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Wetland Ecosystems: Diversity, Threats, Resilience and Adaptation in the Context of Increased Climate Change

edited by

Mohamed Dakki

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 624 | Submission Open

Keywords: wetland ecosystems; flora; fauna; waterbirds; ecology; diversity; threats; climate change; conservation management; resilience; adaptation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biogeography and Macroecology)

Microbial Community Dynamics and Ecological Functions in Wetlands

edited by

Genoveva F. Esteban

and Xia Yuan

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 387 | Submission Open

Keywords: wetland ecosystems; microbial ecology; community diversity; population dynamics; biogeochemical cycling; microbial adaptation; ecosystem functioning; emerging contaminants; mixed contaminant effects; ecotoxicology; ecosystem resilience; wetland conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Diversity and Culture Collections)

Diversity, Ecology, Evolution and Conservation and of Snakes

edited by

Michel Baguette

and Julie M. Ray

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 341 | Submission Open

Keywords: snakebite; snake phylogenetic relationships; snake– human interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Paleohistological Studies in Marine Vertebrates: Evolution, Adaptation, and Microstructural Diversity

edited by

Marianella Talevi

and Caro Acosta Hospitaleche

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 207 | Submission Open

Keywords: histology; osteohistology; bone microstructure; marine vertebrates

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phylogeny and Evolution)

Invasive Species in Freshwater Ecosystems in the Americas

edited by

Sarma Nandini

and S.S.S. Sarma

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 124 | Submission Open

Keywords: freshwater invasive species; aquatic biodiversity in the Americas; invasion ecology; biosecurity management; socio-ecological impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Freshwater Biodiversity)

Microbial Diversity and Function Exploration in Oilfield Ecosystems and Petroleum-Contaminated Environments

edited by Yanling Ma

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open

Keywords: oil sludge; illumina MiSeq sequencing; microbial community/diversity; 16S rRNA gene; multi-omics analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Diversity and Culture Collections)

Diversity and Morphology of Beetles: Advances, Challenges and Perspectives

edited by

Srećko B. Ćurčić

and

Nikola Vesović

submission deadline 1 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 223 | Submission Open

Keywords: Coleopterans; Adephaga; Polyphaga; epigean and endogean fauna; troglobites; biodiversity; morphology; endemism

Geohazards and Ecosystem Resilience

edited by Felix Kwabena Donkor

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services; geological hazards; disaster risk; environmental sustainability; SDGs; natural hazards; ecological integrity; climate change adaptation; disaster resilience; ecosystem regeneration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)

Genetic Diversity, Distribution, and Conservation of Domestic and Wild Animal Species

edited by

Peter Hristov

Georgi Radoslavov

and

Boiko Neov

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5865 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic diversity; climate change; local animal breeds; wild animal species; sustainable ecosystem; preservation

Orchid Biodiversity: Population Dynamics and Conservation Challenges

edited by

Pavel Kindlmann

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1464 | Submission Open

Keywords: orchids; biodiversity; population dynamics; species survival; biological conservation

Threats and Challenges for the Study and Conservation of Freshwater Zooplankton Biodiversity

edited by

Carlos López

and Claudia Bonecker

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open

Keywords: cladocerans; rotifers; copepods; plankton; freshwater environments; biodiversity; conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Freshwater Biodiversity)

Conflict and Coexistence Between Humans and Wildlife

edited by

Li Zhang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 17809 | Submission Open

Keywords: wildlife conservation; human– wildlife conflicts; population dynamics; mitigation strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Loss & Dynamics)

Diversity and Biogeography of Crustaceans in Continental Waters

edited by

Elena S. Chertoprud

and

Anna A. Novichkova

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14815 | Submission Open

Keywords: freshwater crustacea; brackish-water crustacea; taxonomy; phylogeny; ecology; biogeography

(This special issue belongs to the Section Freshwater Biodiversity)

Diversity and Ecology of Termites

edited by

Alberto Arab

, Robin Casalla Daza, Olga P. Pinzón and Ervin Humprey Duran-Bautista

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10740 | Submission Open

Keywords: diversity; niche and ecological functions; evolution of eusociality; caste development; systematics; microbe interactions in termites of different feeding guilds; population dynamics; habitat degradation; interaction with termitophiles and inquilines; impacts of termite activity on soil formation and properties

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Functional and Taxonomic Plant Diversity: Applications for Ecological Monitoring and Management

edited by

Giovanni Bacaro

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3455 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional diversity; ecosystem functioning; plant diversity; biodiversity monitoring; conservation planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)

