Conservation of Inland Aquatic Plants
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Ecology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2022) | Viewed by 583
Special Issue Editors
Interests: aquatic plants; aquatic vegetation; plant conservation; invasive plant species; plant taxonomy; ecological restoration
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: plant conservation; flora
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The extinction of plant species is currently a real crisis, but the dimension of the problem is not clear yet. Estimates suggest that at least one in five plant species are under threat of extinction. The situation of inland aquatic plants is even more dramatic, since the habitat where they develop is very vulnerable to alterations of anthropic origin and also because of the peculiar physiology of these plants, which makes them more sensitive to changes in the environment than their terrestrial relatives. In many cases, their existence is threatened not only by habitat destruction, but also by difficulties in their study (taxonomical and nomenclatural problems, incomplete or erroneous distribution area, lack of representation in herbaria, etc.) or their biogeographical scope, which do not fit in the usual patterns employed in plant conservation. A large number of inner aquatic plant populations are currently disappearing in different parts of the world, but most botanists, ecologists, and nature managers have not noticed this.
The aim of this Special Issue is to make this problem visible, especially for the scientific community and nature managers, and to contribute to the discussion on its dimension, causes and, as far as possible, to point out solutions that may contribute to stop the extinction of plant species. Research papers are welcomed as well as reviews of the wide range related with the topic “Conservation of Inland Aquatic Plants”.
Dr. Pablo García Murillo
Prof. Juan Carlos Moreno Saiz
Dr. Carla Pinto Cruz
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- aquatic plants
- aquatic macrophytes
- aquatic hydrophytes
- plant conservation
- threatened plants
- plant distribution
- phytogeography
- plant diversity
