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Animal Diversity Hot Topics in 2024
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submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1228 | Submission Open
Keywords: hot topics; animal diversity; animal ecology; animal conservation; population genetics
Conservation and Management of Wild-Living Carnivorous Mammals in Europe
edited by Sébastien Devillard and Stefano Anile
submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 354 | Submission Open
Keywords: carnivorous mammals; conservation; human– wildlife conflict; spatial ecology; density; occupancy; diet; trophic ecology; population dynamics; vital rates; population genetics; connectivity; population genomics; adaptation; evidence-based conservation and management
Phylogeny and Evolution Hot Topics in 2024
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submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 291 | Submission Open
Keywords: hot topics; evolutionary biology; evolution of ecosystems; molecular phylogeny; climate change and evolution
Plant Diversity in Pastoral Rangelands submission deadline 5 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4075 | Submission Open
Keywords: pastoralism; rangelands; plant diversity; ecosystem services; vegetation; restoration; conservation; climate; soils; degradation; mobility
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)
Biodiversity and Ecology in the Mediterranean Sea submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9850 | Submission Open
Keywords: biodiversity; ecology; mediterranean sea; plankton; fish; environmental factors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)
Taxonomy, Epidemiology, Evolution and Phylogeny of Common Ectoparasites of Vertebrates: Siphonaptera and Acari
edited by and Marcela Lareschi
submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6315 | Submission Open
Keywords: parasites; Siphonaptera; Acari; evolution; phylogeny; taxonomy; distribution; epidemiology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phylogeny and Evolution)
Ecology and Conservation of Parrots submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6192 | Submission Open
Keywords: habitats and parrots conservation; parrots ecology; parrots demography; parrot feeding ecology; genetics and phylogenetics of parrots; social interactions and behavior of parrots
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)
Effects of Climate Change and Anthropogenic Activities on Mammal Biodiversity submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1347 | Submission Open
Keywords: defaunation; trophic cascade; ecosystem functioning; habitat loss; climate breakdown; mammals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Loss & Dynamics)
Ecology and Conservation of Freshwater Mollusks
edited by Joaquim Reis
submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 141 | Submission Open
Keywords: freshwater bivalves and gastropods; invasive species; endemism; conservation; life cycle; endangered species; ecological requirements; ecosystem; rivers and streams; lakes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Freshwater Biodiversity)
Ethnobotany, Medicinal Plants and Biodiversity Conservation: 2nd Edition submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9809 | Submission Open
Keywords: ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology; pharmacological tests based on traditional knowledge phytochemistry; resources and conservation of medicinal plants; sustainable use of medicinal plants; cultivation and biotechnology; ethnobotany and biopesticides
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)
Avian Ecology and Diversity, Population Monitoring and Conservation II: Recent Advances and New Challenges
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submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1643 | Submission Open
Keywords: avian ecology; avian diversity; population monitoring; bird conservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)
Marine Ecosystem Restoration: Challenges and Opportunities submission deadline 24 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3985 | Submission Open
Keywords: marine ecosystem restoration; habitat restoration; artificial reefs; seagrass beds; kelp forests; sustainable fishing and aquaculture; restoration strategies; innovative approaches; biodiversity conservation; ecosystem services; blue carbon
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Loss & Dynamics)
Freshwater Biodiversity Hotspots in 2024
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submission deadline 29 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2094 | Submission Open
Keywords: genetic diversity; intraspecific diversity; phylogenetic diversity; functional diversity; species diversity; macroecology; biogeography; conservation; global change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Freshwater Biodiversity)
Diversity and Spatiotemporal Distribution of Nekton
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submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 12763 | Submission Open
Keywords: fishery resources; diversity and spatiotemporal distribution of nekton; fish biology; ichthyological ecology; fish taxonomy; fish populations; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biogeography and Macroecology)
Diversity in 2024
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submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 22 articles | Viewed by 33236 | Submission Open
Keywords: biodiversity; conservation; ecology; phylogeny; evolution
2024 Feature Papers by Diversity’s Editorial Board Members
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submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 24 articles | Viewed by 32609 | Submission Open
