Pollination in a Changing World

Dear Colleagues,

Plants are globally threatened by a synergy of habitat loss, lack of effective conservation policies, and global warming, as well. Many endemic and useful plants are threatened with extinction and vital information for their conservation and proper management is lacking: do these plants rely on animal pollinators to set fruit? To what extent do they need cross-pollination to set fruit and viable seed? It is important to keep in mind that all the factors mentioned above affecting plant survival will also affect the behavior and persistence of their animal pollinators. Thus, a collective, global effort towards increasing the understanding of the pollination needs and breeding systems of native plants seems imperative. Societies all around the globe would benefit from that knowledge, especially in developing countries that already use or value these plant resources in different ways. This knowledge would pave the way towards the conservation and sustainable use of this valuable biodiversity.

This Special Issue welcomes researchers all around the globe working with native/endemic/threatened plants of biological, economic, and/or ethnobotanical interest for their respective countries/societies.

Dr. Rodrigo Bustos Singer
Dr. Kit S. Prendergast
Guest Editors

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• angiosperms
• biodiversity
• breeding systems
• cross-pollination, endemism
• gymnosperms
• habitat loss
• management
• pollinators
• sustainable use