ISSN (online): 2076-3298
Journal Sheet: Environments
Year of the Pubblication: 2021
30
Apr
2021
Paper Submission Deadline

Add to Calendar 04/30/2021 08:00 Europe/Rome Dynamic of Vegetation and Climate Change

A set of climatic events that have occurred across the paleolitic ages all the way to today have caused profound changes in the biosphere, such as the periods of glaciation and global warming. In response to these changes, natural systems change: Some species increase their area of distribution, while others’ decreases, or they end up disappearing. These strong changes are responsible for environmental quality; they influence and are influenced by human communities. In this context, knowledge of the potential natural vegetation is key, to understand global changes and identify possible treats. The value of bioindicator plants is clear, used as a predictive tool to interpret the landscape and therefore analyze the evolution of vegetation cover, as well as the types of land use more suitable to each portion of territory. This Special Issue looks for new material not yet published, which relates the natural plant communities and their dynamic evolution (in a short or a long term) to bioclimatic changes and anthropic actions in the landscape, through analyses of the floristic composition, the edaphoclimatic conditions, and integration management methods. We particularly welcome paperwork obtained from empirical research, modeling, remote sensing, landscape planning, decision support tools, fundamental plant or vegetation science, and specific case-studies which span a range of spatial and temporal scales. These studies should contribute to an improvement in the quality of the environment, based on the importance of vegetation and throughout its rational management, concerning the long-term survival of the planet. We invite each author to contribute, sending one or more articles that embrace this general purpose and respond to one or more of the indicated keywords.
Keywords: Bioclimatology; Biogeography; Climate change; Ecological resilience; Ecosystem management; Geobotany; Invasive plants; Nature conservation; Public policies; Vegetation.

Switzerland
CALL FOR PAPERS
Code: CFP-E100-SI3_2021
Posting date: 19/10/2020

Dynamic of Vegetation and Climate Change


Aims and Scope

A set of climatic events that have occurred across the paleolitic ages all the way to today have caused profound changes in the biosphere, such as the periods of glaciation and global warming. In response to these changes, natural systems change: Some species increase their area of distribution, while others’ decreases, or they end up disappearing. These strong changes are responsible for environmental quality; they influence and are influenced by human communities. In this context, knowledge of the potential natural vegetation is key, to understand global changes and identify possible treats. The value of bioindicator plants is clear, used as a predictive tool to interpret the landscape and therefore analyze the evolution of vegetation cover, as well as the types of land use more suitable to each portion of territory. This Special Issue looks for new material not yet published, which relates the natural plant communities and their dynamic evolution (in a short or a long term) to bioclimatic changes and anthropic actions in the landscape, through analyses of the floristic composition, the edaphoclimatic conditions, and integration management methods. We particularly welcome paperwork obtained from empirical research, modeling, remote sensing, landscape planning, decision support tools, fundamental plant or vegetation science, and specific case-studies which span a range of spatial and temporal scales. These studies should contribute to an improvement in the quality of the environment, based on the importance of vegetation and throughout its rational management, concerning the long-term survival of the planet. We invite each author to contribute, sending one or more articles that embrace this general purpose and respond to one or more of the indicated keywords.
Keywords: Bioclimatology; Biogeography; Climate change; Ecological resilience; Ecosystem management; Geobotany; Invasive plants; Nature conservation; Public policies; Vegetation.

Languages
English
Country
Switzerland
Topics
Air Pollution, Big Data, Biomimicry, Circular Economy, Climate Change, Complex Systems, Data Analysis Processes, Data Management, Data Sensing and Analysis, Decision Support Systems, Dynamic Models, Ecology, Ecosystems, Environmental Assessment, Environmental Impact, Environmental Sciences, Interdisciplinary Approach, Landscape, Modeling, Monitoring, Nature-based Solutions, Performance Evaluation, Process Management, Process Modeling and Simulation, Project Management, Resilience, Risk Management, SDGs 2030, Sustainable Development, Urban Vegetation, Vegetation
Review process
The Journal adopts double-blind peer review process
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AGRICOLA (National Agricultural Library), AGRIS Agricultural Sciences and Technology (FAO), DOAJ, Emerging Sources Citation Index – Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), Genamics JournalSeek, GeoRef (American Geosciences Institute),Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers (NSD), Scopus (Elsevier) Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), CLOCKSS (Digital Archive), e-Helvetica (Swiss National Library Digital Archive), Academic OneFile (Gale/Cengage Learning), Google Scholar J-Gate (Informatics India), ProQuest Central (ProQuest), Science In Context (Gale/Cengage Learning), WorldCat (OCLC).

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Guest Editors
Prof. Dr. Carlos Pinto-Gomes
Dr. Mauro Raposo