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A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Diversity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2023 | Viewed by 3016
Special Issue Editors
Interests: African mountain biodiversity; plant systematics; phylogeography; orphan crops; biogeography; African plants
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: introduced plants; biological invasions; invasibility; altitudinal gradients
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The biodiversity of mountain ecosystems is unique. Mountains often harbour high biodiversity as a consequence of steep climatic, physiographic and other gradients, with half the world’s global biodiversity hotspots being found in mountain regions. These ecosystems are sensitive to anthropogenic change, and the effects of future climate change on mountain systems is predicted to be substantial. However, at the most basic level, a biological inventory of the world’s mountains does not exist, and many estimates are based on plants, while estimates of invertebrate diversity are completely lacking worldwide.
This Special Issue is dedicated to improving our understanding on the biodiversity of montane ecosystems around the world, and submissions relating to aspects such as biodiversity assessment, monitoring, altitudinal gradients, ecosystem services, climate change and protected areas and conservation are encouraged.
Prof. Dr. Nigel Barker
Prof. Dr. Mark Robertson
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
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Keywords
- mountain biodiversity
- climate change
- altitudinal gradients
- refugia
- conservation
- ecosystem services
- endemism
- genetic diversity
- biological invasions and other threats