Special Issue "Community Ecology, Macroecological Patterns and Conservation of Tropical Beetles"
A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818). This special issue belongs to the section "Biodiversity Loss & Dynamics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2023 | Viewed by 5407
Special Issue Editors

Interests: community ecology; reptile biology and conservation; tropical reptile ecology; chelonian conservation; reptile population biology; reptile dietary habits and foraging ecology
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Interests: phylogeography; ecology; areography; systematics; taxonomy; evolution; conservation of mammals
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Tropical regions host a large variety of animal species, representing the “hotspot” of biological diversity across the Earth. On the other hand, insects represent the great majority of animal species throughout the world, and Coleoptera (= beetles) constitute the largest order of living insects (about 350,000 species overall, spread in 235 families). Therefore, the “interaction” between “tropics” and “beetles” certainly represents one of the most extraordinarily models for analyzing life, ecology, and conservation. Nonetheless, beetles are strongly overlooked by the IUCN Red List and other major conservation organizations, and their tropical species have been so far mostly neglected also by community ecology and macroecology studies.
In this Special Volume, we emphasize studies on community ecology and macroecology of tropical beetles, without prejudice for any beetle family, biome or geographic region within the tropics and subtropics. We will also emphasize the conservation issues that mean that many groups/species may currently suffer from a plethora of local and general threats (from deforestation to overcollecting, from pollution to climate change). Thus, we are happy to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue with the latest and most updated research from both you and your colleagues.
Prof. Dr. Luca Luiselli
Dr. Giovanni Amori
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- coleoptera
- ecology
- conservation
- patterns at different spatial scales