BMC Ecology and Evolution

Call for Papers: Applications of Environmental DNA and RNA in Ecology

BMC Ecology and Evolution has launched a new collection to bring together research that uses environmental DNA and RNA approaches to:
● Analyse past and present biodiversity
● Monitor ecosystem health and dynamics 
● Analyse diet and trophic interactions
● Detect endangered, rare or cryptic species
● Support SDG6, SDG14 and SDG15.

Please click the above link for further information and to submit to the collection.

Call for Papers: Eco-Evo-Devo

The Editors of BMC Developmental Biology and  BMC Ecology and Evolution  welcome submissions to the cross-journal special issue on eco-evo-devo, the effect of the environment on development and evolution. Please click the above link for further information and to submit to the collection.

Global shifts in species richness have shaped carpet shark evolution

Researchers leverage the fossil record and molecular phylogenetics to investigate the evolutionary processes leading to a carpet shark biodiversity hotspot at the boundary of the Indian and Pacific ocean.

Exceptionally simple, rapidly replaced teeth in sauropod dinosaurs demonstrate a novel evolutionary strategy for herbivory in Late Jurassic ecosystems

Melstrom et al. uncover a novel approach to a plant-based diet, unique to sauropods, a genus of long-necked dinosaurs thought to be the largest animals to have ever lived on land.

December: HIV

For World AIDS day, the BMC Series Journals dedicate this month's focus issue to research on HIV and AIDS highlighting recent advancements in understanding the biology of the disease, the continued breakthroughs in diagnosis and treatment and also shed some light on what life with HIV is like. 

November: Infection and health

The BMC Series journals would like to dedicate their November focus issue to the recent research into infections and health highlighting four key topics within research on infection - the biology, recent advances in detection and diagnosis, the risk factors and incidence reports and finally on the advances in treatment and combating of infection.  Browse the articles in the focus issue further to learn more.