scholarly journals Infection of terrestial snails with larvae of Elaphostrongylus cervi (Nematoda, Protostrongylidae) in Białowieża National Park

2010 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Kuligowska ◽  
A. Demiaszkiewicz

AbstractSpecies composition of intermediate hosts of Elaphostrongylus cervi — terrestrial snails, prevalence and intensity of their infection in natural invasions have been determined. The intermediate hosts of E. cervi are Succinea putris, Bradybena fruticum, Perforatella bidentata and Zonitoides nitidus. From June to August the percentage of snails S. putris infected with E. cervi larvae has been on constant level and in September and October decreased. Snails B. fruticum the highest prevalence of invasion showed on July and later it successively lowered. In the case of P. bidentata prevalence of E. cervi infection was the lowest in August, and than raised up to the highest value in October. For the first time the highest extensiveness of spontaneous infection has been found in P. bidentata. Till now as the most infected species of snail always has been noted S. putris. The highest intensity of infection — 242 larvae was found in B. fruticum, and little lower 73- 202 in S. putris. In two other species intensiveness ranged from 1 to 23 larvae. The most important role in spreading of E. cervi in Białowieża Forest fulfil S. putris and B. fruticum because of their high number in environment and P. bidens because of the highest intensiveness of infection.

2015 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dariusz Karasiński ◽  
Marek Wołkowycki

AbstractThe Białowieża Forest (BF) is one of the best-preserved lowland deciduous and mixed forest complexes in Europe, rich in diverse fungi. This paper summarizes what is known about the poroid fungi of the Polish part of the Białowieża Forest, based on literature data, a re-examination of herbarium materials, and the authors’ studies from 1990–2014. An annotated catalogue of polypores recorded in the forest is presented, including 80 genera with 210 species. All literature and herbarium records are enumerated, and 160 species are illustrated with color pictures. Fourteen species previously reported in the literature have uncertain status because they lack voucher specimens and were not confirmed in recent field studies. Antrodiella subradula (Pilát) Niemelä & Miettinen, previously known from Asia, is reported for the first time from Europe. Fourteen species are newly reported from the Białowieża Forest (mainly from Białowieża National Park), including 8 species with first records in Poland (Antrodia hyalina Spirin, Miettinen & Kotir., Antrodia infirma Renvall & Niemelä, Antrodiella subradula, Junghuhnia fimbriatella (Peck) Ryvarden, Postia folliculocystidiata (Kotl. & Vampola) Niemelä & Vampola, Postia minusculoides (Pilát ex Pilát) Boulet, Skeletocutis chrysella Niemelä, Skeletocutis papyracea A. David), and 6 species reported previously from other localities in Poland [Antrodiella faginea Vampola & Pouzar, Dichomitus campestris (Quél.) Domański & Orlicz, Loweomyces fractipes (Berk. & M. A. Curtis) Jülich, Oxyporus latemarginatus (Durieu & Mont.) Donk, Perenniporia narymica (Pilát) Pouzar, Phellinus nigricans (Fr.) P. Karst.]. Several very rare European polypores already reported from the Białowieża Forest in the 20th century, such as Antrodia albobrunnea (Romell) Ryvarden, Antrodiella foliaceodentata (Nikol.) Gilb. & Ryvarden, Buglossoporus pulvinus (Pers.) Donk, Dichomitus albidofuscus (Domański) Domański and Gelatoporia subvermispora (Pilát) Niemelä, were found at new localities, confirming their continuous occurrence in this forest.


2015 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Halina Kucharczyk ◽  
Łukasz Wyrozumski

Abstract Hoplothrips carpathicus PELIKÁN, 1961 was recorded for the first time in Poland in two localities: in the Białowieża National Park and in the Bieszczady National Park. It was captured using IBL2 screen traps at both sites. The diagnostic characteristics of the macropterous females found in Poland were compared with the micropterous holotype described in Slovakia. Key features are illustrated and data on the distribution of this species in Europe is appended


2015 ◽  
Vol 84 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Halina Kucharczyk ◽  
Marek Kucharczyk ◽  
Łukasz Wyrozumski

AbstractStudies on fungus-feeding thrips were carried out in two national parks ranked as biosphere reserves: the Białowieża National Park (north-east Poland) and the Bieszczady National Park (south-east Poland). IBL-2 screen traps were used as the main method in the forest communities. Traps were deployed in managed forests and the strict reserve in the Bialowieża NP, and along two trails in the lower forest belt up to its upper border with mountain meadows in the Bieszczady NP. Using IBL-2 traps revealed the presence of ten mycophagous species in the Białowieża NP and six in the Bieszczady NP. In the formerHoplothrips carpathicus,H. fungi,H. unicolorandH. polysticti, and in the latterH. carpathicusandMaderothrips longisetiswere recorded for the first time in Poland.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 19611-19615
Author(s):  
Amar Paul Singh ◽  
Kritish De ◽  
Virendra Prasad Uniyal ◽  
Sambandam Sathyakumar

A total of 19 species of odonates, including eight species of Anisoptera (dragonflies) and 11 species of Zygoptera (damselflies), were recorded along the Tirthan River, Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area (GHNPCA), Himachal Pradesh. Among these species, 17 were reported from the area for the first time. With the addition of these new records the number of odonates known from the GHNPCA is increased to 23 species representing 18 genera and eight families. Indothemis carnatica, Agriocnemis femina, and Argiocnemis rubescens are reported for the first time from the western Himalayan region. The study found a significant change in the species composition of odonates over a period of 18 years in the area, which may be due to changes in microhabitat conditions associated with climate change.


