scholarly journals Distribution of vascular plants in a subalpine-nival gradient of Central Himalaya: current patterns and predictions for future warming climate

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 27-39
Author(s):  
Laxmi Raj Joshi ◽  
Suresh Kumar Ghimire ◽  
Jan Salick ◽  
Katie M. Konchar
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Elevation Gradient ◽  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
Systematic Investigation ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Range Shift ◽  
Central Himalaya ◽  
Intergovernmental Panel ◽  
Vascular Plant Species

Following the standard method of Global Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA), we performed a systematic investigation of vascular plant species distribution along a subalpine to nival gradient in the Central Himalaya. Our study aims to identify the richness and distribution patterns of vascular plant species and biogeographic groups under current climatic conditions and make predictions for their distribution under warmer conditions anticipated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Species richness decreased along an increasing elevation gradient. Aspect also influenced richness levels along the study gradient. Biogeographically, a majority of taxa were Himalayan endemics, followed by species with pan-Himalayan distribution. A complete turnover of indicator species along the elevation gradient was observed due to distinct phytoclimates. Twenty three percent of the plant species recorded in the present study showed a narrow elevation amplitude (<1250 masl) and are projected to be most sensitive to rising global surface temperatures. Taxa with restricted geographical distribution and narrow elevation amplitude must adapt through range shift to compensate for expected future increases in temperature. However, limited habitat availability may hinder the ability of high alpine species to migrate upward in elevation.Botanica Orientalis – Journal of Plant Science (2015) 9: 27–39

Phytophthora and vascular plant species distributions along a steep elevation gradient

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ihsanul Khaliq ◽  
Treena I. Burgess ◽  
Giles E. St. J. Hardy ◽  
Diane White ◽  
Keith L. McDougall
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Elevation Gradient ◽  
Species Distributions ◽  
Vascular Plant Species ◽  
Plant Species Distributions

scholarly journals The adaptation of alien Siberian and Euro-Siberian vascular plant species in conditions of Nizhegorod region

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 146-150
Author(s):  
O. P. Lavrova ◽  
I. L. Mininzon
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Ulmus Pumila ◽  
Ecological Plasticity ◽  
Vascular Plant Species ◽  
Hordeum Jubatum ◽  
Nizhny Novgorod Region

The results of observations on adaptation of cultivated and imported alien Siberian and Euro-Siberian vascular plant species to Nizhny Novgorod Region conditions are presented. 33 out of 46 species are on different stages ofsuccessful naturalization. Hippophaё rhamnoides L., Hordeum jubatum L. and Ulmus pumila L. are most successful naturalized species. They formed temporary communities in breaking ecosystems. It is assumed that the success of adaptationis due to the ecological plasticity of species and little depends on the similarity of soil-edaphic and climatic conditions ofSiberia and Nizhny Novgorod region.

scholarly journals Notes on the Chilean geographic distribution of several vascular plant species

Check List ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 832 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Pfanzelt ◽  
Carolina García ◽  
Alicia Marticorena
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Vascular Plant Species ◽  
Geographic Distributions ◽  
Species Descriptions

New collections extend the Chilean geographic distributions of five native and one endemic vascular plant species: Coriaria ruscifolia L. (Coriariaceae), Fascicularia bicolor (Ruiz and Pav.) Mez subsp. canaliculata E.C. Nelson and Zizka (Bromeliaceae), Drapetes muscosus Lam. (Thymelaeaceae), Phyllachne uliginosa J.R. Forst. and G. Forst (Stylidiaceae), Saxifragella bicuspidata (Hook.f.) Engl., and Saxifragodes albowiana (Kurtz ex Albov) D.M. Moore (both Saxifragaceae). Species descriptions, distribution maps, and figures are presented. Distribution patterns are discussed in light of biogeographic implications.

Return of the megaherbs: plant colonisation of derelict ANARE station buildings on sub-Antarctic Heard Island

Polar Record ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Whinam ◽  
P.M. Selkirk ◽  
A.J. Downing ◽  
Bruce Hull
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Vascular Plants ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Water Tank ◽  
Moss Species ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Plant Colonisation ◽  
Vascular Plant Species ◽  
Heard Island ◽  
Antarctic Research

Buildings were constructed and artefacts left behind on sub-Antarctic Heard Island, associated with Antarctic research expeditions since 1926. Both bryophytes and vascular plants are colonising many parts of the now derelict buildings. On these structures and artefacts, the authors recorded four species of vascular plants out of the 11 that occur on Heard Island and nine species of mosses out of the 37 recorded from Heard Island. The vascular plant species most frequently recorded colonising structures and artefacts was Pringlea antiscorbutica (288 occurrences), with the area colonised varying from 0.3 cm2 to 430.0 cm2. Muelleriella crassifolia was the moss species that was most frequently recorded (14 occurrences), colonising areas from 2.1 cm2 to 12.9 cm2. The highest number of bryophyte species (seven) was recorded on the stone and cement of the ‘water tank.’ Pringlea antiscorbutica, Poa cookii, Azorella selago, Muelleriella crassifolia, Bryum dichotomum, Dicranoweisia brevipes and Schistidium apocarpum are all expected to continue to colonise the ANARE ruins, as well as areas that have become available since building removal and also possibly areas bared by further deglaciation.

scholarly journals Notes on protected and threatened plants in Castilla y León (North-West Spain)

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-220
Author(s):  
Fermín Del Egido ◽  
Patricio Bariego ◽  
Alberto Rodríguez ◽  
María Santos Vicente
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Geographic Range ◽  
Threatened Plants ◽  
North West ◽  
Castilla Y Leon ◽  
Vascular Plant Species ◽  
New Findings ◽  
First Time

We provide new records and notes on 25 protected and/or threatened vascular plant species in Castilla y León. Some of them illustrate not only new findings but also an interesting expansion of their geographic range. Eight taxa are reported for the first time in some provinces, while eleven of them were two or three times previously reported.

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