Biodiversity, Community Structure and Ecology of Terrestrial Ecosystems Under Global Change
A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818). This special issue belongs to the section "Biodiversity Conservation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 49
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soil microorganisms; biodiversity; community structure
Interests: global change; ecology; endangered species; conservation biology
Interests: forest ecology; ecosystem positioning; global change
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Global changes are profoundly reshaping the biodiversity patterns and community-building mechanisms of terrestrial ecosystems. Pressures such as climate warming, frequent extreme weather events, land-use transformation, and biological invasions are reshaping plant-animal-microbe trophic interactions through cascading effects, driving ecosystem functional transformations. This Special Issue focuses on the responses and adaptations of terrestrial biomes to global changes. Key areas of focus include (1) multiscale diversity dynamics: loss thresholds and maintenance mechanisms from genetic to landscape scales; (2) new paradigms in community building: trade-offs between environmental filtering, dispersal constraints, and ecological drift in disturbed environments; (3) trophic interactions: the feedback effects of food web restructuring on carbon and nitrogen cycles; and (4) ecosystem resilience: predictive models for restoration based on functional traits and phylogenetics. We encourage innovative research that integrates remote sensing, multi-omics, controlled experiments, and other interdisciplinary approaches to provide the theoretical foundation for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem management.
Dr. Libin Yang
Guest Editor
Dr. Shibing Zhu
Guest Editor Assistant
Prof. Dr. Guangze Jin
Prof. Dr. Huilin Han
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- global change
- microbial community assembly
- biogeochemical cycling
- ecosystem functioning
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