BEIJING, China, Nov. 13 -- Journal of Plant Ecology, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features issues in the field of plants and their interactions with biotic and abiotic environment from the Botanical Society of China and Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2024 special issue (Vol. 17, Issue 5) entitled Biodiversity Conservation and Ecological Restoration of Vulnerable Ecosystems in the Anthropocene: