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Diversity and Phylogenetics of Parasites in Aquatic Animals

edited by Joanna Dzido and Martina Orosová

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5478 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; genetic diversity; phylogeny; taxonomy; distibution; systematics; biogeography; evolution; ecology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Anthropogenic Impacts on Marine Ecosystems: A Biodiversity Conservation Emergency

edited by

Enrique Lozano

and

Jesús Alcázar-Treviño

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4931 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine pollution; anthropogenic impacts; marine biodiversity; conservation threats; plastic pollution; heavy metals and trace elements; acoustic pollution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)

Ecology and Restoration of Grassland

edited by

Xiaowei Guo

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2045 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological restoration; active restoration; biodiversity; community assembly theory; species composition; grassland degradation; grassland management; soil carbon sequestration; seed addition; plant– soil feedback

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)

Cnidaria: Diversity, Ecology, and Evolution

edited by Maria Eduarda Alves Dos Santos,

Jonathan Wanderley Lawley

and

Bert W. Hoeksema

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1652 | Submission Open

Keywords: Anthozoa; biodiversity; genetics; genomics; Medusozoa; symbiosis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Conflict and Coexistence between Humans and Wildlife

edited by

Li Zhang

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1094 | Submission Open

Keywords: wildlife conservation; human– wildlife conflicts; population dynamics; mitigation strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Loss & Dynamics)

Morphology and Evolution of Snakes

edited by Jesse M. Meik and Paul M. Hampton

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 850 | Submission Open

Keywords: ophidia; body elongation; phenotype; limb reduction; skull kinesis; scalation; morphological diversity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Knowledge and Conservation of Peatlands and Their Biodiversity

edited by

Xabier Pontevedra Pombal

and Martín Souto

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 299 | Submission Open

Keywords: peatland habitats; biodiversity; knowledge frontiers; conservation; environmental emergency

Marine Nearshore Biodiversity—2nd Edition

edited by

Thomas J. Trott

submission deadline 18 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1603 | Submission Open

Keywords: biogeography; oceanography; range shifts; coastal; distributions; community ecology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Selected Papers from the 5th International Congress on Applied Ichthyology, Oceanography, and Aquatic Environment (HydroMediT 2024)

edited by

Georgios A. Gkafas

, Drosos Koutsoubas and Vassileios Bakopoulos

submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 56 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine diversity ; conservation ; oceanography ; population dynamics ; fisheries

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Wildlife Welfare

edited by

Miriam A. Zemanova

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 12587 | Submission Open

Keywords: the 3Rs principles; animal welfare; compassionate conservation; wildlife rehabilitation; welfare biology; zoos

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Plant Diversity on Islands

edited by

Maria Panitsa

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10444 | Submission Open

Keywords: Island plant; Island flora; Floristic diversity; Species richness; Endemism; Spatial patterns; Spatial turnover; Temporal turnover; Island specialist taxa; Beta diversity; Oceanic islands; Land-bridge island; Continental island; Habitat island

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)

Diversity, Distribution and Zoogeography of Coleoptera

edited by

Massimo Meregalli

and

Pier Mauro Giachino

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10406 | Submission Open

Keywords: taxonomy; systematics; phylogeny; zoogeography; paleogeography; cladistic approach; molecular approach; morphological approach; distribution pattern

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Dynamics of Marine Communities

edited by

Joo Myun Park

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6199 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Plant Succession and Vegetation Dynamics

edited by

Thomas Fickert

and Michael Richter

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5621 | 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)

Taxonomy, Systematics, Evolution and Biogeography of Freshwater Decapod Crustaceans

edited by

Valentin de Mazancourt

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4334 | Submission Open

Keywords: Anomura; Astacidea; Brachyura; Caridea; diversity; fossil; molecular taxonomy; morphology; new species

(This special issue belongs to the Section Freshwater Biodiversity)

Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation of Lepidoptera

edited by

Masahiko Kitahara

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3570 | Submission Open

Keywords: Lepidoptera; ecology; distribution; biodiversity; nature protection; conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)

Advances in Diversity and Conservation of Terrestrial Small Mammals—2nd Edition

edited by

Ana Maria Benedek

and

Linas Balčiauskas

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3565 | Submission Open

Keywords: rodents; insectivores; species richness; alpha; beta and gamma diversity patterns; functional diversity; genetic diversity; climate change; habitat degradation; commensal habitats and adaptations; conservation biology; damage and pathogens; mitigation; red lists

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Advances in Freshwater Mollusk Research

edited by

Ioan Sîrbu

Simone Varandas

and

Martin Österling

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3510 | Submission Open

Keywords: freshwater mollusks (gastropods; bivalves); biodiversity; community ecology; biogeography; functional traits; invasive species; human impact; multivariate methods; bioindication; conservation; management; ecological modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Freshwater Biodiversity)

Biodiversity and Conservation of Mangroves

edited by

Elizabeth Clare Ashton

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 962 | Submission Open

Keywords: mangrove ecosystems; sustainable management; protection; policy; livelihoods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)

