New Insights into Ecosystem Services in a Changing Environment: Novel Ecosystems, New Beginnings
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2027 | Viewed by 1827
Special Issue Editors
Interests: novel ecosystems; ecosystem function; biodiversity; plants–below ground organisms interactions; vegetation species composition and diversity; primary succession; vegetation dynamics; plants adaptation processes in relation to biotic and abiotic conditions of the natural and anthropogenic environments
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Interests: novel ecosystems; biodiversity; species and vegetation diversity; ecosystem function; invasive species; railway areas; plants’ adaptation processes in relation to biotic and abiotic conditions of the natural and anthropogenic environments
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2. Department of Mining Engineering and Education, Dnipro University of Technology, 19 Yavornytskoho Ave., 49005 Dnipro, Ukraine
Interests: environmental engineering; chemical engineering; mechanical engineering; gasification; coal; thermal engineering; biomass conversion; energy; utilization
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Interests: biodiversity along spontaneous succession on post-mining areas (novel ecosystems); wetland vegetation of novel ecosystems as the biodiversity hotspots of the urban-industrial landscape; restoration and succession in mining landscapes; functional traits and ecosystem responses to climate change; composition and structure of soil microbial communities; environmental impacts of creosote-treated wood
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Human-induced environmental changes have created habitat conditions that are often harsh, resulting in ecosystems that differ fundamentally from their historical counterparts—novel ecosystems. Understanding their role in providing ecosystem services is becoming increasingly vital in the era of the changing environment (sustainable development). These ecosystems often represent irreversible changes in ecosystem composition and functioning.
Our goal is to highlight both the opportunities and challenges that these new ecosystem systems pose for improving ecosystem functioning, their sustainable restoration, land management, and environmental policy, particularly in urban–industrial landscapes.
This Special Issue aims to redefine our understanding of ecosystem services by acknowledging novel ecosystem processes as dynamic contributors to the recovery and resilience of the disturbed part of the biosphere.
We invite contributions from a wide range of disciplines—including ecology, environmental science, spatial planning, ecological economics, and social sciences. Submissions may include original research articles, case studies, methodological advancements, and comprehensive reviews that integrate ecological theory describing natural and semi-natural ecosystems with innovative frameworks for assessing the ecosystem services of emerging ecosystems in transformed landscapes and habitats, such as post-mining and urban environments. Articles integrating biotic and abiotic interactions, socioecological perspectives, and ecosystem functioning under changing environmental conditions are particularly welcome.
You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Land.
Dr. Gabriela Woźniak
Dr. Agnieszka Hutniczak
Prof. Dr. Roman Dychkovskyi
Dr. Jawdat Bakr
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- methods of ecosystem service assessment
- ecosystem functioning parameters
- disturbed habitats
- sustainable development
- ecosystem function assessment
- landscape transformation
- urban ecosystems
- socioecological systems
- nature-based solutions
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