Advances in Diversity of Plant Species, Communities, and Ecology
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 114
Special Issue Editor
Interests: vascular flora; taxonomy; systematics; vegetation; phytosociology; threatened plant taxa; red listing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Scientific research is progressing at an ever-increasing pace. The diversity of plant species, the communities that they build, and the ecological aspects of plants are far from being fully understood, even in areas where botanical exploration has been ongoing for centuries. New taxonomic and ecological investigation techniques are enabling us to revise various classifications, sometimes leading to profound changes in taxonomy, syntaxonomy, and ecology.
Therefore, for this Special Issue, we welcome contributions investigating new developments in the study of plant diversity, at both the species and the community level.
In particular, this Special Issue will showcase works that bridge the following themes: plant taxonomy, flora from poorly known territories, syntaxonomy, phytosociology, and plant ecology.
Dr. Robert Philipp Wagensommer
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biosystematics
- phytosociology
- plant communities
- plant diversity
- plant ecology
- vascular plants
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