Editorial Board for section 'Plant Diversity'

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Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.

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Department of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, Tuscia University, Via S. C. de Lellis, snc, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
Interests: plant population genetics; plant evolution and domestication; in situ and ex situ conservation of plant germplasm; molecular characterization; molecular markers; molecular evolution; plant breeding
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School of Agricultural, Forestry and Environmental Sciences, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Via Nazario Sauro, 85, 85100 Potenza, Italy
Interests: vascular flora; taxonomy; vegetation ecology; vegetation mapping; habitat conservation; phytosociology; plant diversity; Mediterranean region; phytoclimate; Apennines

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Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, via L. Giorgieri 10, 34127 Trieste, Italy
Interests: ecological modelling; ecosystem functioning; ecosystem services; invasive alien species; plant diversity; spatial ecology; statistics
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School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Interests: plant stress response; drought; autophagy; gene evolution; vitamin metabolism
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Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Hatfield 0028, South Africa
Interests: African mountain biodiversity; plant systematics; phylogeography; orphan crops; biogeography; African plants
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Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
Interests: biogeography; global change ecology; plant diversity; beta-diversity, Springs
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Laboratory of Soil Biology, Department of Biology, University of Neuchatel, 2000 Neuchatel, Switzerland
Interests: oomycete plant pathogens; phytophthora; biotechnological applications of fungal enzymes
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ECODIV, Univ ROUEN-NORMANDIE, 76000 Rouen, France
Interests: soil ecology; above-belowground interactions; biological invasion
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Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China
Interests: molecular biology; exploitation of stress resistant germplasms and genes
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Department of Ecology and Systematics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Zografou, 157 71 Athens, Greece
Interests: plant systematics; biodiversity; phytogeography; conservation biology

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Faculty of Natural Resources Management, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1, Canada
Interests: plant ecophysiology; photosynthesis; ecosystems
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Department of Botany, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
Interests: biodiversity conservation; biogeography of plants; plant diversity; Mediterranean, arid and alpine biomes
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Plant Propagation, Biotechnology, Biodiversity and Germplasm Improvement, Science and Technology Branch, St. John's, NL, Canada
Interests: berry crops; breeding; biodiversity; biotechnology; genetic enhancement; in vitro culture; micropropagation; molecular marker; wild germplasm
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Plant Gene Resources of Canada, Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2, Canada
Interests: crop genetic diversity and domestication; plant population and conservation genetics; molecular characterization and conservation of plant germplasm; in situ conservation and utilization of native plants; molecular markers and DNA sequence analysis

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CE3C—Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE—Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and the Environment, University of the Azores, PT-9700-042 Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
Interests: plant ecology; bryophyte studies; conservation; environmental education and sustainable development; scientific outreach
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Forest Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Büsgenweg 2, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
Interests: forest genetics; adaptation to climate change; hybridization
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INIA-CIFOR, Department of Ecology and Forest Genetics, Ctra. Coruña km 7.5, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Interests: biodiversity monitoring; vascular plants diversity patterns; alpha; beta and gamma diversity; land use changes and landscape diversity; forest and landscape ecology
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Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Università degli Studi di Perugia, 06100 Perugia, Italy
Interests: flora; vegetation; habitats; biodiversity; conservation; Natura 2000; red-listing; CWR

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Department of Biological Sciences, Mount Holyoke College, 50 College St, South Hadley, MA 01027, USA
Interests: invasion ecology and dynamics; conservation biology; the role of landscapes and spatial configurations in species interactions; research species are generally plants and insects
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Institute of Botany, Plant Science and Biodiversity Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, SK-845 23 Bratislava, Slovakia
Interests: vegetation ecology; phytosociology; lentic and lotic ecosystems; floodplain forests; orchids; European temperate zone

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Sugarcane breeding and genetics, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center (LSU AgCenter), Sugar Research Station, 5755 LSU AgRoad, St. Gabriel, LA 70776, USA
Interests: improving early generation selection in sugarcane; development of sugarcane germplasm using conventional and molecular approaches; genetics of sugarcane

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Institute of Landscape Ecology and Resource Management, University of Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
Interests: biodiversity and ecosystem functioning; plant ecology; vegetation ecology; global change; grassland ecology; mire ecology; restoration ecology

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Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Interests: biodiversity; species interactions; global change; biological invasions; light pollution; agricultural intensification; urbanization

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Departamento de Botánica, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
Interests: plant conservation; plant diversity; alpine plant ecology; restoration ecology
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Department of Life Sciences, Università degli Studi di Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy
Interests: monitoring restoration; cross-taxon congruence; grassland ecology; biodiversity conservation; biodiversity assessment
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USDA ARS Soil-Plant-Nutrient Research Unit, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA
Interests: biodiversity; microbial ecology; rhizosphere biology; plant-pathogen interactions; mechanisms of plant defense
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Institute for Integrative Nature Conservation Research, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Gregor Mendel Str. 33, 1080 Vienna, Austria
Interests: biodiversity; invasion biology; island biogeography; molecular ecology; population genetics; phylogenomics; genotyping by sequencing

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Department of Pharmacology, Pharmacognosy and Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Interests: lichen and moss ecophysiology; stress effects on plants; biological soil crusts; polar and arid terrestrial ecosystems; gas exchange and water relations

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Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
Interests: inselbergs; plant adaptations; rock outcrops; tropical botany
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