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Biodiversity Conservation Planning and Assessment—2nd Edition
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Biodiversity Conservation Planning and Assessment—2nd Edition

A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 245

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Yu Peng

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College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing 100081, China
Interests: plant diversity; landscape ecology; remote sensing; spatial ecology
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are now accepting submissions to a second edition of “Biodiversity Conservation Planning and Assessment”.

In our first edition, we published 11 papers that have received more than 10,000 views. You can read these papers here: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/diversity/special_issues/HNS39N950Y.

The quantitative assessment of biodiversity is a core issue in ecology and biodiversity science. Meanwhile, various techniques such as remote sensing, spatial analysis, and landscape metrics have been used for the assessment and planning of biodiversity. Therefore, this Special Issue welcomes the submission of manuscripts whose scope includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:

  • Assessment of multiple level biodiversity via various techniques as remote sensing and spatial analysis;
  • The development of new approaches in assessing biodiversity at site, local, or regional scales;
  • Biodiversity conservation planning: from core zone design to landscape planning;
  • Assessment of the effects of climate change, environmental filtering or human disturbances on biodiversity.

We look forward to receiving your submissions to the second edition of this Special Issue.

Dr. Yu Peng
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • plant richness
  • plant diversity
  • biodiversity planning
  • biodiversity assessment
  • biodiversity conservation
  • plant diversity and biodiversity

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Article
Environmental Heterogeneity Drives Diversity Across Forest Strata in Hopea hainanensis Communities
by Shaocui He, Donghai Li, Xiaobo Yang, Dongling Qi, Naiyan Shang, Caiqun Liang, Rentong Liu and Chunyan Du
Diversity 2025, 17(8), 556; https://doi.org/10.3390/d17080556 - 7 Aug 2025
Abstract
Species and phylogenetic diversity play vital roles in sustaining the structure, function, and resilience of plant communities, particularly in tropical rainforests. However, the mechanisms according to which environmental filtering and competitive exclusion influence diversity across forest layers remain insufficiently understood. In this study, [...] Read more.
Species and phylogenetic diversity play vital roles in sustaining the structure, function, and resilience of plant communities, particularly in tropical rainforests. However, the mechanisms according to which environmental filtering and competitive exclusion influence diversity across forest layers remain insufficiently understood. In this study, we investigated the species and phylogenetic diversity patterns in two representative tropical rainforest sites—Bawangling and Jianfengling—within Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park, China, focusing on communities associated with the endangered species Hopea hainanensis. We employed a one-way ANOVA and Pearson’s correlation analyses to examine the distribution characteristics and interrelationships among diversity indices and used Mantel tests to assess the correlations with environmental variables. Our results revealed that the plant community in Jianfengling exhibited a significantly higher species richness at the family, genus, and species levels (a total of 288 plant species have been recorded, belonging to 82 families and 183 genera) compared to that in Bawangling (a total of 212 plant species, belonging to 75 families and 162 genera). H. hainanensis held the highest importance value in the middle tree layer across both sites (IV(BWL) = 12.44; IV(JFL) = 5.73), while dominant species varied notably among other forest layers, indicating strong habitat specificity. Diversity indices, including the Simpson index, the Shannon–Wiener index, and Pielou’s evenness, were significantly higher in the large shrub layer of Jianfengling, whereas Bawangling showed a relatively higher Shannon–Wiener index in the middle shrub layer. Phylogenetic diversity (PD) and the phylogenetic structure indices (NRI and NTI) displayed distinct vertical stratification patterns between sites. Furthermore, the PD in Bawangling’s large shrub layer was positively correlated with total phosphorus in the soil, while community evenness was influenced by soil organic carbon and total nitrogen. In Jianfengling, species richness was significantly associated with soil bulk density, altitude, and pH. These findings enhance our understanding of the ecological and evolutionary processes shaping biodiversity in tropical rainforests and highlight the importance of incorporating both species and phylogenetic metrics into the conservation strategies for endangered species such as Hopea hainanensis. Full article
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