Environmental Influences on Endangered Species
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (11 March 2023) | Viewed by 4043
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant and wetland ecosystem ecology; nature conservation, population genetics; restoration of endangered species of peat bog flora
Interests: plant micro-reproduction and biotechnology; ornamental plants; landscape architecture; floristry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
There are species of plants and animals threatened with extinction in every part of the globe, both in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, and natural and man-made habitats. Endangered species are very often characterized by low ecological tolerance and poor adaptation abilities. Among them are highly specialized taxa with specific habitat or food preferences, which are unable to compete effectively for environmental resources. Many of them are species whose populations are highly exploited, which is the main reason for their decrease in population. The state of the environment and the changes that occur are of great importance for the functioning and broadly understood features of individuals and entire populations. Both abiotic environmental factors and interactions in the bioceonoses with which they are associated may have a disadvantageous impact on the organisms.
The broad but very important, from the point of view of biodiversity conservation, topic of this Special Issue, which is titled "Environmental Impact on Endangered Species", gives space for discussion and sharing of experience for scientists of many disciplines, including ecologists, environmentalists, biologists, zoologists, and botanists, as well as for practitioners dealing with active in situ and ex situ conservation of various species. Potential topics include, but are not limited to the following. The impact of global and local climate changes on endangered species. The effect of degradation, fragmentation, pollution, and transformation of habitats on endangered species. Natural changes in habitat conditions and their importance to the survival of the species threatened with extinction. Substitute or alternative habitats in species protection. Adaptation of the environmental conditions during ex situ conservation of endangered species. The use of ex situ cultivation and breeding as a tool for testing and understanding the influence of environmental conditions on endangered species. Adaptation and acclimation abilities of the endangered species.
Dr. Magdalena Pogorzelec
Dr. Marzena Parzymies
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- habitat conditions
- environmental threats
- climate changes
- degradation
- species conservation
- species translocations
- biodiversity conservation
- conservation biology
- adaptations
- population-based studies
- molecular ecology
