Vegetation Facing Environmental Changes in Terrestrial Systems: Research and Management—Second Edition
This special issue belongs to the section "Landscape Ecology".
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary journal of Land—within the scope of its editorial policy, in view of the complex situations on the influence of environmental factors on terrestrial forest ecosystems, and with the pressing danger on the conservation of different habitats and their biodiversity—is launching this Special Issue, entitled “Vegetation Facing Environmental Changes in Terrestrial Systems: Research and Management—Second Edition”. Its aim is to offer researchers from different disciplines a platform to publish their research and exchange knowledge. Research has a great impact on society as a whole; therefore, research and management must be closely connected. Given that terrestrial ecosystems are highly affected by anthropogenic actions, it is necessary to establish connections between various subject areas in order to offer solutions. Therefore, topics that involve several disciplines are particularly welcome. Papers on socioeconomic factors, agriculture, forestry, climate, bioclimate, biogeography, climate change, biodiversity conservation, ecosystem and vegetation, vegetation responses to fire and climate change, vegetation cover and soil conservation, sustainable natural resources, and ecosystem services are welcome—as long as they fundamentally cover the influence of environmental components on terrestrial vegetation. Other environmental research with less of an impact on sustainable development, combining exploitation and conservation, will also be considered.
The aim of this Special Issue is to compile papers (original research articles and review articles) that provide ideas on the connection between research and management, with the fundamental goal of achieving balanced development that maintains land cover.
For this Special Issue, we welcome manuscripts that link the following themes:
- Social resilience;
- Sustainable development;
- Access to ecosystem services;
- Agricultural and environmental impacts;
- Deforestation of vegetation;
- Fires and vegetation;
- Climate change and vegetation dynamics.
We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.
Dr. Eusebio Cano Carmona
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- botany
- soil science
- grasslands
- forests
- shrublands
- dynamics
- ecology
- management
- climate
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