New floristic records from Central Europe 7 (reports 99-108)

The presented seventh part of the series includes ten new chorological records of vascular plants, two from Hungary, one from Poland and seven from Slovakia. In Hungary, locally introduced species Catalpa ovata spreading by seeds and the first occurrence of Carex depressa subsp. transsilvanica out of n the Zemplén Mts. was recorded. In Poland, the fifth record of Salvinia natans in the area of Kraków was found. In Slovakia, localities of four native species, Pilosella densiflora, P. leptophyton, Taraxacum bavaricum and Trifolium sarosiense were found as well as three alien species Phytolacca esculenta, Sorbus intermedia and the first record of garden escape of Euphorbia myrsinites. Distribution map of Taraxacum bavaricum in Slovakia is also presented.

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New floristic records from Central Europe 5 (reports 54-80)

THAISZIA - JOURNAL OF BOTANY ◽

10.33542/tjb2020-1-08 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 30 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Matej Dudáš ◽

Pavol Eliáš ◽

Pavol Eliáš Jr. ◽

Matúš Hrivnák ◽

Richard Hrivnák ◽

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Keyword(s):

Endangered Species ◽

Central Europe ◽

Vascular Plants ◽

Native Species ◽

Datura Innoxia ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Origanum Vulgare ◽

Critically Endangered Species ◽

Bromus Secalinus ◽

New Localities

The present fifth part of the series includes 27 new chorological records of vascular plants, seven from Czechia (Asperugo procumbens, Eragrostis pilosa, Malva pusilla, Pseudofumaria lutea, Verbascum blattaria, V. speciosum, Vulpia myuros); Geranium macrorrhizum from Hungary; Bromus secalinus and Erucastrum gallicum from Poland and three taxa from Romania (Sonchus palustris, Ranunculus ophioglossifolius and alien Xanthium spinosum). In Slovakia twelve native species (Cladium mariscus, Gentiana pneumonanthe, Gnaphalium luteoalbum, Juncus subnodulosus, Lindernia procumbens, Origanum vulgare subsp. prismaticum, Sonchus palustris, Taraxacum bessarabicum, T. cristatum, T. paludem-ornans and T. parnassicum) and two alien (Brachyactis ciliata and Datura innoxia) were found. Distribution map of critically endangered species Typha shuttleworthii and Taraxacum paludem-ornans with new localities in Slovakia are presented.

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An eco-evolutionary rationale to distinguish alien and native status: why the dingo is a native species on mainland Australia

Australian Zoologist ◽

10.7882/az.2021.039 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 41 (3) ◽

pp. 358-366

Author(s):

Peter B. Banks

Keyword(s):

Alien Species ◽

Introduced Species ◽

Native Species ◽

Genetic Basis ◽

Evolutionary Approach ◽

Range Transport ◽

The Status ◽

Local Species ◽

Natural Range ◽

Native Status

Distinguishing between whether a species is alien or native can be problematic, especially for introduced species that are long-established in new areas outside of their natural range. Transport by humans is the criterion for alien status used by many definitions, whereas arbitrary time since arrival to a location is often used to define native status. Here I propose an eco-evolutionary approach to distinguish between alien and native status and use this to resolve uncertainty in the status of the dingo in Australia. Dingoes were transported to mainland Australia by humans, but more than 4000 years ago, and dingoes now interbreed with feral domestic dogs. Legally, this mix of events has the dingo classified as native in some jurisdictions and alien in others. I suggest that native status for introduced species should be based on (1) whether the species has evolved in their new environment; (2) whether local species recognise and respond to them as they do towards deep endemic native species, and; (3) whether their impacts benchmark against those of a native species or are exaggerated like those of other alien species. Dingoes are behaviourally, reproductively and morphologically different to close ancestors from south-east Asia, and this difference has a genetic basis indicative of evolution in Australia. There is abundant evidence that native prey species on mainland Australia recognise and respond to them as a dangerous predator, which they are. But there is strong evidence that dingo impacts on prey are not exaggerated, with effect sizes from mensurative experiments similar to those of experiments on native predators rather than alien predators. These three lines of evidence suggest dingoes should be considered native to mainland Australia. I suggest this eco-evolutionary approach to defining native status can be helpful in resolving the often-heated debates about when an alien species becomes native.

