Environment Impacts of Biological Invasion and Climate Change
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Climate Change".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (4 November 2023) | Viewed by 10044
Special Issue Editors
Interests: greenhouse gas; carbon and nitrogen cycle; soil microbial biomass; nitrogen deposition; climate change
Interests: plant invasion; soil greenhouse gas emission; soil microbes; carbon cycling; soil microplastics
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Dear Colleagues,
Biological invasions and climate change, the most important parts of global changes, are a growing threat to global ecosystems. They can modify community species composition, decrease biodiversity, depress the function and ecological processes of ecosystems (such as greenhouse gas emission, carbon stock and emission, element cycling, etc.), and affect socioeconomic development as well as human well-being. Understanding the environment impacts of biological invasion and climate change can serve as a basis for forward-thinking management plans. The overarching challenge is thus to understand the impacts of biological invasion and climate change on biodiversity, the function and ecological processes of ecosystems, as well as the basic ecological interactions in biotic communities such as invasive–native species interactions, plant–soil feedback, and plant–animal interactions under climate changes. The authors of this Special Issue will share their insights to help bridge these gaps, and thereby speed the integration of mechanisms to help making management policy and controlling biological invasion and climate change. Short communications, original papers, and review articles are welcome for submission to this Special Issue.
Dr. Lihua Zhang
Dr. Guanlin Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biological invasion
- climate change
- biodiversity
- ecosystem process and function
- biological-abiotic feedbacks
- environmental impact
- carbon turnover
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