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Diversity, Evolution and Conservation Ecology of Aquatic Species

edited by Christie Sampson and Steven Vamosi

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1406 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic species; biogeography; conservation ecology; diversity; evolution; genomics; macroevolution; phylogenetics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Freshwater Biodiversity)

Conservation of Bison Populations – Achievements and Problems

edited by

Wanda Olech

and

Thomas S. Jung

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 15 articles | Viewed by 36245 | Submission Open

Keywords: Bison sp.; conservation; reintroducion; ecology of Bison sp.; genetic diversity; Threats for Bison sp.; human-bison relations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Biodiversity in Italy: Past and Future Perspectives

edited by

Luisa Garofalo

and

Michela Ingrassia

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 22947 | Submission Open

Keywords: species diversity; genetic diversity; ecosystems; endemism; biological invasions; biogeography; phylogeography; population dynamics; animal forensics; management and conservation; marine environment; habitats distribution; vulnerable ecosystems; humane pressures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)

Aquatic Plant Diversity, Conservation, and Restoration

edited by

Danelle Larson

and

Eva Papastergiadou

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14726 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic vegetation; biodiversity; macrophytes; freshwater; resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)

Recent Advances in the Impacts of Biological Invasions on European Biodiversity

edited by

Daniele Paganelli

Adriana Bellati

and

Sarah Caronni

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14472 | Submission Open

Keywords: alien species; native biodiversity; impacts; ecosystem services; management; risk assessment; habitat restoration; citizen science; environmental DNA; rewilding; ecosystem vulnerability; invasiveness; vectors of introduction; toxic chemicals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)

Taxonomy, Biology and Evolution of Cephalopods

edited by

Xiaodong Zheng

and Ran Xu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14343 | Submission Open

Keywords: cephalopods; taxonomy; biodiversity; conservation; ecology; evolution; genetics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

State-of-the-Art Mediterranean Soil Arthropods Diversity

edited by

Loris Galli

and

Alberto Sendra

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9537 | Submission Open

Keywords: taxonomical and functional diversity; bioindicators; ecosystem services; ecological interactions

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

Diversity and Biogeography of Microcrustaceans in Continental Waters

edited by

Elena S. Chertoprud

and

Anna A. Novichkova

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7816 | Submission Open

Keywords: freshwater microcrustacea; brackish– water microcrustacea; taxonomy; phylogeny; ecology; biogeography

(This special issue belongs to the Section Freshwater Biodiversity)

Human-Wildlife Conflicts

edited by

and

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7361 | Submission Open

Keywords: human– wildlife conflicts; risk assessment; conflict driving mechanisms; mitigation strategies; wildlife conservation management; ecological compensation; community economic development in protected areas; ecological modeling; application of 3S technology in wildlife protection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)

Ecology and Evolution of Invasive Plant Species

edited by

Zigmantas Gudžinskas

and

Kevin Cianfaglione

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5483 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptations; communities; dispersal; ecosystems; habitats; hybridization; micro-evolution; mutualistic relationships; populations; spatial scale; temporal scale; trophic relationships

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)

Birds in Temperate and Tropical Forests—2nd Edition

edited by

Jan Riegert

and

Michał Budka

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3667 | Submission Open

Keywords: temperate forest bird community; tropical forest bird community; bird diversity; large-scale bird diversity; competition; predation; feeding guild; long-term changes in bird communities; tree logging; forest structure changes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Plant and Lichen Diversity in Temperate East Asia

edited by

Seung Se Choi

and

Vadim Bakalin

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2676 | Submission Open

Keywords: vascular plants; nonvascular plants; bryophytes; mosses; liverworts; hornworts; lichens; lichenicolous fungi; distribution; diversity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)

Population Genetics and Phylogeography of Mammals: Molecular Applications for the Conservation and Monitoring of Genetic Diversity

edited by Rodrigo Vega and Sofia I. Gabriel

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2642 | Submission Open

Keywords: conservation applications; conservation genetics and genomics; eDNA monitoring; genetic diversity; mammals; phylogeography; population genetics and genomics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Taxonomy, Biodiversity and Ecology of Parasites of Aquatic Organisms—2nd Edition

edited by

José Luis Luque

and

Jhon Darly Chero de la Cruz

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2098 | Submission Open

Keywords: parasites; aquatic environment; taxonomy; biogeography; host– parasite interactions

Diversity, Ecology and Conservation of Zooplankton

edited by Raquel Jiménez-Melero and

Juan Diego Gilbert

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1602 | Submission Open

Keywords: freshwater zooplankton; marine zooplankton; life history; population/community dynamics; egg bank; ecological modelling; diversity conservation; ecotoxicology; non-native species; global change

