Distribution of the European bladdernut Staphylea pinnata (Staphyleaceae) in Poland

This paper presents the current distribution range of the protected shrub European bladdernut Staphylea pinnata in Poland. The study was based on a literature review, multidisciplinary search methods and field visits. The paper presents 211 sites considered as natural (including 48 new) and 143 sites considered as sites of anthropogenic origin (including 116 new). The data included in this paper extend the natural range of the species mainly in the Sudety Mts & Sudety Foreland, Rożnów Foothills, and the Tarnogród Plateau. It has been confirmed that the areas of Przemyśl Foothills (54 sites) and Dynów Foothills (49 sites) are the sites most abundant in bladdernut considered as natural. A few sites of anthropogenic origin have been found in the area of northern Poland, several hundred kilometres from the border of the bladdernut continual distribution range. In the case of sites of anthropogenic origin, knowledge of their distribution has increased significantly. This paper provides a basis for further research on the bladdernut in Poland and Europe and may be useful in population management of this protected species.

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Potential effects of climate change on the Chinese Bulbul (Pycnontus sinensis) in China

Biologia ◽

10.2478/s11756-014-0452-y ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 69 (11) ◽

Author(s):

Longying Wen ◽

Huigen He ◽

Yong Wang ◽

Jimmy Gorimar ◽

Mark Liu

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Genetic Diversity ◽

Literature Review ◽

Range Expansion ◽

Human Disturbance ◽

Southern China ◽

Distribution Range ◽

Population Increase ◽

Increased Temperature

AbstractThe Chinese Bulbul (Pycnontus sinensis) has an extensive distribution throughout southern China. Investigators have reported that the species has expanded its distribution range northward since 1995. We performed a literature review and analysis to examine the relationships between the range expansion of the species and the changes of climate and habitat. We found that the northward range expansion was associated with the increased temperature and human created habitat. We believe that the combination of the increased temperature and the ability to utilize human created habitat while maintaining genetic diversity resulted in the population increase and range expansion of the species. We suggest that increased temperature and human disturbance could lead to evolutionary and distributional changes of some species such as the Chinese Bulbul, therefore possibly making these species indicators of climate change.

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Illustrated type specimens catalogue of Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Zoology Museum of the Faculty of Fisheries

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4996.3.1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4996 (3) ◽

pp. 401-442

Author(s):

CÜNEYT KAYA ◽

ESRA BAYÇELEBİ ◽

DAVUT TURAN

Keyword(s):

Current Distribution ◽

Distribution Range ◽

Nominal Species ◽

Type Specimens

The first type specimens catalogue of Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Zoology Museum of the Faculty of Fisheries, Rize (FFR) is presented. The catalog includes 3030 specimens from 249 lots, representing 55 holotypes and 2974 paratypes of 62 nominal species. Corrections and comments on the original descriptions are included in the remarks for each species if necessary. The current distribution range of all species is given. Photos of all holotypes and one paratype of each nominal species are presented to show the current condition of the types.

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Comparative Administrative Law and Public Administration

The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Administrative Law ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198799986.013.13 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 173-193

Author(s):

Anthony Michael Bertelli ◽

Fiona Cece

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Public Administration ◽

Systematic Literature Review ◽

Current Distribution ◽

Comparative Studies ◽

Administrative Law ◽

Future Research ◽

Government Agencies ◽

American Case

This chapter explores, critically and systematically, contemporary public administration scholarship as it pertains to national administrative law. It aims to understand how contemporary public administration scholarship thinks about administrative law. The ‘bureau-centric’ studies reviewed here focus on the interaction of government agencies with politicians as well as with organized and unorganized constituencies. The chapter’s systematic literature review assesses the current distribution of this bureau-centric literature in leading international public administration outlets, learning four things from the exercise. First, the role of administrative law is to constrain particularistic behaviour of administrative officials as they interact with organized constituencies. Second, these studies tend to view the role of administrative law as shifting towards the promotion of a kind of pluralism as administrative officials interact with unorganized constituencies. Third, while the bureau-centric literature is robust within the confines of particular national administrative law systems, comparative studies are entirely absent from the important outlets surveyed. Fourth, the American case dominates the literature in leading international public administration outlets. The chapter concludes with an agenda for future research.