Microbial Diversity in Different Environments

edited by

Xin Sui

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2134 | Submission Open

Keywords: MIcrobial; forest; soil; wetland; diversity

Aquatic Biodiversity and Habitat Restoration

edited by

Sikai Wang

, Binsong Jin, Yanming Sui and

Paolo Pastorino

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1370 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic biodiversity; habitat restoration; fishery sustainability; wetland ecosystems; conservation strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)

Economic Plant Diversity in the Anthropocene

edited by

Mario A. Pagnotta

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1093 | Submission Open

Keywords: economic plant conservation; sustainable plant utilization; genetic erosion monitoring; AI-assisted plant conservation; medicinal plants; ornamental plants; wild crop relatives

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)

Avian Diversity in Forest and Grassland—2nd Edition

edited by

Grzegorz Kopij

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 354 | Submission Open

Keywords: avian community; avian diversity; environmental changes; forest fragmentation; population density and dynamics; conservation of forest birds; nest box studies; effect of habitat; structure and floral composition; urbanized versus natural woodlands; natural versus cultivated forests

Marine Macroalgae Diversity and Ecology in the Atlantic Ocean

edited by

Davide Bassi

and

Claudia S. Karez

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 278 | Submission Open

Keywords: Atlantic Ocean; macroalgae; climate change; habitats

Advancing the Research and Conservation of the Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystems of California and Baja California

edited by

Pedro Morais

and

Julio Lorda

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 224 | Submission Open

Keywords: estuarine ecosystems; estuaries; coastal lagoons; tidal habitats; biology; ecology; conservation; management; physical oceanography; chemical oceanography; biological oceanography

Mammalian Diversity and Life-History Responses to Climate Change

edited by

Paul J. Jacobs

and Daniel William Hart

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 191 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; thermal extremes; life history traits; physiological plasticity; behavioural adaptation; predictive modelling; species resilience; biodiversity forecasting

Cryptic Diversity in Animals at Genetical, Morphological, and Ecological Levels

edited by Manuel Ruiz-García

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 129 | Submission Open

Keywords: animals; chromosomal diversity; DNA diversity; protein diversity; morphological and morphometry diversity; taxonomy diversity; ecological diversity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Historical and Current Diversity Patterns of Mediterranean Marine Species—2nd Edition

edited by

Sabrina Lo Brutto

and

Davide Iaciofano

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open

Keywords: Mediterranean sea; marine species; museum collections; biodiversity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Dispersal Strategies of Virus-Borne Plant Mites and Their Management

edited by Fujio Kadono and Kenji Kubota

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant mites; mite-borne virus; dispersal; ecology; management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Ecology, Diversity and Interactions of Bats and Their Parasites

edited by Eder Barbier

submission deadline 1 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 466 | Submission Open

Keywords: bats; coevolution; diversity; ecological networks; host– parasite interactions; parasites; pathogens

Emerging Alien Species and Their Invasion Processes—2nd Edition

edited by

Thabiso Michael Mokotjomela

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 781 | Submission Open

Keywords: invasive species; ecological restoration; biodiversity conservation; ecosystem services; biological invasions; invasive species impacts; invasion resistance; community stability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)

Parasites and Vectors: Diversity and Ecological Interactions

edited by

Luciana Panait

and

Rodolfo Garcia-Contreras

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 257 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; vector-borne diseases; host– parasite interactions; parasitic zoonoses; ecology; epidemiology; disease transmission; vector competence; emerging parasitic diseases; taxonomy and systematics

Ecology and Diversity of Soil Microbial Communities in an Era of Global Change

edited by

Emoke Dalma Kovacs

Teodor Rusu

, Khoi Nghia Nguyen and

Melinda Haydee Kovacs

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4404 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial diversity; microbial dominance; stress index; soil functions; land-use; climate change; multi-omics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Diversity and Culture Collections)

Pseudomonas Biology and Biodiversity

edited by

Dimitris Mossialos

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 29232 | Submission Open

Keywords: Pseudomonas; biodiversity; omic technologies; community structure; phylogenomics; metagenomics; biotechnological applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Diversity and Culture Collections)

Anthropogenic Impacts on Marine Ecosystems: A Biodiversity Conservation Emergency

edited by

Enrique Lozano

and

Jesús Alcázar-Treviño

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9756 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine pollution; anthropogenic impacts; marine biodiversity; conservation threats; plastic pollution; heavy metals and trace elements; acoustic pollution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)

