Climate Change Efforts on the Control and Management of Invasive Species
A special issue of Biology (ISSN 2079-7737). This special issue belongs to the section "Ecology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 3269
Special Issue Editors
Interests: invasion ecology; plant invasion; chemical ecology
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Interests: biological invasion; functional traits; interspecific competition; invasive plants; clonal plants
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to our Special Issue, entitled "Climate Change Efforts on the Control and Management of Invasive Species". Biological invasions are considered a global consequence of an increasingly connected world, environmental change and an increasing human population. Moreover, biological invasion is reportedly a prominent component of global environmental change, while also acting synergistically with its other elements (e.g., global warming, increases in nitrogen (N) deposition, flooding, atmospheric carbon dioxide, greenhouse gas emission, as well as land-use change). As recently reported, numerous invasive species share traits enabling them to capitalize upon a wide variety of elements under global change. Thus, invasive plants often benefit more from global environmental change than do native plants, i.e., environmental change promotes plant invasion. Therefore, knowledge of the influence of environmental factors on invasive and native plant performance is important for understanding the ecological consequences of invasive plants. As such, further work should provide basic information for the comprehensive evaluation of the impact of alien plant invasion against the background of climate change, assess the damage of invasive plants to the structure and function of different ecosystems, and identify the ecological management of invasive plants, as well as early warning signs and means of prevention.
This Special Issue aims to provide an in-depth analysis and comprehensive overview of comprehensive evaluation of the impact of alien plant invasion under the background of climate change, assess the damages of invasive plants to the structure and function of different ecosystem, and identify the ecological management of invasive plants, as well as early warning signs and means of prevention.
Original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Successful invasion of invasive plants under global changes.
- The key mechanisms underlying the successful invasion of invasive plants under e.g., global warming, increases in nitrogen (N) deposition, flooding, atmospheric carbon dioxide, greenhouse gas emission.
- Ecological management of invasive plants.
- Early warning and prevention of invasive plants.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Jianfan Sun
Dr. Xiao Guo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- climate change
- biological invasion
- plant invasion
- invasive plants
- invasion mechanism
- invasion management
- alien invasive species
- invasiveness
- community invasibility
- invasion resistance
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