Orchid Conservation and Biodiversity
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Ecology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 February 2025 | Viewed by 701
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ecology; population dynamics; extinction rate; biodiversity; conservation and distribution patterns of orchids
Interests: orchidaceae; plant ecology; biodiversity; distribution patterns; ecological preferences and conservation of orchids
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Understanding temporal changes in the distribution and abundance of various species is one of the key goals of conservation biology. In recent decades, the diversity, abundance, and distribution of many species have declined dramatically at an unprecedented rate, mainly because of habitat loss and fragmentation. The global rate of species extinction is now up to a hundred times higher than the average over the last 10 million years. To prevent this massive extinction, or at least to reduce its speed, we need very good management plans for the areas where most of the species that are prone to extinction occur, which will be based on good knowledge of the distribution of these species. Studies on the changes in the distributions of species provide critical information on trends in extinctions and information on what causes these changes. This is especially true for endangered groups of plants, such as orchids.
This Special Issue of Plants on orchid conservation and biodiversity aims to provide new insights into orchid diversity, evolution, distribution patterns, habitat and ecological preferences, extinction rates, and speciation drivers across the world. Research papers on systematics, reproductive biology, ecology, evolution, and biogeography, as well as orchid spatial distribution and diversification across ecological and biogeographical gradients connected with their conservation and biodiversity, are welcome.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Zuzana Štípková
Dr. Vladan Djordjević
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- orchid
- conservation
- biodiversity
- distribution patterns
- speciation
- ecology
- biogeography
- evolution
- reproductive biology
- extinction
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