Functional Diversity of Cervids in Changing Environments
A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Diversity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2021) | Viewed by 246
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The 51 species in the family Cervidae are collectively known as deer. Cervids are native to the Americas, Asia, and Europe with a circumpolar distribution that includes populations introduced to Australia and Oceania. Populations of cervids can grow quickly to exploit favorable environments and persist under adverse environmental conditions. The diversity of their response to environmental changes include combinations of behavioral, physiological, and life-history variation. Broad functional diversity results in cervids becoming keystone species in ecosystems they inhabit, highly valued resources for human societies, and sometimes invasive species with adverse social and ecological impacts. We invite papers that consider the diversity of response to environmental change including, behavioral, physiological, demographic, or variation in life histories in species or populations of cervids.
Prof. Dr. Perry Barboza
Prof. Dr. Kelley M. Stewart
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Cervidae
- Deer
- Environmental changes
- Behavioral variation
- Physiological variation
- Life-history variation
- Functional diversity
