Ecological Variance in Fragile Ecosystems
edited by Francesco Paolo Faraone
submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 115 | Submission Open
Keywords: Mediterranean islands; aquatic ecosystems; amphibian diversity; invertebrate biology; island biogeography
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)
Ecology, Diversity and Interactions of Bats and Their Parasites
edited by Eder Barbier
submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 223 | Submission Open
Keywords: bats; coevolution; diversity; ecological networks; host– parasite interactions; parasites; pathogens
Marine Zooplankton and Ichthyoplankton Ecology: Patterns, Processes, and Perspective
edited by , Mauricio F. Landaeta and Inma Herrera
submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open
Keywords: zooplankton; ichthyoplankton; marine ecology; biological oceanography; pelagic ecology
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