Natural and Anthropogenic Flora and Vegetation of Oceanic Islands
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Ecology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2024) | Viewed by 5064
Special Issue Editors
Interests: palynology and paleoecology applied to plant ecology; evolution and biogeography
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Dear Colleagues,
The plant communities of oceanic islands and archipelagos have been deeply transformed after human settlement, and most of their original woodlands have been replaced by anthropogenic vegetation types composed of plants introduced from elsewhere. This has been considered a large-scale ecological and biogeographical experiment on the assembly of island biotas and ecosystems, which may provide relevant lessons for biodiversity and ecosystem conservation. This Special Issue is aimed at gathering a wide array of studies and points of view on the main features of native vegetation and its further prehistoric and historical modifications leading to present-day ecological and landscape configuration. Contributions from any field of research that are able to provide environmental and ecological information on the development of the oceanic plant communities, from primeval vegetation to the highly anthropogenic present ecosystems, are welcome. There is no restriction on the type of manuscripts required, provided that they fall within the categories considered by the journal.
Prof. Dr. Valentí Rull
Prof. Dr. Jose María Fernández-Palacios
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- oceanic islands
- human settlement
- primeval forests
- anthropization
- deforestation
- anthropogenic impact