Species composition and vegetation structure of light coniferous forests under pollution of aluminum smelter emissions in Irkutsk Oblast by T. M. Kharpukhaeva, L. V. Afanas’eva, O. V. Kalugina, M. V. Oskorbina

“…The species diversity and state of the ground cover of light coniferous forests in the territories of Irkutsk Oblast, polluted by emissions from three aluminum smelters (Bratsk (BrAZ), Irkutsk (IrkAZ) and Tayshet (TAZ)), differing in production technology and duration of impact on forests, were studied. 188 species of vascular plants from 49 families, 102 species of lichens, including 26 species of epigeal and 13 species of ground mosses were identified. …”
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Can Plot-Level Photographs Accurately Estimate Tundra Vegetation Cover in Northern Alaska? by Hana L. Sellers, Sergio A. Vargas Zesati, Sarah C. Elmendorf, Alexandra Locher, Steven F. Oberbauer, Craig E. Tweedie, Chandi Witharana, Robert D. Hollister

“…Deciduous shrubs and lichens were not reliably classified. Multinomial regression models were used to gauge if the cover estimates from plot-level photography could accurately predict the cover estimates from the point frame across space or time. …”
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Dispersal of pollen and invertebrates by wind in contrasting Arctic habitats of Svalbard by Łukasz Grewling, Ronald Laniecki, Mikołaj Jastrzębski, Julia Borkowska, Zofia Marek, Katarzyna Kondrat, Zofia Nowak, Michał Zacharyasiewicz, Marcelina Małecka, Barbara Valle, Beata Messyasz, Krzysztof Zawierucha

“…The most taxa-rich site, both for pollen and invertebrates, was Platåfjellet, characterized by open landscape dominated by small cryptogams, mainly lichens and mosses, and sparse patches of vascular plants. …”
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All taxa biodiversity inventory of the Bois de Bouis estate (Var, France): a 10-year public-private partnership by Aurélie Lacoeuilhe, Louise Percevault, Jean Ichter, Philippe Gourdain, Katia Herard, Henri Michaud, Laurent Poncet, Thibault Ramage, Océane Roquinarc'h, Phil Withers

“…This project is the first All taxa biodiversity inventory (ATBI) in a private property in France with all information available in open data.The 20 datasets of fauna, flora, lichens and habitat types from the Bois de Bouis estate are now publicly available. …”
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Environmental impact of mechanical site preparation on mineral soils in Sweden and Finland — a review by Eva Ring, Ulf Sikström

“…Species cover generally seems to decline for late succession understory species, while pioneer and ruderal species can benefit from the microsites created. Areas containing lichens which are used for reindeer forage require special consideration. …”
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Fungi in Permafrost-Affected Soils of the Canadian Arctic: Horizon- and Site-Specific Keystone Taxa Revealed by Co-Occurrence Network by Milan Varsadiya, Tim Urich, Gustaf Hugelius, Jiří Bárta

“…Compositional analysis revealed a significantly higher relative proportion of the litter saprotroph <i>Lachnum</i> and root-associated saprotroph <i>Phialocephala</i> in the topsoil and the ectomycorrhizal close-contact exploring <i>Russula</i> in cryoOM, whereas Sites 1 and 2 had a significantly higher mean proportion of plant pathogens and lichenized trophic modes. Co-occurrence network analysis revealed the lowest modularity and average path length, and highest clustering coefficient in cryoOM, which suggested a lower network resistance to environmental perturbation. …”
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Two new endophytic species enrich the Coniochaeta endophytica / C. prunicola clade: Coniochaeta lutea sp. nov. and C. palaoa sp. nov. by A. Elizabeth Arnold, Alison H. Harrington, Jana M. U'Ren, Shuzo Oita, Patrik Inderbitzin

