Dear colleagues,

The following Special Issue will be published in Diversity
(http://www.mdpi.com/journal/diversity/, ISSN 1424-2818), and is open
for submission of a comprehensive review article or a full research paper
for peer-review and possible publication:

Special Issue: Appraisal of Approaches for the Management of Biodiversity
and Life Support Systems
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/si/diversity/life_support_systems/
Guest Editor: Dr. Angela Dikou
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 September 2012

You may send your manuscript now or up until the deadline.
Submitted papers should not have been published previously, nor be under
consideration for publication elsewhere. We also encourage authors to
send us their tentative title and short abstract by e-mail for approval to the
Editorial Office at diversity@mdpi.com.

This Special Issue will be fully open access. Open access (unlimited and
free access by readers) increases publicity and promotes more frequent
citations as indicated by several studies. Open access is supported by the
authors and their institutes. More information is available at
http://www.mdpi.com/about/openaccess/.

Article Processing Charges (APC) are 500 CHF per accepted paper. An
additional fee of 250 CHF may apply if English editing or extensive
revisions must be undertaken by the Editorial Office. More information can
be found at http://www.mdpi.com/about/apc/.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors before submitting a manuscript:
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/diversity/instructions/. Manuscripts should be
submitted through the online manuscript submission and editorial system at
http://www.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload/.

Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818) is a new international, peer-reviewed, open
access journal, published quarterly by MDPI. It is a journal of Science and
Technology, concerning diversity concepts and applications, diversity
assessment and diversity preservation. Because it is an online journal,
papers published in Diversity will receive very high publicity.

MDPI publishes several peer-reviewed, open access journals listed at
http://www.mdpi.com/. The Editorial Board members, including several
Nobel Laureates (http://www.mdpi.com/about/nobelists/), are all leading
active scholars. All MDPI journals maintain rapid, yet rigorous, peer-
review, manuscript handling and editorial processes. MDPI journals have
increased their impact factors, see "2010 Newly Released Impact Factors",
http://www.mdpi.com/about/announcements/121.

In case of questions, please contact the Editorial Office at:
diversity@mdpi.com

We are looking forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,
MDPI AG

On behalf of the Guest Editor

Dr. Angela Dikou
College of Science and Mathematics
University of the Virigin Islands
#2 John Brewers Bay
St. Thomas, VI 00802-9990
USA
E-Mail: adikou@uvi.edu

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