Special Issues

Diversity publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated EBM will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Ecology, Diversity and Conservation of Seabirds—2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 15 May 2024 | Viewed by 1 | Submission Open
Keywords: seabird conservation; marine ecosystem; seabirds as bioindicators; human-induced impacts; pollution and climate effects; food webs; population dynamics; fisheries– seabirds interactions; migration
Quantifying Biodiversity: Methods and Applications
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 11103 | Submission Open
Keywords: biodiversity index; statistical model; biodiversity sampling; biodiversity assessment; biodiversity conservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)
Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation of Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles
edited by , Tommaso Gerussi and
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 209 | Submission Open
Keywords: marine mammals; sea turtles; endangered species; biology; ecology; conservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)
Mangrove Regeneration and Restoration
edited by
submission deadline 30 May 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12015 | Submission Open
Keywords: Mangrove; Disturbance; Reforestation; Natural regeneration; Resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)
Shark Ecology submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12658 | Submission Open
Keywords: conservation actions; sharks; ecology; monitoring; threats; ecotoxicology; behavior
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)
Ecology and Biogeography of Marine Benthos
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12217 | Submission Open
Keywords: marine taxa; benthic communities; benthic habitats; benthic ecology; conservation and management of ecosystems; biodiversity; species distribution modeling; habitat mapping; trophic interactions; effects of anthropogenic pressures; effects of climatic change; invasive species
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)
Recent Advances in Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity of the Chondrichthyan Fauna
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10944 | Submission Open
Keywords: chondrichthyes; elasmobranchii; sharks; rays; chimaeras; biodiversity; ecology; evolution; taxonomy; systematics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)
Plant Diversity on Islands
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8630 | 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)
Ecology and Management of Forest Insects in the Anthropocene
edited by and
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4176 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest pest ecology and management; RNAi; symbiotic associations; biological invasions; chemical ecology; sensor biology; omics; community ecology; population genetics; bark beetles; lepidopteran forest pest; socio-economic drivers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Loss & Dynamics)
Taxonomy, Epidemiology, Evolution and Phylogeny of Common Ectoparasites of Vertebrates: Siphonaptera and Acari
edited by and Marcela Lareschi
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3899 | Submission Open
Keywords: parasites; Siphonaptera; Acari; evolution; phylogeny; taxonomy; distribution; epidemiology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phylogeny and Evolution)
Fungi, Ecology, and Global Change submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3817 | Submission Open
Keywords: fungi; diversity; climate change; fungal diseases; ecology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Diversity and Culture Collections)
Dynamics of Marine Communities
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2953 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)
Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation of Lepidoptera
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1697 | Submission Open
Keywords: Lepidoptera; ecology; distribution; biodiversity; nature protection; conservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)
Ecology and Diversity of Plants in Arid and Semi-arid Ecosystems submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 300 | Submission Open
Keywords: molecular regulation mechanisms; desert plants; plant diversity; biodiversity conservation; ecological adaptability; oxidative stress in plants; biotic and abiotic stress; arid and semi-arid land
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)
Beyond the Progress: Exploring the Trade-Offs of Biodiversity and Renewable Energy Technologies in Aquatic Ecosystems
edited by Simone Cardoso
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 164 | Submission Open
Keywords: biodiversity assessment; biodiversity preservation; environmental sensors; aquatic biodiversity; aquatic ecosystems
Ecology and Diversity of Microbes in Karst Landscapes
edited by and Zhi-Feng Zhang
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open
Keywords: karst landscapes; microbial taxonomy; microbial community; microbiome; microbial ecology; ecological function
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Diversity and Culture Collections)
Ecology and Evolution of Invasive Plant Species submission deadline 1 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1568 | Submission Open
Keywords: adaptations; communities; dispersal; ecosystems; habitats; hybridization; micro-evolution; mutualistic relationships; populations; spatial scale; temporal scale; trophic relationships
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)
Impact of Environment and Management on Bees and Other Insects
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 169 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental factors; land-use; management; bees; insects; pollinator; climate change; biodiversity conservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Loss & Dynamics)
Ecology and Conservation of Marine Megafauna
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4572 | 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)
Recent Advances in Plant-Pathogen Interactions - 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 26 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 957 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant pathology; high-throughput sequencing; symptoms; viroids; viruses; bacteria; fungi; omics technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Diversity and Culture Collections)
Diversity, Ecology, and Distribution of Parasites and Endosymbionts of Reptiles
edited by Rodrigo Megía-Palma and Emilio Civantos
submission deadline 29 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open
Keywords: co-adaptation; sexual selection; ecography; phylogenetics; vector-borne parasites
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)
Diversity of Wildlife Pathogens submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 20873 | Submission Open
Keywords: wildlife diseases; vector-borne diseases; zoonotic pathogens; infectious diseases; animal pathogen; disease outbreak; pathogen diagnosis; emerging diseases
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)
Changes and Evolution of Flora and Vegetation under Human Impacts
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 15652 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant diversity; human pressure; hemeroby; synanthropisation; flora extinction; endangered species; plant invasion; alien species; microevolution
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)
Wildlife in Natural and Altered Environments submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12543 | Submission Open
Keywords: agrosystem; anthropic habitat; deforestation; global change; habitat degradation; natural habitat; land-use shifts; pollution; urban habitat; wildfire
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)
Aquatic Plant Diversity, Conservation, and Restoration submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8833 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquatic vegetation; biodiversity; macrophytes; freshwater; resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)
Diversity and Spatiotemporal Distribution of Nekton
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8404 | 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)
Indo-Pacific Coral Diseases: Diversity, Impacts and Solutions
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6985 | Submission Open
Keywords: pathogens; invertebrates; prevalence & incidence; vector & reservoir; mortality; impacts; mitigation tools; climate change; monitoring protocol; ecological assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)
Rare and Endemic Plant Conservation in the Context of Global Changes submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4888 | Submission Open
Keywords: rare and endemic plants; plant communities; conservation; protected areas; global changes; phytodiversity; ecosystems; natural habitats
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)
Conservation of Farmland Birds submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4660 | Submission Open
Keywords: agricultural intensification; agri-environment policy; biodiversity conservation; climate change; community-level responses; ecological intensification; ecosystem services; functional diversity; grassland birds; landscape structure; livestock grazing; pesticides; population dynamics; renewable energy; steppe birds; sustainable agriculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)
Do We Still Need Natural History Collections?
