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Montane Ecosystems and Diversity—2nd Edition

edited by

Nigel Barker

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 371 | Submission Open

Keywords: mountain biodiversity; climate change; altitudinal gradients; refugia; conservation; ecosystem services; endemism; genetic diversity; biological invasions and other threats

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)

Transport Infrastructure and Biodiversity Loss: Patterns, Risks, and Solutions

edited by

Linas Balčiauskas

and

Andrius Kučas

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 297 | Submission Open

Keywords: transport ecology; road biodiversity; data interoperability; invasive species; flora and fauna

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)

Systematics, Ecology and Biodiversity of Marine Algae and Seagrasses

edited by

Ergün Taşkin

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 249 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine algae; seagrasses; biodiversity; marine ecology; coastal ecosystems; bioindicators; phylogeny; systematics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Pollinator Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function in a Changing World

edited by

Ekaterina Kozuharova

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 225 | Submission Open

Keywords: pollination; pollinator communities; insect conservation; pollination ecology; plant– pollinator interactions; plant– pollinator networks; Hymenoptera; Lepidoptera; Diptera; pollinator diversity; floral visitation; pollen transfer

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)

Diversity and Evolution of Meiofaunal Taxa

edited by Anush Kosakyan

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; biogeography; cryptic diversity; environmental DNA (eDNA); evolution; integrative taxonomy; meiofauna; metabarcoding; phylogenomics; phylogeny

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

Biogeography and Global Diversity of Tardigrada

edited by

Łukasz Kaczmarek

and Pushpalata Kayastha

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: tardigrades; biogeography; phylogenetics; habitat

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Modelling Coral Reef Resilience Under Climate Change

edited by

Stuart Kininmonth

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open

Keywords: coral reefs; resilience modelling; climate change impacts; resilience modelling; ecosystem-based management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Widening Cretaceous Biodiversity: New Taxa and Insights from the Fossil Record

edited by Mélani Berrocal-Casero,

Pedro Callapez

and Fernando Barroso Barcenilla

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 112 | Submission Open

Keywords: Cretaceous biodiversity; fossil record; radiations; paleobiogeographic; systematics

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

Mammalian Ecosystem Engineers: Impacts on the Provision and Regulation of Ecosystem Services

edited by Jorge Filipe Pereira Henriques and

Vicente Urios

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open

Keywords: mammals; ecossystem engineers; ecological processes; trophic interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)

Drivers of Plant Diversity and Biogeographic Processes in Drylands

edited by Morales Matías and María Silvia Ferrucci

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open

Keywords: deserts; semidesertic areas; plant speciation; species richness

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)

Conservation and Management of Bears in a Changing World

edited by

Arjun Dheer

and

Dave Garshelis

submission deadline 1 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 180 | Submission Open

Keywords: human– bear coexistence; bear conservation and management; predator– prey interactions; interspecific competition; population monitoring; carnivore ecology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Harnessing Microorganisms from Extreme Habitats for Sustainable Biotechnological Solutions

edited by Ahmed Nafis and

Anas Raklami

submission deadline 10 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open

Keywords: extremophiles; extreme environments; microbial diversity; microbial metabolism and stress-adaptation mechanisms; metagenomics; extremozymes; bioactive secondary metabolites; plant growth-promoting microorganisms (PGPM); bioremediation; sustainable biotechnology

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

Integrating Biodiversity, Ecology, and Management in Shark Research

edited by

Carlos Bustamante

and Carlos J. Polo-Silva

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2890 | 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)

Soil Microbial Responses to Disturbance: Ecological and Evolutionary Perspectives

edited by Ian S. Acuña-Rodríguez

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 308 | 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)

Ecology, Distribution and Conservation of Zooplankton in a Changing World

edited by

Elena Bișinicu

Luminita Lazar

and

Kremena Stefanova

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 231 | Submission Open

Keywords: zooplankton ecology; biodiversity; environmental pressures; eutrophication; aquatic ecosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)

Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation of the Eurasian Beaver in a Changing World

edited by

Yordan Koshev

Maria Kachamakova

and

Corrado Battisti

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open

Keywords: castor fiber; recolonisation; adaptation; conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

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

edited by

Thomas Fickert

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3205 | 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)

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

edited by Manuel Ruiz-García

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1544 | 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)

Integrative Systematics and Evolution of Collembola

edited by

Nerivânia Godeiro

Bruno Bellini

and Nikolas G. Cipola

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1125 | Submission Open

Keywords: phylogenomic analysis; integrative systematics; springtails; evolution; speciation; genomics

Insects in Aquatic Ecosystems: Diversity, Function and Applications

edited by Martin B. Berg and Richard W. Merritt

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 100 | Submission Open

Keywords: trophic relationships; aquatic insects; macroinvertebrates; benthic; functional ecology; lotic; lentic; rivers; streams; lakes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Freshwater Biodiversity)

Wetland Biodiversity and Ecosystem Conservation—Second Edition

edited by

Lele Liu

, Yaolin Guo, Youzheng Zhang and Weihua Guo

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open

Keywords: wetland biodiversity; ecosystem conservation; global change biology; anthropogenic disturbance; biological invasion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)

2026 Feature Papers by Diversity's Editorial Board Members

edited by

Michel Baguette

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 7081 | Submission Open

Keywords: macroecology and biogeography; plant diversity; animal diversity; marine diversity; biodiversity conservation; biodiversity loss and dynamics; freshwater biodiversity; chemical diversity and chemical ecology; microbial diversity

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 31 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6970 | 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)

Ecology and Conservation of Endangered Wildlife

edited by

Feng Xu

and

Jun Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4748 | Submission Open

Keywords: endangered species; biodiversity; habitat conservation; population dynamics; climate change; human– wildlife conflict; conservation technology; ecosystem stability

