Fungal diversity in the Poloniny National Park with emphasis on indicator species of conservation value of beech forests in Europe.

The annotated list of hepatics of the Sochi National Park includes 80 taxa. It is based on literature records and identification of 250 specimens collected by the authors. Scapania obcordata (Berggr.) S. W. Arnell and Calypogeia fissa (L.) Raddi var. intermedia (C. E. O. Jensen) Jorg. are new for the Caucasus, 17 taxa are new for Krasnodar Territory, 41 hepatics are reported for the first time for the park. New localities of 3 red-listed European species and of 6 species included in the Red Data Book of Krasnodar Territory are cited, indicating significant conservation value of the reserve.

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AN ASSESSMENT OF PRESENT PLANT DIVERSITY ON THE NATEWA PENINSULA, VANUA LEVU, FIJI

REINWARDTIA ◽

10.14203/reinwardtia.v17i2.3631 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Andrew Powling

Keyword(s):

Plant Species ◽

Plant Diversity ◽

National Park ◽

Secondary Forest ◽

Indigenous Species ◽

Conservation Value ◽

Ecological Diversity ◽

Shrub Species ◽

Trees And Shrubs ◽

Present Plant

POWLING, A. 2018. An assessment of present plant diversity on the Natewa Peninsula, Vanua Levu, Fiji. Reinwardtia 17(2): 125‒132. ‒‒ The Natewa Peninsula, part of the Fijian island of Vanua Levu, is naturally afforested but the forests have been extensively logged in the last 50 years. It is now planned to protect some of the forests from further logging by incorporating them into a National Park. A survey of plant species in the regenerating forests and surrounding land on the Peninsula was performed to assess the taxonomic and ecological diversity of the trees and shrubs, including figs and palms, and also the orchids presently to be found on the Peninsula. The degree of invasion by introduced plant species was also assessed. Of 67 tree and shrub species it was found that 17 were endemic to the Fijian islands, 40 others were indigenous and ten were introduced. The normal habitats of these species included dense, open and secondary forest, showing that trees with a range of ecological characteristics were still present. Endemic and indigenous species of both figs and palms were found, and also terrestrial and epiphytic orchids. No severe infestations of introduced species were observed. It is concluded that the forests of the Peninsula are of sufficient conservation value to justify National Park status.

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Major characteristics of mixed fir and beech virgin forests in the National park Biogradska Gora in Montenegro

Glasnik Sumarskog fakulteta ◽

10.2298/gsf1103157c ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 157-172 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Milic Curovic ◽

Milan Medarevic ◽

Rade Cvjeticanin ◽

Mirko Knezevic

Keyword(s):

National Park ◽

Forest Ecosystems ◽

Structural Characteristics ◽

Forest Types ◽

Beech Forests ◽

Basic Characteristics ◽

Definition Of ◽

First Time ◽

Production Characteristics

In order to manage forest ecosystems at a sufficiently high biodiversity level it is necessary to study the ecological, structural and production characteristics of virgin forests. The research was directed towards identifying the characteristics of mixed fir and beech forests (Abieti-Fagetum s. lat.) in the area of the strict reserve of the National Park Biogradska Gora in Montenegro. Basic characteristics of these forests were researched in the process of definition of forest types. In this manner, it is for the first time that a realistic base for typological management of forests and forest ecosystems with similar ecological and structural characteristics was provided for the specific sites.

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The Orthoptera fauna of the Stelvio National Park

Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana ◽

10.4081/bollettinosei.2018.3 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 3-20

Author(s):

Daniele Baroni ◽

Marco Bonifacino ◽

Luca Cristiano ◽

Roberta Rossi ◽

Luca Pedrotti ◽

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Keyword(s):

Habitat Loss ◽

Species Distribution ◽

Protected Area ◽

National Park ◽

Conservation Value ◽

Geographic Differentiation ◽

Biodiversity Monitoring ◽

Check List ◽

Alpine Environment ◽

High Conservation

Within the Project “Animal Biodiversity Monitoring in the Alpine Environment” the Orthoptera fauna has been studied in a three-year period (2013-2015). The first check-list of the protected area, with ecological and biogeographical notes, is presented. We found 40 species (16 Ensifera, 24 Caelifera), corresponding to 11% of the Italian Orthoptera fauna. A geographic differentiation in species distribution among the three areas (Alto Adige - BZ, Trentino - TN and Lombardy - BS and SO) has been detected. The genus Barbitistes is represented by B. serricauda in Alto Adige and B. alpinus in Trentino and Lombardy. Kisella irena is restricted to Peio and Rabbi Valleys only, in connection with this species distribution in Trentino. Within the Park, Euthystira brachyptera is distributed only in Lombardy, despite its habitat is apparently extensively available also in Trentino and Alto Adige. We found Omocestus haemorrhoidalis and Chorthippus vagans only in Val Venosta (BZ). Only two species, previously reported for the study area, has not been detected during our surveys: Celes variabilis and Ruspolia nitidula. The first site of presence of Tettigonia caudata, rare in Italy, within the Park boundaries has been discovered near Martello (BZ). Two endangered taxa of high conservation value, Epacromius tergestinus ponticus and Crysochraon dispar, reported in the last Century just outside the Park boundaries, are probably extinct today due to habitat loss.