edited by , and Irena Grbac
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4612 | Submission Open
Keywords: biodiversity loss; conservation; taxonomy; ecology; fossils; minerals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phylogeny and Evolution)
Conservation Genetics and Biogeography of Seed Plant Species II submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4569 | Submission Open
Keywords: conservation genetics; genetic diversity; molecular markers; phylogeography; seed plants
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)
Ecology and Management of Invasive Vespidae
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4221 | Submission Open
Keywords: invasive Vespidae; impacts; surveillance; eradication; control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)
Biodiversity and Conservation of Coral Reefs
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4187 | Submission Open
Keywords: coral reefs; marine biodiversity; conservation; climate change; resilience; restoration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)
Microbiota Diversity in Plants and Forest submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3689 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest microbiome; plant microbiome; habitat; ecosystem dynamics; decomposition; microbial plant interactions; microbiome diversity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Diversity and Culture Collections)
Biodiversity and Ecology in the Mediterranean Sea submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3041 | Submission Open
Keywords: biodiversity; ecology; mediterranean sea; plankton; fish; environmental factors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)
Plant Succession and Vegetation Dynamics
edited by and Michael Richter
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2456 | 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)
Avian Diversity in Forest and Grassland
edited by Grzegorz Kopij
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2239 | Submission Open
Keywords: avian community; avian diversity; environmental changes; forest fragmentation; population density and dynamics; conservation of forest birds; nest box studies; effect of habitat structure and floral composition; urbanized versus natural woodlands; natural versus cultivated forests
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)
Taxonomy, Systematics, Evolution and Biogeography of Freshwater Decapod Crustaceans submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2091 | Submission Open
Keywords: Anomura; Astacidea; Brachyura; Caridea; diversity; fossil; molecular taxonomy; morphology; new species
(This special issue belongs to the Section Freshwater Biodiversity)
Marine Ecosystem Functioning and Food Webs under Climate Change submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1878 | Submission Open
Keywords: trophic interactions; food webs; marine ecosystems; climate change; energy dynamics; ecosystem functions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)
Distribution and Diversity of Orchids—2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1300 | Submission Open
Keywords: orchids; species distribution models; diversity; taxonomic revisions; genetic studies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biogeography and Macroecology)
The Applications of Artificial Intelligence on the Conservation of Biodiversity
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1040 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; natural language processing; natural resource sustainability; conservation of biodiversity; biodiversity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)
Biodiversity, Phylogeography and Evolution of Cnidaria
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 872 | Submission Open
Keywords: Cnidaria; evolution; diversity; phylogenetic; adaptability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)
Recent Advances in Germplasm Evaluation and Breeding of Horticultural Plants
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 562 | Submission Open
Keywords: genetic diversity; germplasm evaluation; phenotyping; genomics; enviromics; genetic improvement; germplasm innovation; physiological responses; breeding
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)
Phylogeny, Ages, Molecules and Fossils of Land Plants
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 403 | Submission Open
Keywords: land plants; phylogeny; divergence time; molecular clock; fossil; evolution
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)
Biodiversity as Tools to Assess Impacts on Coastal Ecosystems submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 286 | Submission Open
Keywords: coastal management; bioindicators; biomonitors; biotic indices; sandy beaches; mangroves; estuaries; rocky shores; benthos; plankton; nekton
Freshwater Zoobenthos Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology submission deadline 1 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6444 | Submission Open
Keywords: biogeography; DNA barcode; ecology; evolution; genomics; phylogeny; taxonomy; zoobenthos
(This special issue belongs to the Section Freshwater Biodiversity)
Biogeography and Diversity of Butterflies and Moths
edited by and
submission deadline 1 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3546 | Submission Open
Keywords: Lepidoptera; species richness; phylogeography; diversity conservation; spatial distribution
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)
Systematics, Phylogeny, and Biogeography of Leguminosae
edited by
submission deadline 1 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 354 | Submission Open
Keywords: Leguminosae; systematics; phylogenetics; biogeography; phylogeography
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)
Paleoecology, Genomics and Genetic Diversity of American Bison and Other Bovine Species
edited by
submission deadline 1 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 241 | Submission Open
Keywords: bison; buffalo; bovine species; paleoecology of habitats; genetic diversity; ancient and modern genomes; evolution of bison and other bovine species; conservation; great plains; dental calculus and microfossils; oral and gut microbiomes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phylogeny and Evolution)
Diptera in Aquatic and Semiaquatic Environments: Diversity and Adaptations submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9416 | Submission Open
Keywords: Diptera; midges; flies; biodiversity; ecology; taxonomy; phylogeny; biogeography; aquatic; semiaquatic; water edge; habitats; life history; larvae; adaptations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)
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