Patterns of Species Diversity under Human Disturbances
A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818). This special issue belongs to the section "Biodiversity Loss & Dynamics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 May 2024 | Viewed by 67
Special Issue Editors
Interests: tropical ecology; disturbance ecology; land-use change and habitat fragmentation; wildlife ecology; plant ecology; community ecology; functional ecology; landscape ecology; biodiversity and conservation
Interests: functional ecology; disturbance ecology; plant ecology; community ecology; remote sensing, conservation physiology; biodiversity and conservation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Tropical systems, which are the greatest reservoirs of diversity, are severely threatened by human activities, resulting in ecosystem transformation, fragmentation and degradation. Indeed, at present, most tropical landscapes are constituted by secondary forests that play an increasingly relevant role in the mainteinance of biodiversity, as well as in the mainteinance of ecosystem function and resilience. The dramatic degradation of tropical forests puts tremendous pressure not just on wildlife but also on the humans and domestic species that inhabit these regions and depend on their ecosystem services. Moreover, the health of wildlife, domestic species and humans is increasingly at risk, as the tropics are a frequent site of disease emergence or reemergence. In this context, we need to develop new and highly integrative perspectives/approaches for the study, management and conservation of the tropics, at different spatial scales. Conservation physiology, the One Health approach and new landscape-scale perspectives on epidemiology, management and conservation are examples of such necessities.
This Special Issue aims to provide a platform for new empirical research and reviews that advance our knowledge of the effects of tropical forest transformation, fragmentation or degradation on the ecology and health of wild species and/or the domestic species interacting with them (plants or animals). Particularly welcome are studies on the effect of human activities and climatic change on the diversity and ecology of tropical systems; the role of secondary and old growth forests, as well as of anthropogenic landscape attributes on ecosystem resistance/resilience, the conservation of diversity, and the health of wild and domestic species; and the application of new and integrative approaches for the study, management and conservation of tropical systems.
We cordially invite you to contribute to this Special Issue, presenting the results obtained in your research.
Dr. Luis Daniel Ávila Cabadilla
Dr. Mariana Yólotl Álvarez Añorve
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- tropical forest
- disturbance ecology
- conservation physiology
- ecology of secondary forests
- forest ecosystem health
- land-use change and habitat fragmentation
- anthropogenic landscape ecology
- landscape epidemiology
- conservation and management of tropical biodiversity
