Polar regions and their extreme environment have deeply fascinated naturalists for centuries. Surrounding the two poles of the globe, the Arctic and the Antarctic share many features and at the same time have a contrasting biogeographical constitution. Contemporary biological research ongoing in these unique areas covers a wide range of topics such as biodiversity patterns, biogeographical dynamics, persistence and dispersal capacities of organisms, evolutionary adaptations to extreme habitats. All these aspects become especially pertinent in the context of fragile polar ecosystems’ resilience to climate change.

The polar research is marked in 2017 by two important anniversaries: 60th Anniversary of the Polish Polar Station in Hornsund, Svalbard, Arctic and 40th Anniversary of the Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station, South Shetland Islands. As meaningful landmarks in the Polish Arctic and Antarctic studies, they provide an excellent motive to launch a special issue of the Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae focused on accomplishments, advances and perspectives in biological exploration of cold ecosystems. Therefore, we cordially invite contributions (original articles, review articles, and short communications) focused on polar biology studies including, but not limited to, the following areas:

• biodiversity assessment
• ecological processes and drivers of assemblages
• biogeographical patterns
• historical biogeography and phylogeography
• vegetation description and changes
• consequences of global environmental changes
• evolution of adaptations to extreme environment
• ecosystem resilience
• environmental pollution
• biological conservation.

The issue timetable:

• submission deadline: June 29, 2018
• reviews till: August 31, 2018
• post-review revisions till: October 31, 2018
• editing ends: December 21, 2018
• publication: December 28, 2018.

Journal policies (including guidelines for manuscript preparation, fees) are available at: https://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/about

Manuscripts submission starting point: https://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions

Please submit a manuscript to a dedicated section – “Polar terrestrial ecosystems: ecology, evolution, and biogeography”.

Guest editors of the issue:

Prof. dr hab. Bronisław Wojtuń
University of Wrocław
bronislaw.wojtun@uwr.edu.pl

Dr hab. Michał Ronikier, prof. PAN
W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences
m.ronikier@botany.pl

Photograph: Dryas octopetala community in the Western Spitsbergen (high Arctic). Author: M. Ronikier.

At the beginning of the year we have provided all archival issues of the Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, Acta Agrobotanica and Monographiae Botanicae. They are available at https://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/. Their digitization and online publication have been financially supported by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

To exchange the knowledge in current discussion about plant–animal relationships, we plan to publish an issue in March 2017 (1st 2017 issue) entitled “Plant–animal interactions”.

Our mission is to present for broader audience the variability of plant–animal co-adaptations on structural, molecular and physiological level, plants’ interactions with arthropods and other organisms (e.g., pollination, herbivory, seed dispersal), and impact of animals on economic plant productivity.

We sincerely invite to prepare the papers to our special issue.

The submission due date is 2016-11-30. Original research papers, reviews as well as short communications are eagerly invited.

The guest editors of the issue are:

• Małgorzata Stpiczyńska, University of Warsaw, Poland
• Marcin Zych, University of Warsaw, Poland.

Journal policies (including guidelines for manuscript preparation, fees) are available at: https://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/aa/about

You will find a dedicated section for the manuscripts to be submitted for the issue – “Plant–animal interactions”.

Please contact the journal editorial office if you have any questions.

Bożena Denisow
Editor-in-Chief, Acta Agrobotanica
University of Life Sciences in Lublin
Poland
b.denisow@pbsociety.org.pl

Research in phyllotaxis spans two centuries. Over the last decade, it has been reinforced with studies that reveal molecular-level mechanisms of phyllotaxis, as well as new computational models and mathematical analyses. In view of these developments, we believe that a snapshot of current results, work and perspectives on phyllotaxis would be of significant interest. We invite contributions (original articles, review articles, and short communications) including, but not limited to, the following areas:

• phyllotaxis and patterning of stem vasculature,
• phyllotaxis vs. patterning of leaf shape,
• phyllotactic patterns in flowers and inflorescences,
• phyllotaxis and floral dimorphism,
• phyllotaxis and quasicrystals,
• biochemistry and biophysics of phyllotaxis,
• mathematical and computatiohnal models of phyllotaxis,
• optimality of phyllotactic patterns,
• robustness of phyllotactic patterns,
• unusual phyllotactic patterns.

Accepted papers will be published in a special open access issue on “Phyllotaxis and related topics” of the journal Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae (ASBP; https://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/index) according to the following schedule:

• Expression of interest: March 15, 2016
• Abstract (tentative; sent to the editors’ emails provided below): June 30, 2016
• Submission (via the online editorial system): September 30, 2016
• Reviewer’s feedback: October 31, 2016
• Final paper due: November 30, 2016
• Publication of accepted articles: December 30, 2016

Journal policies (including guidelines for manuscript preparation, fees) are available at: https://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/about

You will find a dedicated section for the manuscripts to be submitted for the issue – “Phyllotaxis and related topics”.

Please contact us if you have any questions.