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Global Change: Evidence, Models, and Experimentation

Global change studies aim to understand Earth systems in order to identify, explain, and predict natural or anthropogenic changes. They also assess the regional and local impacts of such changes on natural and human systems, and provide a scientific basis for developing technical, economic, and social strategies for mitigation and adaptation.

The forces driving global change affect the distribution, functionality, and dynamics of species and ecosystems at a planetary scale. This has posed both challenges and opportunities for biogeography and ecology, spurring in recent decades the development of various approaches, models, and tools to understand and anticipate the impact of stressors on biodiversity. However, an integrative approach is still needed—one that combines empirical evidence with experimentation and ecological modeling.

This special issue of Biota Colombiana calls for research that explores and synthesizes current evidence on the effects of global change on biodiversity and its services in the Neotropical region. We welcome studies presenting results on the impacts of global change using ecological modeling approaches, as well as contributions that present tools for validating these changes. We also encourage comprehensive literature reviews with critical analyses that identify knowledge gaps and propose future directions for research in this field.

Thematic Areas

• Effects of global change on biodiversity
• Climate change and biodiversity
• Climate change and invasive species
• Advances and limitations of ecological modeling in the context of global change
• Experimental tools for studying global change
• Field and laboratory approaches to understanding ecological responses of biodiversity to global change
• Landscape transformations and anthropization
• Pollution and biodiversity
• Ecosystem health and global change
• Ecosystem resilience to global change
• Conservation and restoration strategies for Neotropical biodiversity

Submit your article through the following link.

Accepted articles will be published on a rolling basis between January and December 2026.

Organizers
Ángela P. Cuervo-Robayo
Instituto de Biología
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Laboratorio Nacional de Biología del Cambio Climático
Julián A. Velasco
Instituto de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y Cambio Climático
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Elkin A. Noguera-Urbano
Instituto Humboldt
Ángela Suárez Mayorga
Grupo de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación Genética (GBCG)

Types of contributions
Research articles
Data papers
Review articles
Short notes

About the Journal
Open Access (Diamond OA)
No article processing charges (APC)
Rolling publication model
Q3 in SJR ranking