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New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (July 2015)

Mediterranean Marine Science ◽

10.12681/mms.1440 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 472 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

K. TSIAMIS ◽

Ö. AYDOGAN ◽

N. BAILLY ◽

P. BALISTRERI ◽

M. BARICHE ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Alien Species ◽

Native Species ◽

New Records ◽

Aegean Sea ◽

First Record ◽

Ionian Sea ◽

Northern Adriatic ◽

Eastern Aegean ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

Mediterranean Biodiversity

The Collective Article ‘New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records’ of the Mediterranean Marine Science journal offers the means to publish biodiversity records in the Mediterranean Sea. The current article is divided in two parts, for records of native and alien species respectively. The new records of native species include: the neon flying squid Ommastrephes bartramii in Capri Island, Thyrrenian Sea; the bigeye thresher shark Alopias superciliosus in the Adriatic Sea; a juvenile basking shark Cetorhinus maximus caught off Piran (northern Adriatic); the deep-sea Messina rockfish Scorpaenodes arenai in the National Marine Park of Zakynthos (East Ionian Sea, Greece); and the oceanic puffer Lagocephalus lagocephalus in the Adriatic Sea.The new records of alien species include: the red algae Antithamnionella elegans and Palisada maris-rubri, found for the first time in Israel and Greece respectively; the green alga Codium parvulum reported from Turkey (Aegean Sea); the first record of the alien sea urchin Diadema setosum in Greece; the nudibranch Goniobranchus annulatus reported from South-Eastern Aegean Sea (Greece); the opisthobranch Melibe viridis found in Lebanon; the new records of the blue spotted cornetfish Fistularia commersonii in the Alicante coast (Eastern Spain); the alien fish Siganus luridus and Siganus rivulatus in Lipsi Island, Dodecanese (Greece); the first record of Stephanolepis diaspros from the Egadi Islands Marine Protected Area (western Sicily); a northward expansion of the alien pufferfish Torquigener flavimaculosus along the southeastern Aegean coasts of Turkey; and data on the occurrence of the Lessepsian immigrants Alepes djedaba, Lagocephalus sceleratus and Fistularia commersonii in Zakynthos Island (SE Ionian Sea, Greece).

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Alien (invasive) vascular plants in Slovakia – a story of successful plant immigrants

Environmental & Socio-economic Studies ◽

10.2478/environ-2021-0022 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 23-31

Author(s):

Jana Májeková ◽

Ivan Jarolímek ◽

Marica Zaliberová ◽

Jana Medvecká

Keyword(s):

Central Europe ◽

Plant Communities ◽

Vascular Plants ◽

Plant Invasions ◽

Alien Plants ◽

History Of Research ◽

Alien Flora ◽

First Occurrence ◽

In The Wild ◽

History Of

Abstract This article summarises the history of research into alien plants and plant communities in Slovakia (Central Europe). Earlier periods are reviewed briefly with reference to literature sources dealing with those periods more comprehensively. A milestone in the research was the publication of the Inventory of the alien flora of Slovakia in 2012 with a complete list of alien vascular plants. The last ten years are discussed more extensively in the article in four sections devoted to i) newly found alien plants, ii) distribution and habitat relations, iii) plant invasions, iv) citizen science based on the comprehensive excerption of literature sources. A list of 51 newly published alien taxa within the last ten years is also included with information on the year of their first occurrence in the wild in Slovakia.

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First record of the non-native green palpworm Marenzelleria viridis (Annelida: Spionidae) in the Clyde Estuary

10.37208/tgn27107 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 27 (1) ◽

pp. 45-48

Author(s):

M. O’Reilly ◽

S. Nowacki

Keyword(s):

Alien Species ◽

West Coast ◽

First Record ◽

The West ◽

Low Salinity ◽

First Occurrence ◽

Marenzelleria Viridis ◽

First Time

The non-native polychaete worm Marenzelleria viridis (Verrill, 1873) was found for the first time in the upper Clyde Estuary in 2016. This represents the first occurrence of this alien species on the west coast of Scotland. It appearsto be well established in low salinity waters at Govan Wharf where it dominated the biomass of riverbed infaunal invertebrates with densities of around 1,300 worms m-2.

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Anisops sardeus (Heteroptera): A new expansive species in Central Europe

Biologia ◽

10.2478/s11756-014-0354-z ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 69 (5) ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Barbora Klementová ◽

Marek Svitok

Keyword(s):

Alien Species ◽

Central Europe ◽

Current Distribution ◽

Range Expansion ◽

Aquatic Insects ◽

Aquatic Insect ◽

First Record ◽

Insect Species ◽

Aquatic Fauna

AbstractAlthough insects form a large part of the aquatic fauna worldwide, expansive species of aquatic insects are quite rare. Recently, we can observe a tendency to the range expansions in several aquatic insect species. Here, we present the first record of water bug species Anisops sardeus sardeus (Heteroptera: Notonectidae) from Slovakia. This is the northernmost record of this small-bodied backswimmer which is native to Sahelo-Sindian area, extending to Mediterranean. However, the species shows recent range expansion northward in Europe. We document the current distribution of A. s. sardeus in Slovakia and Europe, and discuss the drivers of expansion and possible impact of the alien species on resident fauna.

