Response and Adaptation of Plants to Environment Change in Arid Areas: Individuals, Population, Community and Ecosystem

Dear Colleagues,

The arid area covers more than 40% of the global land area, and the ecosystem is fragile and vulnerable to disturbance. The environmental change in arid areas and the ecological problems caused by it are the scientific focuses of global concern. Under the influence of climate change and increasing human activities, plants in arid areas, from individuals to populations, to communities and ecosystems, are experiencing unprecedented impacts of environmental changes. Plants have different response and adaptation mechanisms to environmental changes caused by climate change; land use; biotic and abiotic environmental stresses in terms of individual morphology, phenology, physiological, and ecological characteristics; eco-hydrological processes; population development; and succession of communities and ecosystems. Studying and understanding these mechanisms is crucial for formulating sustainable management policies and ecological protection measures for ecosystems in arid areas.

This Special Issue will focus on the response and adaptation of plants in arid areas to environmental changes caused by climate change, land use, and biological and abiotic stresses. We encourage the submission of the manuscripts that include plant–environment interaction and the adaptation of plants to environmental change, and especially welcome the research that integrate the geography, phenology, morphology, physiological ecology, and biochemistry of plants to climate change.

Dr. Chenggang Zhu
Guest Editor

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