Selected Papers from 1st International Electronic Conference on Biological Diversity Ecology and Evolution (BDEE 2021)

<p>Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the character of academic conferences has changed. Formerly conferences required the physical presence of their members and audiences. However travel restrictions due to the pandemic caused a shift in the traditional conference format thus resulting in the rise of online conferences after 2020. In 2021 and 2022 the journal Diversity similarly organized online conferences. The well-attended online conference in March of 2021 attracted a wide range of speakers on biodiversity ecology and evolution as well as on 17 publications from this Special Issue.</p><p>The publications cover several timely aspects of biodiversity such as the importance of invasive species the ecology of urbanization the effects of drought on wildlife in Southern Africa the results of human activities on insect mammal bird reptile and amphibia populations and the genetic diversity of animal breeds microbiomes and planktonic organisms. Additionally taxonomic and biosystematic topics are also covered in several SI publications.</p>