Avian Ecology and Diversity, Population Monitoring and Conservation II: Recent Advances and New Challenges
A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Diversity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2024 | Viewed by 1851
Special Issue Editor
Interests: avian ecology and conservation; population monitoring; conservation biology; bioacoustics; reintroduction biology; evolution avian life-histories
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Dear Colleagues,
Birds represent one of the most widely recognised and well-studied taxa, yet the populations of many species continue to decline worldwide. Despite recent advances in the use of new remote sensing technologies and the adoption of citizen science initiatives for studying birds, significant knowledge gaps remain in many aspects of avian ecology, diversity, and population monitoring. Given the current biodiversity crisis and the threats posed by climate change, the need to fill these knowledge gaps has never been more critical.
In this Special Issue, we aim to extend our knowledge base on aspects of avian ecology and diversity, avian population monitoring, and avian conservation science by presenting research covering both empirical and theoretical studies at all levels (e.g., molecular, population, species). Our hope is that, collectively, these papers can serve as a key resource for future avian diversity and conservation research, particularly for early-career researchers. Examples of possible research topics/approaches/integrative studies include (but are not limited to): environmental/ecological drivers of avian diversity (functional, taxonomic, genetic, etc); the evolutionary origins of avian diversity; environmental/anthropogenic drivers of avian population decline; the application/transferability of traditional/novel methods to other populations, species, or habitats; the development of new analytical methods for avian populations/diversity (e.g., new open source programmes); and the application of established/novel approaches to the conservation of avian populations/diversity.
Dr. Huw Lloyd
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- avian ecology
- avian diversity
- population monitoring
- bird conservation
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