Systematics, Evolution and Diversity in Ants

edited by Fernando Fernández and Roberto José Guerrero

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4764 | Submission Open

Keywords: ants; systematics; phylogeny; diversity; biogeography

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Integrated Pest Management and Its Role in Biodiversity Conservation

edited by

Rassol Bahreini

, Cameron Jack, Isaac Esquivel and Vahid Ghasemi

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4331 | 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)

Plant Adaptation and Survival Under Global Environmental Change

edited by

Claudia D. Nicolae

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2905 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant adaptation; climate resilience; ecological evolution; species distributions; vegetation shifts; conservation genomics; climatic selection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biogeography and Macroecology)

Insect Diversity: Morphology, Paleontology, and Biogeography

edited by Cecilia Waichert,

Wesley Colombo

and Celso Oliveira Azevedo

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2589 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional morphology; palaeoentomology; paleoecology; phylogenetics; species distribution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Climate Change and Forest Biodiversity: Impacts and Strategies for Conservation

edited by

Yunchuan Dai

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2549 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; biodiversity conservation; forest ecosystem assessment; ecosystem service; human-wildlife conflicts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)

Climate Change Impacts on Marine Biodiversity: From Organisms to Populations and Ecosystems

edited by Luca Bracchetti,

Massimiliano Fazzini

and

Paolo Cocci

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1946 | Submission Open

Keywords: mediterranean basin; climate change; heatwaves; species; populations and ecosystems dynamics; extreme events; human impacts; funcional diversity; spatial and temporal patterns; land use; marine biology; alien species; ecotoxicity; emerging pollutants; biodiversity conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Plant Communities in Transition: Succession, Diversity, and Ecosystem Dynamics

edited by

Thomas Fickert

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1907 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation dynamics; succession; mosaic cycles; gap dynamics; cohort dynamics; colonization; propagule dispersal pathways; species turnover; ecosystem functioning; conservation; natural regeneration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)

Dynamics of Marine Communities—Second Edition

edited by

Joo Myun Park

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 753 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine species; community dynamics; community structure and ecology; environmental change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Arthropod Diversity in Arid and Desert Ecosystems

edited by

Jiliang Liu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 705 | Submission Open

Keywords: arthropods; diversity; arid and desert ecosystems; human activities; climate change

Cryptic Biodiversity and Evolutionary Radiations in Montane Ecosystems

edited by Carolina Reyes-Puig

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 462 | Submission Open

Keywords: cryptic biodiversity; montane ecosystems; evolutionary radiations; biogeography

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phylogeny and Evolution)

Biodiversity Under Pressure: Vertebrates Diversity, Function and Conservation in Human-Modified Landscapes

edited by

Javier Alejandro Lopez

and Romina Ghirardi

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 229 | Submission Open

Keywords: vertebrate diversity; anthropogenic impact; ecological function; conservation; bioindicators; environmental stressors; landscape changes

Integrating Biodiversity, Ecology, and Management in Shark Research

edited by

Carlos Bustamante

and Carlos J. Polo-Silva

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 223 | Submission Open

Keywords: taxonomy and systematics; fishery management; reproductive biology; trophic ecology; movement ecology; policy and governance; conservation strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Biodiversity and Ecology of Soil Fungal Communities—2nd Edition

edited by

Xin-Cun Wang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 180 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal diversity; new species; new taxon; ecological function; soil community

Coastal Aquaculture for Climate and Biodiversity Resilience: The Role of Macroalgae and Bivalves

edited by Pablo P. Leal

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 169 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based solutions; marine farming; coastal conservation; biodiversity protection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Pine Cones: Species Diversity and Ecological Processes in Natural Forests and Plantations

edited by

Ángel Benítez

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 127 | Submission Open

Keywords: pine cones; diversity; forest ecosystems; functions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)

Soil Microbial Responses to Disturbance: Ecological and Evolutionary Perspectives

edited by Ian S. Acuña-Rodríguez

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil microbiome; disturbance ecology; microbial evolution; resilience and recovery; omics integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Diversity and Culture Collections)

Marine Functional Diversity: From Ecological Roles to Biotechnological Applications

edited by Jamshid Amiri Moghaddam

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine; functional diversity; ecological roles; applied science

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation of Lepidoptera

edited by

Masahiko Kitahara

submission deadline 10 May 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14681 | Submission Open

Keywords: Lepidoptera; ecology; distribution; biodiversity; nature protection; conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)

Marine Nearshore Biodiversity—2nd Edition

edited by

Thomas J. Trott

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7947 | Submission Open

Keywords: biogeography; oceanography; range shifts; coastal; distributions; community ecology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

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