Biogeography, Ecology and Conservation of Reptiles
A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2025 | Viewed by 17
Special Issue Editors
Interests: conservation; amphibian; reptiles
Interests: community ecology; reptile biology and conservation; tropical reptile ecology; chelonian conservation; reptile population biology; reptile dietary habits and foraging ecology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Diversity is a peer-reviewed open access journal publishing research on the science of biodiversity that publishes Special Issues that serve as collections of papers on specific topics. This latest Special Issue will focus on new studies on reptile ecology, evolution and conservation—three intrinsically linked subject areas. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website and this Special Issue particularly seeks studies that are interdisciplinary and that combine aspects of ecology, ethology and evolution, so that the contributions can be of broad interest to a large number of readers. There are no limitations as to biogeographical region, and studies from the Global South are particularly welcome.
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Dr. Roger Meek
Prof. Dr. Luca Luiselli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- reptiles
- ecology
- evolution
- conservation
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