Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818; CODEN: DIVEC6) is an open access journal on the science of biodiversity published quarterly online by MDPI.

They encourage researchers to send their manuscript on the following topics:

• Empirical studies on the effects emerging air pollutants on lichen communities;
• Investigating environmental factors, as covariates of lichen diversity;
• Temporal and spatial patterns of lichen diversity as a function of disturbances;
• Monitoring climate change by means of lichen diversity shifts;
• Effects of forest management on lichen communities and populations;
• The use of lichen functional traits in biomonitoring;
• Theoretical aspects related to the quantification and to the interpretation of lichen diversity.

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2019

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