Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation of Native Plants

Dear Colleagues,

The distribution and assembly of species is affected by a range of environmental, temporal and geographic factors. Understanding how these factors relate to landscape genetic and genomic data provides us with empirically-based interpretations on the relative impact of selective filtering and biogeographic processes on the current distribution of species. At the single species level, such evolutionary ecology studies provide critical evidence to guide and support species management and conservation practices. At the multispecies levels, uniformly collected dataset provide a greater understanding of community assembly processes. This Special Issue gathers manuscripts describing and interpreting innovative landscape-level studies on the distribution of diversity (of single or multiple species) and the factors impacting on such patterns, and highlights broader management and conservation implications.

Dr. Jason Bragg
Dr. Maurizio Rossetto
Dr. Marlien Van der Merwe
Guest Editors

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