Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Biodiversity

Biodiversity is the variety of life at all levels of biological organisation, encompassing the diversity of genes within populations, of species within communities, and of ecosystems across landscapes. It includes plants, animals, fungi, and microorganisms, together with the ecological processes and interactions tha…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 2× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2766-869X 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Biodiversity is the variety of life at all levels of biological organisation, encompassing the diversity of genes within populations, of species within communities, and of ecosystems across landscapes. It includes plants, animals, fungi, and microorganisms, together with the ecological processes and interactions that sustain them. Biodiversity underpins the functioning of ecosystems and the services they provide, including pollination, nutrient cycling, water regulation, and the resilience that allows communities to withstand disturbance. It is commonly assessed through measures of species richness and abundance and through the monitoring of indicator groups such as insects and pollinators, whose distribution and partitioning of resources reflect habitat condition. Biodiversity is shaped by environmental gradients and is threatened by pressures including habitat loss and fragmentation, land-use change, pollution, and climate change and extreme hydrological events, all of which can reduce species richness and disrupt ecological relationships. Conservation responses range from the protection and management of areas and habitats to the maintenance of suitable conditions for endemic and vulnerable species. Research relevant to this topic examines the influence of environmental factors on species diversity and abundance, the impacts of human activity and climate on natural communities, the molecular characterisation of biological diversity, and approaches to habitat suitability assessment and wildlife conservation that aim to safeguard biological variety.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 2 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Biodiversity, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Fungal Diversity (ISSN 2766-869X).

Journal editorial board
Sudha Chaturvedi · United States

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