Dear Colleagues,

Planet Earth is going through a worrying situation for people; due to an increase in the frequency of natural disasters, climate change, and land and water pollution; an increase in deforestation and fires, thus reducing CO₂ sinks; and there being an expansive demography with an irrational use of natural resources, the predictions are less than optimal. To mitigate the strong anthropic action that directly or indirectly causes natural disasters, it is necessary to influence the population, increasing their training in knowledge about Earth Sciences.

This knowledge in Earth Sciences goes through research in Vegetation Sciences, with comparative analyses between the three great terrestrial biomes—Mediterranean, temperate, and tropical—since the anthropic action has been different in the three environments.

The goal of this Special Issue is to collect papers (original research articles and review papers) to provide insights about the current situation of Earth. In essence, the fundamental objective is to analyze and value the terrestrial ecosystems present in the Mediterranean, temperate, and tropical climates, as well as the state of conservation and the impact of climate change on them.

This Special Issue will welcome manuscripts that link the following themes:

All articles related to Earth Sciences, such as Natural Sciences, Botany, Ecology, Pascology, Vegetation, Phytosociology, Plant Dynamics, Conservation of Flora and Fauna, EU Habitats, and the great biomes of Earth, with special mention to the tropics. Additionally, all those investigations that contribute new knowledge for the training of environmental managers, with those studies that deepen the knowledge of the natural environment and allow for the resolution of sociocultural and socioeconomic problems also being important.

We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.

Dr. Eusebio Cano Carmona
Dr. Ana Cano-Ortíz
Guest Editors

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• earth sciences
• botany
• ecology
• agriculture
• bioclimatology and biogeography
• climate change
• research methodologies
• natural disasters
• socioculture
• socioeconomics
• forests
• scrub
• vegetal dynamics