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Section of Zoology, Department of Animal Biology, Parasitology, Ecology, Edaphology and Agronomic Chemistry, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, University of Salamanca, 37071 Salamanca, Spain
Section of Zoology, Department of Animal Biology, Parasitology, Ecology, Edaphology and Agronomic Chemistry, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, University of Salamanca, 37071 Salamanca, Spain
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Ecology, Management and Conservation of Vertebrates: 2nd Edition

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Dear Colleagues,

Vertebrates are one of the most threatened forms of biodiversity in the context of global climate change. The destruction and fragmentation of habitats and the impact of human activities, illegal trafficking, invasive alien species, emerging diseases and climate change are some of the main drivers behind the decline in their populations. Great effort has been made in recent decades to research and develop new methodologies for the study and quantification of these impacts, and to provide novel proposals to promote the conservation of this group of fauna. This Topic aims to gather a wide range of primary research papers regarding vertebrate conservation around the world, offering examples from a broad spectrum of themes representing the current state of the field.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) Novel approaches to the biology of vertebrate conservation;

(2) Studies on the drivers of vertebrate population decline;

(3) The results of conservation plans and strategies;

(4) Relevant aspects of the ecology of vertebrate populations in relation to their conservation;

(5) The incorporation of local perspectives into vertebrate conservation.

Prof. Dr. Miguel Lizana
Dr. Víctor Colino-Rabanal
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Keywords

  • vertebrates
  • conservation
  • global change
  • human–wildlife interactions
  • threat drivers
  • plans and strategies

Participating Journals

Journal Name Impact Factor CiteScore Launched Year First Decision (median) APC
Animals
animals 		2.7 5.2 2011 17.7 Days CHF 2400 Submit
Birds
birds 		1.4 2.7 2020 26.8 Days CHF 1200 Submit
Diversity
diversity 		2.1 4.0 2009 17.1 Days CHF 2100 Submit
Life
life 		3.4 6.0 2011 19.3 Days CHF 2600 Submit

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Birds as Environmental Bioindicators of Genotoxicity in Brazilian Cerrado Farmlands: An In Situ Approach
by Henrique Nazareth Souto, Edimar Olegário de Campos Júnior, Marcos Vinicius Bohrer Monteiro Siqueira, Carlos Fernando Campos, Cassio Resende Morais, Boscolli Barbosa Pereira and Sandra Morelli
Animals 2025, 15(21), 3208; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15213208 - 4 Nov 2025
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Birds have played a crucial role as environmental monitors throughout history, ranging from the use of canaries to detect methane and carbon monoxide in mines to the decline of raptors and seabirds during the DDT era due to widespread organochlorine pesticide contamination. Owing [...] Read more.
Birds have played a crucial role as environmental monitors throughout history, ranging from the use of canaries to detect methane and carbon monoxide in mines to the decline of raptors and seabirds during the DDT era due to widespread organochlorine pesticide contamination. Owing to their high diversity and capacity for bioaccumulation, birds are widely recognized as effective indicators of environmental change and pollutant exposure. Cytogenetic techniques have been increasingly applied over the past two decades to assess micronuclei formation resulting from interactions with clastogenic and aneugenic chemical compounds. The main goals of this study were (a) to evaluate a subset of the bird community in the southeastern Brazilian Cerrado as potential environmental indicators of pesticide exposure using the erythrocyte micronucleus test and (b) to investigate possible associations between bird morphometric traits and micronuclei frequency. Birds were sampled from three groups of coffee farms in the Brazilian Cerrado. Blood samples were collected from 152 individuals (122 on farms and 30 at the reference site) via the metatarsal vein, followed by slide preparation for micronucleus analysis. Two slides were prepared per bird; each slide was scored for 10,000 erythrocytes, and MN frequency was reported as the mean across slides. The species Leptotila rufaxilla, Volatinia jacarina, Galbula ruficauda, Gnorimopsar chopi, Molothrus bonariensis, Passer domesticus, Turdus leucomelas, and Turdus rufiventris exhibited six or more micronuclei per 10,000 erythrocytes, indicating the highest potential as bioindicators of environmental contamination. Micronuclei frequency in erythrocytes was positively correlated with the use of mixed pesticides, with variation depending on the size of the coffee farms. Although a slight negative biological trend was observed between micronuclei frequency and certain morphometric traits, particularly bill length, no statistically significant correlations were found. Similarly, birds from large farms exhibited a slight reduction in certain morphometric features, though these differences were also not statistically significant. These results highlight the utility of selected bird species as early-warning bioindicators for pesticide exposure in tropical agroecosystems. Full article
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