Keywords: biodiversity concepts and applications; biodiversity assessment; biodiversity preservation
Shark Ecology submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 18479 | Submission Open
Keywords: conservation actions; sharks; ecology; monitoring; threats; ecotoxicology; behavior
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)
Recent Advances in the Diversity and Taxonomy of Subterranean Arthropods submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 17751 | Submission Open
Keywords: underground environment; subterranean arthropods; troglobites; stygobites; taxonomy; biodiversity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phylogeny and Evolution)
The Ligurian Sea and the National Biodiversity Future Centre (NBFC): Biodiversity Conservation in a Temperate Marine Environment under Threat
edited by , Giorgio Bavestrello and Alice Guzzi
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11560 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)
Freshwater Zoobenthos Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10601 | Submission Open
Keywords: biogeography; DNA barcode; ecology; evolution; genomics; phylogeny; taxonomy; zoobenthos
(This special issue belongs to the Section Freshwater Biodiversity)
Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystems Management—2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10181 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)
Biodiversity and Ecology of Soil Fungal Communities
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submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10053 | Submission Open
Keywords: fungal diversity; new species; new taxon; ecological function; soil community
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Diversity and Culture Collections)
Diversity in Extreme Environments
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submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9438 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Loss & Dynamics)
Biodiversity Conservation Planning and Assessment
edited by Yu Peng
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9130 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant richness; plant diversity; biodiversity planning; biodiversity assessment; biodiversity conservation; plant diversity and biodiversity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)
Bacterial Symbionts of Invertebrates: Diversity, Transmission and Impacts
edited by and Edyta Konecka
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8564 | Submission Open
Keywords: bacterial (endo)symbionts; genetic diversity  ; holobiont  ; host– symbiont interaction  ; metagenomics  ; microbial ecology; communities and structure  ; microbiome  ; pathogenicity  ; molecular evolution  ; phylogeny
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Diversity and Culture Collections)
Advances in Functional Ecology: From Plant Functional Traits and Functional Diversity to Ecosystem Processes submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7967 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)
Evaluating the Influence of Environmental Variables on Fish Ecology and Diversity submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7230 | Submission Open
Keywords: fish ecology; environmental variables; water quality; habitat destruction; anthropogenic disturbance; conservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)
Socioecology and Biodiversity Conservation—2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6640 | Submission Open
Keywords: socio-ecological; ecosystem services; biodiversity conservation; local inhabitants; environmental systems
Spatial and Temporal Studies in Marine Protected Areas: Mexican Chapter submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6491 | Submission Open
Keywords: marine protected areas; Ramsar sites; islands; wetlands; climate change; ocean warming; Gulf of California; California current system; Mexican Pacific; Gulf of Mexico
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)
Emerging Effects of Pollinator Loss on Biodiversity submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6242 | Submission Open
Keywords: pollination and pollinator communities; insect conservation; pollination ecology; plant– pollinator interactions; plant– pollinator networks; Hymenoptera; Lepidoptera; Diptera
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)
Diversity and Ecology of the Acari submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6118 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)
Ecology and Conservation of Marine Megafauna
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submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5937 | Submission Open
Keywords: bycatch; climate variability; ecological risk assessment; ecosystem approach; conservation management; marine protected areas
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)
Phytochemical Diversity of Plant-Based Foods and Implications for Health and Prevention of Disease submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4564 | Submission Open
Keywords: antioxidant; polyphenol; total phenolics; anti-inflammatory; prebiotic; anticoagulant
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Diversity and Chemical Ecology)
Marine Ecosystem Functioning and Food Webs under Climate Change submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4167 | Submission Open
Keywords: trophic interactions; food webs; marine ecosystems; climate change; energy dynamics; ecosystem functions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)
The Applications of Artificial Intelligence on the Conservation of Biodiversity
