Conservation across Space and Time—Using the Past to Conserve for the Present and Future
A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818). This special issue belongs to the section "Phylogeny and Evolution".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 December 2021) | Viewed by 19700
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Special Issue Editors
Interests: paleoecology; paleolimnology; vegetation; climate change
Interests: paleontology; comparative anatomy
Interests: plant ecology; vegetation ecology; species distribution models; assessment on climate change impacts; ecoinformatics/biodiversity informatics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Paleoecological data from nature archives (sediments, tree ring, ice core, stalagmite, and fossil) and long-term observation data are useful for determining the baseline conditions of an organism, defining species range of expansions and diversities, and discriminating between natural and anthropogenic causes of environmental change. Both of them can supply long-term information that is difficult to obtain, using instrument observation and experiments within a seasonal-to-annual time scale. Paleoecological perspectives and long-term records increase our understanding of what does not usually occur in a short period, like ecosystem processes, ecosystem responses, or ecosystem resilience. Knowledge from the past can be employed to guide conservation decisions and help ecosystem management in the present and even in the future. This Special Issue provides a platform to advance our understanding of (i) the application of paleoecological information in present-day conservation, as well as (ii) the use of long-term observation data in present-day conservation. We welcome contributions across all types of paleo-records, as well as long-term observation data from all kinds of ecosystems across tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions.
Dr. Liang-Chi Wang
Dr. Chun-Hsiang Chang
Dr. Cheng-Tao Lin
Dr. Chien-Hsiang Lin
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- paleoecology
- paleontology
- long-term observation data
- ecosystem management
- conservation paleobiology
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