Diversity in 2026

edited by

Michael Wink

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3322 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity futures; emerging challenges; molecular to ecosystem; conservation innovation

Palaeontology of Ammonoids: Recent Advances

edited by Elena A. Yazykova and

Mikel A. López-Horgue

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2150 | Submission Open

Keywords: ammonites; palaeobiology; palaeogeography; palaeoecology; Palaeozoic; Mesozoic; event stratigraphy; biostratigraphy

Emerging Alien Species and Their Invasion Processes—2nd Edition

edited by

Thabiso Michael Mokotjomela

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1898 | 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)

Avian Genetic Diversity

edited by

Giovanni Forcina

and

Tamer Albayrak

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1653 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptive radiation; bird; divergence; extinction; hybridisation; introgression; museomics; phylogeography; phylogeny; speciation; wildlife forensics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Marine Functional Diversity: From Ecological Roles to Biotechnological Applications

edited by Jamshid Amiri Moghaddam

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 933 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Selected Papers from the 4th International Online Conference on Diversity: Biodiversity of Animals, Plants and Microorganisms (IOCDV 2026)

edited by

Michael Wink

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 420 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal diversity; biodiversity conservation; marine diversity; microbial diversity and culture collections; phylogeny and evolution; plant diversity

Geohazards and Ecosystem Resilience

edited by Felix Kwabena Donkor

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 306 | 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)

Biodiversity of Coastal and Insular Marine Ecosystems

edited by

Fabian A. Rodríguez‐Zaragoza

Alma Paola Rodriguez-Troncoso

and

María Rebeca Granja-Fernández

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 208 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity assessments; taxonomic diversity; functional diversity; numerical ecology; coastal and insular marine systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Diversity, Biodiversity, Threats and Conservation of Arthropods—2nd Edition

edited by Jaime Pizarro-Araya

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 205 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; arthropod conservation; environmental threats; climate change; habitat loss; ecosystem services; habitat restoration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Diversity of Parasites in Wildlife and Their Interactions with Hosts

edited by

Olivier Sparagano

and

Nighat Perveen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open

Keywords: wildlife parasites; one health; prevention; holobiont ecosystem

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Ecological Interactions and Conservation of Elasmobranchs

edited by Carlos Julio Polo-Silva, Phillip Lobel and

Angelica M. Barrera-Garcia

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 97 | Submission Open

Keywords: movement ecology; habitat use; fisheries management; elasmobrach conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)

Genomics and Ecology of Plants

edited by

Krishan K. Verma

and Dao-Jun Guo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant; microbial genome; rhizosphere microbes; interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)

Diversity and Evolution of Life: Insights from Early Stratigraphic Records of Major Groups

edited by

Charles Ciampaglio

, John Hunter and Loren Babcock

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open

Keywords: evolution; adaptive radiation; Paleozoic; Mesozoic; Cenozoic; geologic time

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

Plant Adaptation and Survival Under Global Environmental Change

edited by

Claudia D. Nicolae

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5384 | 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)

Climate Change and Forest Biodiversity: Impacts and Strategies for Conservation

edited by

Yunchuan Dai

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4506 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)

Cryptic Biodiversity and Evolutionary Radiations in Montane Ecosystems

edited by Carolina Reyes-Puig

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 627 | Submission Open

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

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

Arthropod Diversity in Arid and Desert Ecosystems

edited by

Jiliang Liu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2666 | Submission Open

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

Microbiome Dynamics and Ecological Mechanisms Under Urbanization and Climate Change

edited by

Fumito Maruyama

and Yue Yin

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1303 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial diversity; microbiome function; climate change; urban ecosystems; ecophysiological mechanisms

Diversity, Physiology and Ecology of Marine Microorganisms

edited by Xianzhe Gong and

Weizhi Song

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 809 | Submission Open

Keywords: diversity; ecology; physiology; microbiology; ocean

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Remote Sensing and Machine Learning for Hydrological and Ecological Assessment

edited by

Zeeshan Zafar

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 232 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; machine learning; deep learning; hydrological assessment; ecological assessment; land surface temperature; urban heat island; surface water monitoring; snow cover dynamics; drought forecasting; flood mapping; evapotranspiration; soil moisture; groundwater vulnerability; carbon storage; ecosystem services; climate resilience; geospatial analytics

Advances in Hymenoptera Diversity and Biology

edited by Jiao Tang and

Aleš Gregorc

submission deadline 15 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2846 | Submission Open

Keywords: Hymenoptera; diversity; biology; genetic diversity; conservation; biotechnological approaches

Orchids in a Changing World: Diversity, Ecological Adaptations, and Conservation Strategies

edited by

Antonio De Agostini

and

Pierluigi Cortis

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 777 | Submission Open

Keywords: orchid biodiversity; orchid– mycorrhizal symbioses; adaptation to environmental change and habitat disturbance; chemical ecology and secondary metabolites; conservation strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)

Adaptive Fisheries Management in East Asia: Navigating Climate Change, POPs, and Microplastics

edited by

Min Xu

, Haitao Wang,

Teruhisa Komatsu

and

Zengqiang Yin

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1019 | Submission Open

Keywords: East Asian fisheries; climate change; anthropogenic stressors; adaptive management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)

Flora and Vegetation in Urban Landscapes: Impacts, Adaptations and Global Patterns

edited by

Bogdan Jackowiak

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 188 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban biodiversity; urban habitats; synanthropization; biological invasions; invasion plants; plant extinction; urban ecology; urban ecosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)

Brachiopod Biodiversity Dynamics in a Changing Climate

edited by

Facheng Ye

and Renbin Zhan

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 289 | Submission Open

Keywords: brachiopoda; biodiversity dynamics; climate change; paleoecology and biogeography; macroevolution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)