Plant Diversity on Islands—2nd Edition
A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Diversity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 July 2026 | Viewed by 8
Special Issue Editors
Interests: diversity of plant species; plant communities and habitat types; Mediterranean ecosystems; conservation and monitoring of plant species and natural habitats; island biogeography; island ecosystems; habitat islands
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Interests: biogeography; biodiversity; extinction risk; island biodiversity; island biogeography; conservation biogeography; conservation biology; conservation ecology; plant diversity; species distribution modelling; plant systematics; biodiversity and climate change
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Islands are known as natural laboratories for research in biodiversity, biogeography, ecology, and evolution. They are characterized by different types (true islands and habitat islands, oceanic islands, continental islands, land bridges, and lake islands), varying and often complex paleogeography, high environmental and topographical heterogeneity, different shapes and sizes, high levels of diversity, and endemism. They harbor unique biota that are strongly affected by intensifying pressures and severe threats, mainly as a result of habitat loss, climate change, and biological invasions. It is noteworthy that about one-third of the global biodiversity hotspots and one-fourth of the global centers of plant diversity are found on islands or archipelagos.
Islands host a considerable proportion of all plant species worldwide, among which there are many endemic, rare, and range-restricted ones. Many islands remain fairly unexplored in terms of their plant species composition, and research in this topic is important since a substantial part of island plant diversity remains unknown to science. The plant diversity on islands is surprising, but without complete knowledge, successful conservation and protection cannot be realized. We welcome contributions to this Special Issue, which provides a platform for authors to highlight new research and significant advances concerning all aspects and different levels of plant diversity on islands and the factors affecting them.
Dr. Maria Panitsa
Dr. Kostas Kougioumoutzis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- island plant
- island flora
- floristic diversity
- species richness
- endemism
- spatial patterns
- spatial turnover
- temporal turnover
- island specialist taxa
- beta diversity
- oceanic islands
- land bridge
- continental island
- habitat island
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