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submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3807 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; natural language processing; natural resource sustainability; conservation of biodiversity; biodiversity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)
Digitization of Natural History Collections for Biodiversity Science and Conservation
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submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3704 | Submission Open
Keywords: biodiversity loss; conservation; biodiversity data collection; management and aggregation; a new source of biodiversity data; digital identification keys; digitalization of natural history collections; nomenclators and taxonomic databases; biological collections
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)
Microbial Diversity and Culture Collections Hotspots in 2024
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submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2965 | Submission Open
Keywords: microbial diversity; functional diversity; selective isolation; culturable and unculturable diversity; microbial genetic resources; conservation; preservation; culture collections; biological resource centres; unexplored microbial diversity; metagenomics; bioinformatics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Diversity and Culture Collections)
Conservation and Ecology of Raptors—2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2639 | Submission Open
Keywords: raptor ecology; migration ecology; demography; population dynamics; habitat; threats and conservation management; diet; home range
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)
Geographic Distribution and Diversity of Animal Parasitic Mites submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2480 | Submission Open
Keywords: animal parasitic mites; pathogenic mites; taxonomy; new taxa; and systematics; phylogeny; ecology; distribution; biodiversity; and regional diversity; host– parasite interaction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biogeography and Macroecology)
Diversity, Ecology and Genetics of Ciliates submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2476 | Submission Open
Keywords: Ciliophora; diversity; protistology; biogeography; microbial communities; symbiosis; speciation; macronucleus; epigenetics; genomics; adaptation and evolution; bioindicators; ecology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)
Biodiversity and Ecology of African Vegetation
edited by Hugo Bezuidenhout and Leslie Brown
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1363 | Submission Open
Keywords: African vegetation; biodiversity; African ecosystems; plant– wildlife interactions; plant community classification
Biogeography and Macroecology Hotspots in 2024
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submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1320 | Submission Open
Keywords: adaptive radiation; biodiversity; colonization; climate change; dispersal distribution; environmental factors; extinction; global change; island biogeography; landscape ecology; life history; metacommunity; meta ecosystem; metapopulation; migration; phylogeny; spatial ecology; speciation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biogeography and Macroecology)
Genetic Diversity and Plant Breeding
edited by Qiuyue Chen
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1262 | Submission Open
Keywords: genetic diversity; plant breeding; biotic and abiotic stresses
Biodiversity as Tools to Assess Impacts on Coastal Ecosystems submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1235 | Submission Open
Keywords: coastal management; bioindicators; biomonitors; biotic indices; sandy beaches; mangroves; estuaries; rocky shores; benthos; plankton; nekton
Landscape Science and Natural Resource Management submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 810 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecological restoration; sustainable agriculture; ecology
Phytochemical Diversity, Ecosystem Services and Conservation of Food Plants submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 554 | Submission Open
Keywords: phytochemical diversity; ecosystem services; conservation; food and edible plants; Ethnobotany; plant diversity; phytochemistry; wild vegetables; functional food; ethnogastronomy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)
Selected Papers from 3rd International Electronic Conference on Biological Diversity, Ecology, and Evolution (IECD 2024)
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submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 448 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant diversity; animal diversity; biodiversity conservation
Forest Edge and Insect Diversity
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submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 252 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecology; biodiversity; edge effect; community; genetic diversity; functional diversity; phylogenetic diversity; ecosystem services; ecological processes
Selected Papers from “Utilisation of Underutilized Species for Future Food Security and the Conservation of Biocultural Diversity” submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 238 | Submission Open
Keywords: edible plant diversity; conservation; biocultural diversity
Marine Biodiversity from the Triassic
edited by Andrea Tintori
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 205 | Submission Open
Keywords: Triassic; Fossil Lagerstä tten; biodiversity; faunal recovery; food chain; functional morphology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)
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