Biodiversity Management in Sustainable Landscapes
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainability, Biodiversity and Conservation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 1049
Special Issue Editors
Interests: entomology; landscape ecology; ecosystem services; functional biodiversity; network analysis
Interests: methods and techniques for conservation; enhancement of functional biodiversity in agro-environments; ecosystem services; biological control and pollination
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Agriculture and other human activities are dramatically reshaping landscapes around the world, leading to habitat destruction and fragmentation, frequent biological invasions, and other environmental alterations that deeply impact biodiversity. This, in turn, can have profound effects on vital ecosystem services provided by wildlife, including pollination, soil quality conservation, and biological control.
In this scenario, it becomes pivotal to devise and apply landscape-level management plans aimed at harmonizing anthropic land use with biological diversity and ecosystem service preservation, all while countering the spread of pests and invasive species. This can only be achieved through a deep understanding of the complex multilevel relationships between different species, local habitat features, and landscape features.
In this Special Issue, we welcome original research articles and reviews which cover all aspects of biodiversity conservation in agricultural and natural landscapes, including (but not limited to) ecosystem service enhancement, invasive species management, ecological intensification in agriculture and conservation biology for rare species, with a particular focus on landscape-level approaches. In this context, we equally welcome papers which advance our knowledge of biodiversity–landscape interactions and ecological functions, as well as applied research on wildlife and landscape management strategies and their outcomes.
We look forward to receiving your innovative contributions.
Dr. Francesco Lami
Dr. Serena Magagnoli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biodiversity
- conservation biology
- landscape ecology
- land use change
- ecosystem services
- agroecology
- invasive species