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A vegetation survey of the Tsitsikamma Coastal National Park

Koedoe ◽

10.4102/koedoe.v32i1.464 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 32 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

N. Hanekom ◽

A. Southwood ◽

M. Ferguson

Keyword(s):

Correspondence Analysis ◽

Indicator Species ◽

National Park ◽

Detrended Correspondence Analysis ◽

Indicator Species Analysis ◽

Vegetation Survey ◽

Afromontane Forest ◽

Species Analysis ◽

North And South

Sampling plots (5 m x 10 m in fynbos, 10 m x 10 m in forest) were analysed in the littoral, coastal escarpment, and north and south facing inland escarp- ment zones of 17 transect sites along the length of the Tsitsikamma Coastal National Park. Cover- abundance values were estimated for each species in the sampling plots. A detrended correspondence analysis (using CANOCO) and a two way indicator species analysis (TWINSPAN) were carried out on these data to determine the communities sampled. The vegetation of the park was classified into an Afromontane Forest, a Littoral Herbland and two Mesic Mountain Fynbos Communities. The distribution and extent of these communities were determined and their conservation discussed.

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Natural loss of trees, recruitment and increment in stands of primeval character in selected areas of the Bieszczady Mountains National Park (South-Eastern Poland)

Journal of Forest Science ◽

10.17221/11867-jfs ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 48 (No. 4) ◽

pp. 141-149 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

A. Jaworski ◽

Zb. KoŁodziej

Keyword(s):

National Park ◽

Initial Period ◽

Control Period ◽

Growing Up ◽

Volume Loss ◽

Selection System ◽

Beech Forests ◽

Stand Volume ◽

South Eastern

In three investigated stands the highest increment (8.8 m3/ha per year, i.e. 1.5% of the actual stand volume, measured at the end of the control period) was reached by Jawornik I stand in the initial period of the growing up stage, and Tworylczyk stand in the advanced growing up stage (7.4 m3/ha per year, i.e. 1.2% of the actual stand volume). Jawornik II stand, in the optimum stage, the aging phase, had the lowest increment (3.9 m3/ha per year, i.e. 0.7% of the actual stand volume). The process of a natural volume loss was the most intensive in Tworylczyk stand (7.6 m3/ha per year), a little less intensive in Jawornik II stand (7.1 m3/ha per year), and the least intensive in Jawornik I stand (5.8 m3/ ha per year). The analysis of tree loss, recruitment, and increment, and the relations between these processes, can form the basis for a conclusion that stable stands developed in the Carpathian primeval beech forests in the years 1988–1998. Such steady processes can be used for the development of a stable, multifunctional model of the forest managed by the selection system, or the Swiss irregular shelterwood system in the Carpathian beech stands of a similar structure.

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Comparison of animal biodiversity in three livestock systems of open environments of the semi-arid Chaco of Argentina

The Rangeland Journal ◽

10.1071/rj15052 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 37 (5) ◽

pp. 497 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Sofia Marinaro ◽

Ricardo H. Grau

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Indicator Species ◽

Production Systems ◽

Arid Ecosystems ◽

Conservation Value ◽

Landscape Conservation ◽

Natural Grasslands ◽

High Conservation ◽

Livestock Systems ◽

Semi Arid

Increasing global food demand requires the exploration of agricultural production systems that minimise the conflict between food production and biodiversity conservation. Cattle ranching is a main land-use in tropical and sub-tropical South American semi-arid ecosystems, such as the Chaco eco-region of sub-tropical Argentina, one of the most active frontiers of land-use change. Despite open habits being a key component of the Chaco landscape, conservation studies and policies have focussed on forests. In this study, bird and mammal communities of three different open-canopy livestock-producing systems in the semi-arid Argentinian Chaco: natural grasslands, sown non-native pastures and silvopastoral systems are discussed. Diversity (Inverse Simpson index) and species composition (multivariate ordinations) were measured and species identified that characterise each system (indicator species). The three livestock systems did not significantly differ in terms of diversity but showed differences in the composition of bird communities. Natural grasslands had the highest number of bird and mammal indicator species (including Myrmecophaga tridactyla, a high conservation-value species). These results highlight natural grasslands as a landscape unit with a high conservation value and indicate that they should be explicitly targeted by conservation and land-use policies, particularly because they represent a small and rapidly decreasing proportion of the semi-arid Argentinian Chaco.

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