Fish Diversity in the Red Sea

edited by Tilman J. Alpermann, Moritz Sonnewald and Barry Russell

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 945 | Submission Open

Keywords: ichthyological exploration; integrative taxonomy; phylogeography; population genetics; evolutionary genomics; community dynamics; ecological adaptations; conservation and management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Ecology, Diversity and Conservation of Aquatic and Helophytic Plants, Plant Communities and Their Environments

edited by

Jarosław Proćków

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 779 | Submission Open

Keywords: diversity of aquatic plants; helophytes; biodiversity & conservation; aquatic plant communities; vegetation; conservation biology; species diversity; floristic studies; plant taxonomy; phytosociology; plant ecology; plant diversity; endangered and rare plant species and their protection; endangered and rare plant communities; endangered species; flora extinction; conservation of aquatic environments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)

Fungal Diversity

edited by

Samantha C. Karunarathna

, Benjarong Karbowy-Thongbai,

Saowaluck Tibpromma

, Asha Janadaree Dissanayake and

Arun Kumar Dutta

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 284 | Submission Open

Keywords: applications of fungi; ascomycota; basidiomycota; biodegradation; biocontrol agents; biotechnology; fungal taxonomy; fungal phylogeny; next-generation sequencing; fungal toxins; fungal pathogens; fungal ecology

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

Ecology and Paleoecology of Atlantic and Caribbean Coral Reefs

edited by Pamela Hallock

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1191 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; biogeography; coral-reef ecosystem; reef-species distributions; reef community structure; resilient species; endemic species; vulnerable species; climate change; Neogene reefs; Miocene reefs; Pliocene reefs; Pleistocene reefs; climate change to reef ecosystem services

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Animal Diversity Hot Topics in 2024

edited by

Luc Legal

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1037 | 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 328 | 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

edited by

Naoko Takezaki

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 254 | Submission Open

Keywords: hot topics; evolutionary biology; evolution of ecosystems; molecular phylogeny; climate change and evolution

Plant Diversity in Pastoral Rangelands

edited by

Mogamat Igshaan Samuels

Mounir Louhaichi

and

Matthew Luizza

submission deadline 5 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3819 | 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

edited by

Andrea De Felice

and

Iole Leonori

submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8918 | 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

Antonio Zurita

and Marcela Lareschi

submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5903 | 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

edited by

Sofia Solórzano

and

Maria Del Coro Arizmendi

submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5673 | 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

edited by

Ricardo Siqueira Bovendorp

submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1111 | 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 121 | 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

edited by

Ekaterina Kozuharova

Ina Yosifova Aneva

and

Luca Rastrelli

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9253 | 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

Avian Ecology and Diversity, Population Monitoring and Conservation II: Recent Advances and New Challenges

edited by

Huw Lloyd

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1540 | 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

edited by

Valentina Costa

and

Veronica Santinelli

submission deadline 24 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3675 | 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

edited by

Simon Blanchet

submission deadline 29 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1109 | 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

edited by

Longshan Lin

submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11644 | 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)

2024 Feature Papers by Diversity’s Editorial Board Members

edited by

Michael Wink

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 21 articles | Viewed by 26384 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity concepts and applications; biodiversity assessment; biodiversity preservation

Diversity in 2024

edited by

Michael Wink

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 17 articles | Viewed by 20767 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; conservation; ecology; phylogeny; evolution

Recent Advances in the Diversity and Taxonomy of Subterranean Arthropods

edited by

Srećko B. Ćurčić

and

Gordan S. Karaman

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 16201 | Submission Open

Keywords: underground environment; subterranean arthropods; troglobites; stygobites; taxonomy; biodiversity

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

Freshwater Zoobenthos Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9990 | Submission Open

Keywords: biogeography; DNA barcode; ecology; evolution; genomics; phylogeny; taxonomy; zoobenthos

(This special issue belongs to the Section Freshwater Biodiversity)

Biodiversity and Ecology of Soil Fungal Communities

edited by

Xin-Cun Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9178 | 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

edited by

Roberto Pizzolotto

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9093 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Loss & Dynamics)

Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystems Management—2nd Edition

edited by

Charalampos Dimitriadis

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8411 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)

Bacterial Symbionts of Invertebrates: Diversity, Transmission and Impacts

edited by

Monika Mioduchowska

and Edyta Konecka

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8284 | 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

edited by

Giovanni Bacaro

Enrico Tordoni

and

Francesco Petruzzellis

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7661 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)

Evaluating the Influence of Environmental Variables on Fish Ecology and Diversity

edited by

Lei Zhou

Junjie Wang

and

Chuanbo Guo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6656 | Submission Open

Keywords: fish ecology; environmental variables; water quality; habitat destruction; anthropogenic disturbance; conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Spatial and Temporal Studies in Marine Protected Areas: Mexican Chapter

edited by

Marlenne Manzano-Sarabia

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6109 | 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)

Ecology and Conservation of Marine Megafauna

edited by

José Carlos Báez

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5679 | 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)

Emerging Effects of Pollinator Loss on Biodiversity

edited by

Ekaterina Kozuharova

and

Toshko Ljubomirov

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5631 | 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)

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