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First record of Wild Boar (Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758) in Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Maranhão state, northern Brazil

Check List ◽

10.15560/15.5.915 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 15 (5) ◽

pp. 915-919

Author(s):

Gilberto Nepomuceno Salvador ◽

Nathali Garcia Ristau ◽

Isabel Sanches da Silva ◽

André Valle Nunes

Keyword(s):

Wild Boar ◽

Native Species ◽

National Park ◽

First Record ◽

Native Range ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Turtle Species ◽

The World ◽

First Occurrence ◽

Northern Brazil

The Wild Boar is one of the world’s most dangerous invasive species. It is now established in many regions beyond its native range, including many Brazilian states. However, the species has never been recorded from the Brazilian state of Maranhão. Here, we report the first occurrence of this species from Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, within the municipality of Barrerinhas, Maranhão state. We discuss the negative effects of this introduction on native species, including the problem with predation of nests of an endangered turtle species by Wild Boar.

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New floristic records from Central Europe 8 (reports 109-121)

THAISZIA - JOURNAL OF BOTANY ◽

10.33542/tjb2021-2-05 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 31 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Matej Dudáš ◽

Ľuba Ďurišová ◽

Pavol Eliáš jun. ◽

Artur Górecki ◽

Richard Hrivnák ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Central Europe ◽

Vascular Plants ◽

Eichhornia Crassipes ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Azolla Filiculoides ◽

Buddleja Davidii ◽

Najas Marina ◽

Miscanthus Sacchariflorus ◽

Euphorbia Prostrata

The presented eighth part of the series includes thirteen new chorological records of vascular plants, one from Hungary, six from Poland and six from Slovakia. In Hungary, Ventenata dubia is reported. In Poland, two native taxa Bolboschoenus planiculmis and Najas marina subsp. marina and four alien taxa Buddleja davidii, Lupinus ehrenbergii var. ehrenbergii, Miscanthus sacchariflorus and Sedum sarmentosum are reported. In Slovakia, two native taxa Taraxacum paucilobum with distribution map and Cotoneaster integerrimus are reported as well as four alien taxa Azolla filiculoides, Eichhornia crassipes, Euphorbia prostrata and Pistia stratioites.

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Amphibia, Anura, Centrolenidae, Hyalinobatrachium crurifasciatum Myers and Donnelly, 1997: first record from Brazil and geographic distribution map

Check List ◽

10.15560/6.3.392 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 392 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Domingos De Jesus Rodrigues ◽

Marcelo De Morais Lima ◽

Drausio H. Morais ◽

Ricardo A. Kawashita-Ribeiro

Keyword(s):

Geographic Distribution ◽

First Record ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Mato Grosso ◽

Central Brazil ◽

First Occurrence

The current note reports the presence of Hyalinobatrachium crurifasciatum at municipality of Cotriguaçu, state of Mato Grosso, Central Brazil. This is the first occurrence of this species in Brazil.

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Leaf turgor loss point at full hydration for 41 native and introduced tree and shrub species from Central Europe

Journal of Plant Ecology ◽

10.1093/jpe/rtaa059 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (6) ◽

pp. 754-756

Author(s):

Norbert Kunert ◽

Ivana Tomaskova

Keyword(s):

Drought Tolerance ◽

Introduced Species ◽

Central Europe ◽

Native Species ◽

Direct Consequence ◽

Assessment Method ◽

Turgor Loss Point ◽

Critical Measure ◽

Leaf Osmotic Potential ◽

The Government

Abstract The last years, Central European forests have suffered from drought as a direct consequence of climate change. All these forests have a long management history and it lies in the landowner’s responsibility to replant damaged forests. Hence, landowners and the government are searching currently for species suitable to replant in areas affected by tree die-offs. It is a matter of fact that good knowledge of drought resistance of species is a critical measure for the current replanting efforts. We determined a widely recognized trait for leaf drought tolerance (leaf water potential at turgor loss point at full hydration, πtlp) in 41 woody species native or introduced in Central Europe. The osmometric rapid assessment method was used to measure the leaf osmotic potential at full hydration (πosm) of sun-exposed leaves and converted to πtlp. Mean πtlp of the native species was −2.33 ± 0.33 MPa. The less negative πtlp was found in the introduced species Aesculus hypocastania and was at −1.70 ± 0.11 MPa. The most negative πtlp, and thus the potentially highest drought tolerance, were found in the introduced species Pseudotsuga menzesii and was at −3.02 ± 0.14 MPa. High or less negative πtlp is associated with lower drought tolerance, whereas low or more negative πtlp stands for higher resistance to drought stress. For example, the two native species Illex aquifolium and Alnus glustinosa are species naturally associated with moist habitats and are characterized by the least negative πtlp of −1.75 ± 0.02 and −1.76 ± 0.03 MPa, respectively.

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