2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eunice Blavascunas

State Forestry is regarded by political ecologists as a coercive tool deployed by state authorities to nationalize, control and order the forest as a resource within the territory of a nation. The consequence of this is civilizing local people and subjecting them to the grip of the state. Much of this literature comes from the global South. However, in the iconic Białowieża Forest in eastern Poland, touted as Europe's last primeval forest for its old oaks and woodland bison, state foresters altered the prominence of their nationalistic and nationalizing history in three surprising ways: 1) they downplayed their historical role in nationalizing the periphery in the 1920s when the area was split between a national park and a forest belonging to the newly formed Polish state (the Second Polish Republic); 2) they created new allegiances with the Belarusian-identified local population, and 3) they referenced neighbouring Belarus' preferential management of forests within the adjacent Belovezshkaya National Park. This article weaves together insights from political ecology, post-socialist studies and environmental history in an ethnographic account of Polish state foresters in interaction with biologists, conservationists and "local" people in the fight to expand the Polish Białowieża National Park from 1990-2013. Foresters downplayed the forest's significance for the nation, at least rhetorically, because conservationists viewed and promoted the forest as having national, European and global heritage. Yet the globalized cosmopolitics of conservationists enabled, or perhaps even forced, foresters to frame their concerns in a language of local and ethnic minority rights and community participation. The transcendence of ethnic and cultural differences by foresters over nearly ninety years of existence marks an important and novel component of the post-socialist period.Keywords: Post-socialist, political ecology, forests, environmental history, Poland, Belarus, foresters, ethnography, periphery


Author(s):  
Mustapha BOUNECHADA ◽  
Nacer DJIRAR ◽  
Mohamed Lamine BENKHELIL ◽  
Lamri TEDJAR ◽  
Mohamed FENNI

The species composition and distribution of insects in Babors national park (North-east of Algeria) were studied for the first time based on original investigations and available literature. The list includes 32 species bellowing to 14 genera. Eight ecological groups of Chrysomelidae were distinguished based on studies of the data on the territory of Babors national park.


2016 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
pp. 358-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Niedziałkowski

Abstract This study outlines the main motives of foresters opposing the enlargement of the Białowieża National Park to include areas managed by the State Forests Holding. The motives were identified using discourse analysis tools based on the semistructured interviews with 36 people representing various groups of actors engaged in the discussion on the management of the Białowieża Forest. The main motives I found are connected to: (1) a vision of how nature should be and the foresters’ mission; (2) fear of losing employment or getting a worse job; (3) the high esteem of the forester profession in local communities and an inferior vocational status of the national park employees; (4) defending the professional prestige of foresters and the State Forests Holding; (5) competition with national parks over natural areas; (6) forest science; (7) the wish to continue hunting in the Białowieża Forest; (8) bottom-up pressure on the State Forests Holding employees. The major conflict potential in the discourse around the Białowieża Forest is connected with the perception of its unique natural values and methods of protection. As a result, two opposing coalitions have formed: one supporting forestry interests and one encouraging conservation. The discourse of the forestry-supporting coalition is strengthened by an epistemic community of forest scientists. Some arguments presented by the foresters pushing for a continuation of forest management in Białowieża also indicate the involvement of path dependency, which, in combination with large differences between the coalitions, does not allow for optimism regarding the resolution of the conflict.


2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-24
Author(s):  
O.S. Shevchenko

New data was added to the oribatid species composition of the Rivnensky Nature Reserve. Overall, 62 mite species were recorded for the territory of research in this study. The species Acrogalumna longipluma, Micreremus brevipes, Licneremaeus licnophorus, Oribatella reticulata, and Porobelba spinosa were not previously listed for the Western Polissia. Of the 60 species of Lower Oribatida mites that have been recorded by other authors in that area, only 18 are found again in the Rivnensky Nature Reserve, indicating that our results are intermediate. A representative of the genus Mainothrus Choi, 1996 (Mainothrus badius (Berlese, 1905)) is found in Ukraine for the first time.


2011 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 339-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrzej Jaworski ◽  
Dorota Jakubowska

Dynamika zmian budowy, struktury i składu gatunkowego drzewostanów o charakterze pierwotnym na wybranych powierzchniach w Pienińskim Parku Narodowym


2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 337-348
Author(s):  
V. N. Tarasova ◽  
T. Ahti ◽  
O. Vitikainen ◽  
A. V. Sonina ◽  
L. Myllys

This is a report of a revision of 565 herbarium specimens of lichens, lichenicolous or non-lichenized fungi and additional locality records of common species produced from a visit of the Russian-Finnish expedition to Vodlozersky National Park right after its foundation in 1991. The analyzed collection and field records represent the earliest information about the lichen flora of the territory of the park. In total, 177 species are listed including 173 lichens, 3 non-lichenized and 1 lichenicolous fungi. Xylographa rubescens is new to the Republic of Karelia. Twenty two species are reported for the first time for biogeographic province Karelia transonegensis; 47 species for the Karelian part of Vodlozersky National Park; and 17 species for the whole territory of the park.


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