Occurrence and Molecular Biology of Water Bacteria and Protozoa

edited by

Laura Moreno-Mesonero

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8029 | Submission Open

Keywords: waterborne pathogens; microbiome; molecular techniques; drinking water; wastewater; water reuse; source water; microbial water quality

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

Mangrove Regeneration and Restoration

edited by

Thomas Fickert

submission deadline 10 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 15558 | Submission Open

Keywords: Mangrove; Disturbance; Reforestation; Natural regeneration; Resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Culture Collections as Hidden Sources of Microbial Biomolecules and Biodiversity

edited by

Angelina Lo Giudice

and

Carmen Rizzo

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12812 | Submission Open

Keywords: Microbial isolates; Culture collections; Biotechnological value; Biodiversity conservation

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

Biodiversity in Arid Ecosystems

edited by

Merav Seifan

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8649 | Submission Open

Keywords: species diversity; dry condition; desert; aridity; intraspecific diversity; community ecology; interactions; trait variability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)

Applications on Environmental DNA in Aquatic Ecology and Biodiversity

edited by

Yahui Zhao

and Yingchun Xing

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1407 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental DNA; eDNA; biomonitoring; fish; conservation; biodiversity

Recent Climate Adaptation of Insects

edited by

Honest Machekano

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 526 | Submission Open

Keywords: recent climate change; insect responses; trends; adaptation; ecosystem; invasive species

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Evolution of Crown Cetacea

edited by

Michelangelo Bisconti

submission deadline 30 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 19861 | Submission Open

Keywords: Cetacea; Neoceti; Archaeoceti; Mysticeti; Odontoceti; baleen whales; toothed whales; phylogeny; paleobiogeography; genetics; paleontology; evolution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Pseudomonas Biology and Biodiversity

edited by

Dimitris Mossialos

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 17435 | 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)

Distribution of Bryophytes in a Changing World

edited by

Lukáš Číhal

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10396 | Submission Open

Keywords: bryophytes; distribution; climate change; habitat suitability; diversity; bioindication; population dynamics; ecological functions; invasion processes; extinction processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)

Biodiversity and Conservation of Coral Reefs

edited by

Stuart Kininmonth

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7893 | Submission Open

Keywords: coral reefs; marine biodiversity; conservation; climate change; resilience; restoration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Climate Change: Vegetation Diversity Monitoring

edited by

Ahmed Mukalazi Kalumba

Celso Augusto Guimarães Santos

and

Manoranjan Mishra

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7302 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; vegetation change/response/diversity; vegetation stress; vegetation health; monitoring/assessment/modeling; remote sensing; droughts; effects of extreme weather events; vegetation dynamics

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

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function

edited by

Haitao Wu

and

Junhong Bai

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6728 | Submission Open

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

Diversity and Phylogenetics of Parasites in Aquatic Animals

edited by Joanna Dzido and Martina Orosová

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5833 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; genetic diversity; phylogeny; taxonomy; distibution; systematics; biogeography; evolution; ecology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Anthropogenic Impacts on Marine Ecosystems: A Biodiversity Conservation Emergency

edited by

Enrique Lozano

and

Jesús Alcázar-Treviño

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5198 | 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)

Ecology and Restoration of Grassland

edited by

Xiaowei Guo

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2175 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological restoration; active restoration; biodiversity; community assembly theory; species composition; grassland degradation; grassland management; soil carbon sequestration; seed addition; plant– soil feedback

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)

Cnidaria: Diversity, Ecology, and Evolution

edited by Maria Eduarda Alves Dos Santos,

Jonathan Wanderley Lawley

and

Bert W. Hoeksema

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1757 | Submission Open

Keywords: Anthozoa; biodiversity; genetics; genomics; Medusozoa; symbiosis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Morphology and Evolution of Snakes

edited by Jesse M. Meik and Paul M. Hampton

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2201 | Submission Open

Keywords: ophidia; body elongation; phenotype; limb reduction; skull kinesis; scalation; morphological diversity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Conflict and Coexistence between Humans and Wildlife

edited by

Li Zhang

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1895 | Submission Open

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

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

Knowledge and Conservation of Peatlands and Their Biodiversity

edited by

Xabier Pontevedra Pombal

and Martín Souto

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 338 | Submission Open

Keywords: peatland habitats; biodiversity; knowledge frontiers; conservation; environmental emergency

