Ecology and Management of Invasive Plants—2nd Edition
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Ecology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 888
Special Issue Editors
Interests: invasive alien plants; invasion biology; invasion ecology; co-invasion
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Interests: invasion ecology; wetland ecology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The ecological problems caused by invasive plants have become increasingly prominent, and the level of environmental risk caused by invasive plants will continue to increase with the rising frequency and intensity of anthropological activities. More importantly, biological invasion as a result of invasive plants has become a major cause of biodiversity loss in recent years. Therefore, further work is urgently needed to elucidate the key mechanisms underlying the successful invasion of invasive plants, assess the ecological risks of invasive plants, and identify the ecological management of invasive plants, as well as early warning signs and means of prevention.
This Special Issue will provide an in-depth analysis and comprehensive overview of the key mechanisms underlying the successful invasion of invasive plants, and offer an assessment of the ecological risk of invasive plants, the ecological management of invasive plants, and early warning signs and prevention.
Original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but should not be limited to) the following:
(I) The key mechanisms underlying the successful invasion of invasive plants;
(II) The ecological risks of invasive plants;
(III) The ecological management of invasive plants;
(IV) Early warning and prevention of invasive plants.
Prof. Dr. Congyan Wang
Prof. Dr. Hongli Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- invasion ecology
- biological invasion
- plant invasion
- invasive plants
- invasion mechanism
- invasion management
- early warning and prevention
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