“…Coniochaeta ( Coniochaetaceae , Ascomycota ) is a diverse genus that includes a striking richness of undescribed species with endophytic lifestyles, especially in temperate and boreal plants and lichens. These endophytes frequently represent undescribed species that can clarify evolutionary relationships and trait evolution within clades of previously classified fungi. …”
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Vegetation Shift of <i>Juniperus macropoda</i> Boisser Forest in Response to Climate Change in North-Western Himalayas, India by Dhirender Kumar, Daulat R. Bhardwaj, Chaman L. Thakur, Prashant Sharma, Gebiaw T. Ayele

“…Besides this, the area is experiencing the impact of climate change resulting in an increase in the area under vegetation and migration towards the higher elevation, and many species of lichens were also found to invade the bare rock.…”
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How mushrooms tend to break through the evolutionary dead end by Gabor Zs Gyulai, Renee P Malone, Mihaly Czako, Lilja Y Murenetz, Gabor Gyulai

“…Symbiosis between fungi and green algae or cyanobacteria created a new phylum the Lichens (Mycophycophyta) in evolution. A tripartite symbiosis among achlorophyllous (i.e., parasitic) mycoheterotrophic plants ↔ mycorrhizal fungi ↔ and autotrophic green plants were re-discovered recently.  …”
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Metabolic profiling and gene expression analyses provide insights into cold adaptation of an Antarctic moss Pohlia nutans by Shenghao Liu, Shenghao Liu, Tingting Li, Shuo Fang, Pengying Zhang, Dan Yi, Bailin Cong, Bailin Cong, Zhaohui Zhang, Zhaohui Zhang, Linlin Zhao, Linlin Zhao

“…The major terrestrial vegetation consists of cryptogams (mosses and lichens) and two vascular plant species. However, the molecular mechanism of cold tolerance and relevant regulatory networks were largely unknown in these Antarctic plants. …”
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Internal Transcribed Spacer and 16S Amplicon Sequencing Identifies Microbial Species Associated with Asbestos in New Zealand by Erin Doyle, Dan Blanchon, Sarah Wells, Peter de Lange, Pete Lockhart, Nick Waipara, Michael Manefield, Shannon Wallis, Terri-Ann Berry

“…After filtering, 895 ITS and 1265 16S amplicon sequencing variants (ASVs) were detected across the 38 samples, corresponding to a range of fungal, bacteria, cyanobacterial, and lichenized fungal species. Samples from Auckland (North Island, New Zealand) asbestos cement, Auckland asbestos-contaminated soils, and raw asbestos rocks from Kahurangi National Park (South Island, New Zealand) were comprised of very different microbial communities. …”
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Global trends in biodiversity with tree plantation age by Sophie Jane Tudge, Zoe M. Harris, Richard J. Murphy, Andy Purvis, Adriana De Palma

“…Here, we assess the effects of plantation age on the abundance and number of species of invertebrates, birds, plants, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and lichens, and on compositional similarity to minimally-used primary vegetation. …”
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Biochemical Properties of Atranorin-Induced Behavioral and Systematic Changes of Laboratory Rats by Patrik Simko, Andrea Leskanicova, Maria Suvakova, Alzbeta Blicharova, Martina Karasova, Michal Goga, Mariana Kolesarova, Bianka Bojkova, Petra Majerova, Nela Zidekova, Ivan Barvik, Andrej Kovac, Terezia Kiskova

“…Atranorin (ATR) is a secondary metabolite of lichens. While previous studies investigated the effects of this substance predominantly in an in vitro environment, in our study we investigated the basic physicochemical properties, the binding affinity to human serum albumin (HSA), basic pharmacokinetics, and, mainly, on the systematic effects of ATR in vivo. …”
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Structures, Biosynthesis, and Physiological Functions of (1,3;1,4)-β-<span style="font-variant: small-caps">d</span>-Glucans by Shu-Chieh Chang, Rebecka Karmakar Saldivar, Pi-Hui Liang, Yves S. Y. Hsieh

