Urban Plants: Diversity, Ecology, Reproduction and Application
A Special Issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747) belonging to the section "Plant Ecology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2027 | Viewed by 166
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Interests: environmental education urban ecology seeds seedling phenology botany
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
For the first time in history, the majority of the world’s population lives in urban areas. This global phenomenon places pressure on biodiversity, and, in particular, on vegetation, which in many respects remains poorly understood by ecological science and botany. The most obvious impact of this problem can be observed in the distribution and abundance of plants, making urbanization a clear threat to species conservation, such as the issue of the overabundance of exotic plants. Furthermore, research has demonstrated that a city's ecosystem functions can be altered by urban plants (including recycling of nutrients, pollination, seed dispersal, and herbivory, among others). Even genetic processes in plants have been accelerated in areas subject to human disturbances of high frequency and magnitude.
This Special Issue aims to gather research that contributes to understanding the various patterns and processes in urban plants, with particular emphasis on the following:
- Ecophysiological mechanisms of plants in urban environments: resistance and tolerance of plants in heat islands, water stress, and desertification.
- Plant ecology and expansion in urbanized areas: biogeography, biological invasions, exotic plants, and biotic homogenization.
- Urban plant diversity and conservation biology in landscapes with urban matrix: protected urban areas, metapopulations, corridors, and sources of urban plants.
- Interactions between plants and other urban organisms: mutualistic relationships involving roots, flowers, fruits, and herbivory.
- Plant reproduction and regeneration in public and private urban areas: flowering, seed germination, and seed banks.
- The importance of plants in urban environments: biological control, phytoremediation, protection of urban trees, pesticides, and nature-based solutions.
Prof. Dr. Javier A. Figueroa
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- urban plants
- functional attributes
- biological interactions
- urban biogeography
- plant diversity
- biological interactions
- plant reproduction
- biological conservation
- urban ecology
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