Climate Change and Invasive Plants
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 124
Special Issue Editor
Interests: invasive plant species; plant physiology; plant response to environmental changes; management and control of invasive plant species; restoration of invaded communities
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Dear Colleagues,
Invasive alien species are among the top five drivers of global environmental disruption, with escalating impacts at ecological, economic, and human-health levels. To address this growing challenge, the European Commission adopted Regulation No. 1143/2014, emphasizing the need for targeted management measures for widespread invasive species. The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 reinforces this priority, setting an ambitious goal to reduce the spread of invasive species by 50% by 2030. However, removing invasive species from non-native habitats and restoring ecosystems are essential steps for reversing biodiversity loss, but these efforts remain challenging and resource-intensive. The interaction between global change factors—such as altered temperature, precipitation patterns, and salinity-increased CO2 levels—and invasive species introduces complex, multidimensional effects on ecosystems, further complicating management strategies.
This Special Issue welcomes submissions of reviews, research articles, or short communications that explore the physiological traits and mechanisms through which global change drivers and invasive plant species interact to influence invasiveness. Contributions using modeling approaches to predict the effects of these drivers on plant invasiveness are also encouraged.
Dr. Maria Cristina Morais
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- climate change
- plant invasion physiology
- elevated and/or low temperature
- salinity stress
- water excess or deficiency
- excess and/or lack of light
- oxidative stress
- elevated concentrations of atmospheric CO2
- plant metabolites
- modeling approaches for plant invasiveness and distribution
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