“…The linkage ratio varies depending upon species origin and has a significant impact on the physicochemical properties of the (1,3;1,4)-β-<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">d</span>-glucans. (1,3;1,4)-β-<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">d</span>-Glucans were thought to be unique in the grasses family (Poaceae); however, evidence has shown that (1,3;1,4)-β-<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">d</span>-glucans are also synthesized in other taxa, including horsetail fern <i>Equisetum</i>, algae, lichens, and fungi, and more recently, bacteria. The enzyme involved in (1,3;1,4)-β-<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">d</span>-glucan biosynthesis has been well studied in grasses and cereal. …”
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Integrated transcriptome and metabolome analyses reveal the adaptation of Antarctic moss Pohlia nutans to drought stress by Shuo Fang, Tingting Li, Pengying Zhang, Chenlin Liu, Bailin Cong, Bailin Cong, Shenghao Liu, Shenghao Liu

“…Most regions of the Antarctic continent are experiencing increased dryness due to global climate change. Mosses and lichens are the dominant vegetation of the ice-free areas of Antarctica. …”
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A synthesis of multi-taxa management experiments to guide forest biodiversity conservation in Europe by Flóra Tinya, Inken Doerfler, Maarten de Groot, Jacob Heilman-Clausen, Bence Kovács, Anders Mårell, Björn Nordén, Réka Aszalós, Claus Bässler, Gediminas Brazaitis, Sabina Burrascano, Jordi Camprodon, Markéta Chudomelová, Lukáš Čížek, Ettore D'Andrea, Martin Gossner, Panu Halme, Radim Hédl, Nathalie Korboulewsky, Jari Kouki, Petr Kozel, Asko Lõhmus, Rosana López, František Máliš, Juan A. Martín, Giorgio Matteucci, Walter Mattioli, Roser Mundet, Jörg Müller, Manuel Nicolas, Anna Oldén, Míriam Piqué, Žydrūnas Preikša, Joan Rovira Ciuró, Liina Remm, Peter Schall, Pavel Šebek, Sebastian Seibold, Primož Simončič, Karol Ujházy, Mariana Ujházyová, Ondřej Vild, Lucie Vincenot, Wolfgang Weisser, Péter Ódor

“…Regarding the organism groups, woody regeneration, herbs, fungi, beetles, bryophytes, birds and lichens offer the largest potential for addressing management–biodiversity relationships at the European level. …”
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Current and past climate co‐shape community‐level plant species richness in the Western Siberian Arctic by Vitalii Zemlianskii, Philipp Brun, Niklaus E. Zimmermann, Ksenia Ermokhina, Olga Khitun, Natalia Koroleva, Gabriela Schaepman‐Strub

“…We included vascular plants, mosses and lichens in our analysis, as non‐vascular plants substantially contribute to species richness and ecosystem functions in the Arctic. …”
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Habitat heterogeneity is a good predictor of boreal forest biodiversity by Anne-Maarit Hekkala, Mari Jönsson, Simon Kärvemo, Joachim Strengbom, Jörgen Sjögren

“…To test which of the drivers best predicts the number and abundance of sessile species of conservation concern (including macrofungi, lichens, bryophytes, and vascular plants), we assessed forest stand heterogeneity using a method developed in Sweden (‘Habitat Heterogeneity Score HHS’), and quantified the resource amount and quality of ecologically important structural variables (deadwood volume, basal area of living trees, proportion of broadleaved trees, and the age of the oldest tree in the stand). …”
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Trends in vegetation cover changes in Bonny area of the Niger Delta by A Adoki

“…There is a dearth of epiphytic bryophytes and lichens on the boles and branches of the trees. From satellite imageries of the area, it is evident that the landcover classes changed across the three epochs. …”
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Traditional ecological knowledge to traditional foods: The path to maintaining food sovereignty in Hutsulshchyna by Nina M. Fontana, Mariia V. Pasailiuk, Oleh Pohribnyi

“…We, along with Hutsul experts, explore the presence of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) in Hutsulshchyna by identifying 108 culturally important species including wild plants (74 species), cultivated plants (23 species), fungi (9 species) and lichens (2 species); these species are gathered in 10 habitats with varying degrees of human interaction. …”
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