Research on biogeography and macroecology advances our understanding of the patterns and processes determining species distribution and their interactions at different spatial and temporal scales. Applied to conservation, these knowledge areas are useful in estimating factors that influence the distribution, population dynamics, interaction assembly, speciation and extinction rates of different groups of organisms, bridging theoretical knowledge on the processes shaping biodiversity and how they might affect conservation patterns in decision-making and practical actions.
We want to encourage theoretical and evidence-based research applied to practical conservation actions. Biogeographic and ecological models help to understand processes and predict patterns of biodiversity in response to anthropogenic changes. However, investigating the extent to which environmental changes affect the evolutionary potential and large-scale biodiversity spatial patterns is still an ongoing and stimulating research topic. Macroecological patterns describing the relationship between species functional traits and other relevant ecological end evolutionary patterns such as range size, population structure, niche occupancy, and even community assembly, might be used as relevant proxies to anticipate the fate of the populations or communities in face of habitat degradation and climate change. We would like to encourage theoretical advances, empirical and meta-analytical approaches investigating the main conservation-related environmental elements influencing the evolutionary feedback of populations and communities.
We welcome submissions concerning the following themes:
• Local and regional scale biodiversity patterns and the consequences of landscape and environmental changes on functional and phylogenetic diversities; and implications for conservation
• Population demography and the relationship between functional traits and landscape features affecting population dynamics and conservation
• Climatic and landscape anthropogenic changes influencing the evolutionary potential and/or ecological resilience of species and communities and implications for conservation
• Macroecological patterns and processes, and ecological modelling, applied to conservation
• Landscape ecology in different spatio-temporal scales and implication for conservation
• Phylogeographic endemism and landscape genetics patterns as evidence for conservation actions
• Ecological interactions as evidence for conservation actions
Research on biogeography and macroecology advances our understanding of the patterns and processes determining species distribution and their interactions at different spatial and temporal scales. Applied to conservation, these knowledge areas are useful in estimating factors that influence the distribution, population dynamics, interaction assembly, speciation and extinction rates of different groups of organisms, bridging theoretical knowledge on the processes shaping biodiversity and how they might affect conservation patterns in decision-making and practical actions.
We want to encourage theoretical and evidence-based research applied to practical conservation actions. Biogeographic and ecological models help to understand processes and predict patterns of biodiversity in response to anthropogenic changes. However, investigating the extent to which environmental changes affect the evolutionary potential and large-scale biodiversity spatial patterns is still an ongoing and stimulating research topic. Macroecological patterns describing the relationship between species functional traits and other relevant ecological end evolutionary patterns such as range size, population structure, niche occupancy, and even community assembly, might be used as relevant proxies to anticipate the fate of the populations or communities in face of habitat degradation and climate change. We would like to encourage theoretical advances, empirical and meta-analytical approaches investigating the main conservation-related environmental elements influencing the evolutionary feedback of populations and communities.
We welcome submissions concerning the following themes:
• Local and regional scale biodiversity patterns and the consequences of landscape and environmental changes on functional and phylogenetic diversities; and implications for conservation
• Population demography and the relationship between functional traits and landscape features affecting population dynamics and conservation
• Climatic and landscape anthropogenic changes influencing the evolutionary potential and/or ecological resilience of species and communities and implications for conservation
• Macroecological patterns and processes, and ecological modelling, applied to conservation
• Landscape ecology in different spatio-temporal scales and implication for conservation
• Phylogeographic endemism and landscape genetics patterns as evidence for conservation actions
• Ecological interactions as evidence for conservation actions