Conservation and Phylogeography of Threatened and Endemic Plants

Five Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems (MTEs) cover different areas around the world; these are considered to be important biodiversity hotspots, all of which include interesting diversity and phylogeographical patterns and processes in plants. Current conservation strategies are not effective enough to prevent a continuous decline in biodiversity in MTEs. It is a challenge to address the knowledge of both natural history and the threats to flora as well as the implementation of new conservation practices.

This Special Issue provides an opportunity to improve the knowledge on phylogeography and conservation of rare, threatened, and endemic plant species in all the ecosystems. The aim is to provide a platform for further discussions between scientists and practitioners, including the integration of different plant conservation issues with management and biological conservation concepts. Papers on new techniques to establish proposals on conservation, restoration and management, conservation status and main threats, genetic conservation, niche modelling, etc., that will provide a clear connection between plant phylogeography and conservation are welcomed from any botany discipline.

Prof. Dr. Julio Peñas de Giles
Dr. Javier Bobo-Pinilla
Guest Editors

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