Marine Nearshore Biodiversity—2nd Edition

edited by

Thomas J. Trott

submission deadline 18 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1724 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Selected Papers from the 5th International Congress on Applied Ichthyology, Oceanography, and Aquatic Environment (HydroMediT 2024)

edited by

Georgios A. Gkafas

, Drosos Koutsoubas and Vassileios Bakopoulos

submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine diversity ; conservation ; oceanography ; population dynamics ; fisheries

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Wildlife Welfare

edited by

Miriam A. Zemanova

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 13721 | Submission Open

Keywords: the 3Rs principles; animal welfare; compassionate conservation; wildlife rehabilitation; welfare biology; zoos

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Plant Diversity on Islands

edited by

Maria Panitsa

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12411 | Submission Open

Keywords: Island plant; Island flora; Floristic diversity; Species richness; Endemism; Spatial patterns; Spatial turnover; Temporal turnover; Island specialist taxa; Beta diversity; Oceanic islands; Land-bridge island; Continental island; Habitat island

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)

Diversity, Distribution and Zoogeography of Coleoptera

edited by

Massimo Meregalli

and

Pier Mauro Giachino

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12007 | Submission Open

Keywords: taxonomy; systematics; phylogeny; zoogeography; paleogeography; cladistic approach; molecular approach; morphological approach; distribution pattern

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Dynamics of Marine Communities

edited by

Joo Myun Park

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6912 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Plant Succession and Vegetation Dynamics

edited by

Thomas Fickert

and Michael Richter

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6237 | 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)

Taxonomy, Systematics, Evolution and Biogeography of Freshwater Decapod Crustaceans

edited by

Valentin de Mazancourt

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4777 | Submission Open

Keywords: Anomura; Astacidea; Brachyura; Caridea; diversity; fossil; molecular taxonomy; morphology; new species

(This special issue belongs to the Section Freshwater Biodiversity)

Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation of Lepidoptera

edited by

Masahiko Kitahara

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3973 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)

Advances in Freshwater Mollusk Research

edited by

Ioan Sîrbu

Simone Varandas

and

Martin Österling

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3826 | Submission Open

Keywords: freshwater mollusks (gastropods; bivalves); biodiversity; community ecology; biogeography; functional traits; invasive species; human impact; multivariate methods; bioindication; conservation; management; ecological modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Freshwater Biodiversity)

Advances in Diversity and Conservation of Terrestrial Small Mammals—2nd Edition

edited by

Ana Maria Benedek

and

Linas Balčiauskas

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3720 | Submission Open

Keywords: rodents; insectivores; species richness; alpha; beta and gamma diversity patterns; functional diversity; genetic diversity; climate change; habitat degradation; commensal habitats and adaptations; conservation biology; damage and pathogens; mitigation; red lists

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Biodiversity and Conservation of Mangroves

edited by

Elizabeth Clare Ashton

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2749 | Submission Open

Keywords: mangrove ecosystems; sustainable management; protection; policy; livelihoods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)

Fish Diversity in the Red Sea

edited by Tilman J. Alpermann, Moritz Sonnewald and Barry Russell

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1108 | Submission Open

Keywords: ichthyological exploration; integrative taxonomy; phylogeography; population genetics; evolutionary genomics; community dynamics; ecological adaptations; conservation and management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Ecology, Diversity and Conservation of Aquatic and Helophytic Plants, Plant Communities and Their Environments

edited by

Jarosław Proćków

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 815 | Submission Open

Keywords: diversity of aquatic plants; helophytes; biodiversity & conservation; aquatic plant communities; vegetation; conservation biology; species diversity; floristic studies; plant taxonomy; phytosociology; plant ecology; plant diversity; endangered and rare plant species and their protection; endangered and rare plant communities; endangered species; flora extinction; conservation of aquatic environments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)

Fungal Diversity

edited by

Samantha C. Karunarathna

, Benjarong Karbowy-Thongbai,

Saowaluck Tibpromma

, Asha Janadaree Dissanayake and

Arun Kumar Dutta

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 333 | Submission Open

Keywords: applications of fungi; ascomycota; basidiomycota; biodegradation; biocontrol agents; biotechnology; fungal taxonomy; fungal phylogeny; next-generation sequencing; fungal toxins; fungal pathogens; fungal ecology

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

Ecology and Paleoecology of Atlantic and Caribbean Coral Reefs

edited by Pamela Hallock

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1320 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; biogeography; coral-reef ecosystem; reef-species distributions; reef community structure; resilient species; endemic species; vulnerable species; climate change; Neogene reefs; Miocene reefs; Pliocene reefs; Pleistocene reefs; climate change to reef ecosystem services

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

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