Microorganisms and Wildlife Conservation in the Face of Climate Change
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2021) | Viewed by 5429
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Climate change is one of the greatest threats to biodiversity. In particular, global warming is detrimentally impacting ecosystems worldwide and has contributed to substantial population declines in several keystone species. Microorganisms are the most evolutionarily and functionally diverse organisms in the biosphere and have unparalleled importance for the health of our planet through their intricate associations with metazoan hosts. Environmental stress related to climate change increases the global burden of disease by facilitating the emergence of novel pathogens and alters microbial relationships with hosts, often from a mutualistic to a pathogenic state. However, microorganisms can be used as sentinels of organism or ecosystem function during extreme environmental stress and can be used as tools for remediation and restoration.
An understanding of the functional roles of microorganisms for their hosts and how host–microbe interactions respond to environmental changes on various spatial- and time-scales is needed to project future alterations in wildlife populations and ecosystem function. This understanding can lead to creative tools to support conservation efforts across a variety of ecosystems.
For this Special Issue, we invite you to send contributions related to the intersection of host–microbe interactions and conservation science in the face of continued climate change.
Dr. Amanda ShoreGuest Editor
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Keywords
- host–pathogen interaction
- microbial community
- conservation
- climate change
- beneficial microorganism
- disease
- wildlife management
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