Responses of Plants and Plant Communities to Environmental Changes in Mountain Areas—2nd Edition
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Ecology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 25
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environment science; plants; mountain area
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Interests: environment science; mountain area
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The mountain areas of our planet are particularly rich in plant species and plant communities. Many of these are now threatened and/or are undergoing imbalances due to drastic changes in their environment, the causes of which are mainly attributable to global warming and land management changes.
This Special Issue, entitled “Responses of Plants and Plant Communities to Environmental Changes in Mountain Areas—2nd Edition” has the aim of gathering studies on the responses of plant species and vegetation to environmental changes, in order to provide adequate knowledge to understand future scenarios and plan more correct actions for nature conservation in mountain (and surrounding) areas.
We welcome papers that are related to any of the following topics:
- Morphological, ecological and physiological adaptations of plant species to the environment. Studies concerning any mountain plant are welcome, regardless of their distribution (both steno-endemic and cosmopolitan studies can be considered) and their environment. Studies concerning agricultural plants grown/cultivated in the mountains will also be accepted.
- Floristic changes in plant communities (including plant successions) in relation to disturbance phenomena and/or environmental/landscape changes. Phytosociological and palynological studies are also welcome.
- Responses of plant species and vegetation used in environmental restoration and/or nature conservation projects (e.g., plant translocation).
- The application and/or development of models for the distribution of plants (both native and exotic) and/or vegetation change in relation to environmental variables.
- The cultivation/experimentation of “new” agricultural and forestry plants in mountain agro-ecosystems. Studies related to the application of evolutionary mixtures will also be considered.
This Special Issue will provide a reliable source of scientific information for both researchers and land managers. The Special Issue is open to a broad range of research, and we will consider a wide variety of contributions (including original articles, reviews, and short communications).
Dr. Luca Giupponi
Prof. Dr. Annamaria Giorgi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plant ecology
- adaptation traits
- morpho-ecological plasticity
- plant succession
- flora and vegetation changes
- plant translocation
- plant–environment interactions
- phytosociology
- species distribution models
- invasive alien species
- mountain agro-ecosystems
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