In Situ and Ex Situ Biodiversity Conservation
A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818). This special issue belongs to the section "Biodiversity Conservation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2020) | Viewed by 24138
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biodiversity conservation; biodiversity monitoring; landscape scale conservation; ecological planning and restoration; biodiversity-based ecosystem services; plant traits; plant community ecology; management of alien plant species
Interests: plant community ecology; biodiversity monitoring; plant traits; plant regeneration niche; climate change; nature conservation; seed germination; coastal dunes
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Until recently, conservation planning largely focused on representing current patterns of biodiversity, and successes have been gained from management of high-priority species and habitats, through botanic gardens, zoos, gene banks (ex situ methods) or conservation areas specifically designated for a conservation purpose (in situ methods).
Although traditional conservation planning remains crucial, the growth, extent, and complexity of the problems biodiversity faces put in evidence the need of finding new approaches to move from documenting biodiversity patterns and losses, or identifying specific causes of decline, to understanding key underlying ecological processes that govern biodiversity and the ecosystem functioning. This shifting perspective can provide new insights in both conservation planning and monitoring.
The Special Issue provides a platform to discuss new approaches aimed at improving our effectiveness in conservation planning. Contributions can spread from the relationships between diversity and ecosystem functions, and the benefits of natural systems for human well-being, to how ecosystems change in response to pressures, or how we can predict regime shifts and thresholds. Contributions will cover spatial, geographical, taxonomic, and functional changes in populations, habitats, and ecosystems. Particularly, the functional component of biodiversity has recently gained special attention in conservation science, being often positively related to ecosystem function and able to determine changes in a variety of ecosystem services.
Contributions may also include related topics such as new approaches for optimal monitoring and management of biodiversity at different scale, quantitative methods to assess the success of conservation actions, and causes of failure, as well as works related to communication and society involvement.
Assoc. Prof. Gabriella Buffa
Dr. Silvia Del Vecchio
Dr. Edy Fantinato
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Biodiversity conservation planning
- Ecological processes
- Ecosystem functioning
- Public awareness
- Spatial scales
- Functional diversity
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