Forest Wildlife Biology and Habitat Conservation
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Biodiversity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2024 | Viewed by 308
Special Issue Editors
Interests: wildlife management; wildlife conservation; wildlife biology, wild animal ecology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Forests and ecological systems formed by forests, together with forest wildlife, are an important link in the chain of maintenance and preservation of nature on a global level. The management of forest wildlife is not regulated on a global level, so there are numerous examples where various negative impacts have led to a significant reduction in and in some cases to the complete disappearance of certain forest wild animals from an area. Often, one of the reasons for the disappearance of a species from a forest area can be insufficient knowledge of the ecological-biological requirements of the species, which, in correlation with negative anthropogenic or other influences, leads to a decrease in abundance or disappearance. Today, the stability of forest ecosystems is threatened by deforestation, home range fragmentation, the appearance and spread of invasive species, forest fires, hydro melioration interventions, climate change and other negative anthropogenic influences. These influences can be instant or cumulative. Certain interactions of forest factors are intertwined with each other, and it is sometimes difficult to explain or determine them.
In order to contribute to a better understanding of the complex relationships within forest ecosystems, this Special Issue aims to improve the knowledge of endangered and rare forest wild animals and the relationship between wildlife and habitat, to discover the possibilities of improving this relationship and preserving forest habitats for wildlife.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Forest wildlife biology and ecology;
- Forest wildlife conservation;
- Forest exploitation–wildlife interactions;
- Wildlife habitat conservation;
- Forest wildlife management.
Dr. Kristijan Tomljanović
Dr. Hubert Potočnik
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Forests is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- forest wildlife
- wildlife biology wildlife ecology
- conservation
- wildlife habitat management