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Recent status and population decline of the Great Bustard Otis tarda in Iran

Bird Conservation International ◽

10.1017/s0959270914000409 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 25 (3) ◽

pp. 377-384 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

AHMAD BARATI ◽

RAHIM ABDULKARIMI ◽

JUAN CARLOS ALONSO

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Current Distribution ◽

Population Decline ◽

Population Trends ◽

Great Bustard ◽

Otis Tarda ◽

Conservation Measures ◽

Marked Decline

SummaryThe current distribution and recent population trends of the Great Bustard (Otis tarda) in Iran were investigated based on a literature review and unpublished data (1995–2008) followed by three years of census (2009–2011) in areas where the species is still breeding. Results suggest that Great Bustards have disappeared from a large part of their former distribution in the country, including East Azarbayjan, Hamedan and Kurdistan provinces. The surviving groups are concentrated in West Azarbayjan where numbers are rapidly declining. The present population is estimated at about 43–48 birds in 2011, confirming a marked decline compared to the 200–300 birds estimated in the early 1990s. About 80–90% of the extant birds are concentrated in the plains of Boukan. Strict conservation measures are urgently needed to prevent the extinction of this species in Iran.

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Country Checklist of Rhagoletis Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae) for Europe, with Focus on R. Batava and Its Recent Range Expansion

Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences Section B Natural Exact and Applied Sciences ◽

10.1515/prolas-2017-0018 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 71 (3) ◽

pp. 103-110 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Arturs Stalažs ◽

Maksims Balalaikins

Keyword(s):

Russian Federation ◽

Range Expansion ◽

Fruit Flies ◽

European Part ◽

Distribution Range ◽

Population Movement ◽

The West ◽

The Past ◽

Natural Range ◽

The Russian Federation

Abstract This work is intended as a country checklist of fruit flies Rhagoletis Loew, 1862 for Europe (including transcontinental countries - Kazakhstan and Turkey), based on recent records, wherein we recognise 15 Rhagoletis species, including five species occurring in the Asian part of Kazakhstan. During the past 10-15 years, three species, Rhagoletis batava Hering, 1958, R. cingulata (Loew, 1862), and R. completa Cresson, 1929, have rapidly expanded their distribution range in Europe. We traced the potential route of an aggressive R. batava population movement into Europe, and it is postulated that this R. batava race originated from Siberia. R. batava was initially documented outside its natural range in 2001 in the European part of the Russian Federation. Later, this species was recorded in other territories to the west of Russia - Belarus (2010), Latvia (2011), Lithuania (2012), Germany (2013), and Poland (2014). In Germany and Poland, R. batava probably has both native and alien status.

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On the distribution of Helichrysum arenarium (l.) Moench (Asreraceae) in Bulgaria

ARPHA Conference Abstracts ◽

10.3897/aca.2.e46489 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 ◽

Author(s):

Elina Yankova-Tsvetkova ◽

Stoyan Stoyanov ◽

Antonina Vitkova ◽

Ivanka Semerdjieva

Keyword(s):

Medicinal Plants ◽

Current Distribution ◽

Gallbladder Disease ◽

Limited Area ◽

Herbarium Specimens ◽

Protected Species ◽

Narrow Strip ◽

Perennial Plant ◽

Asteraceae Family ◽

Herbaceous Perennial

Helichrysum arenarium (L.) Moench is herbaceous perennial plant belonging to Asteraceae family. The plant is well known in phytotherapy for its potential in the treatment of gallbladder disease and is classified as endangered in a number of European countries. In Bulgaria it is a protected species according to the Biodiversity Act (Annex 4) and is in the List of Species of Medicinal Plants under special regimen of conservation and use. The data on the distribution of H. arenarium in the Bulgarian flora have not been updated for more than 20 years. The aim of this study is to determine the current distribution of H. arenarium in Bulgaria on the basis of reviewing the available herbarium specimens in the Bulgarian herbariums, literature data, and personal collections. As a result, the locations of the species on the territory of the country were described and mapped. In Bulgaria H. arenarium is represented with only a few populations located in a limited area in the northeastern part of the country, in a narrow strip between the towns of Shumen and Varna.

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Orobanche alba subsp. alba and subsp. major (Orobanchaceae) in Poland: current distribution, taxonomy, plant communities, hosts, and seed micromorphology

Biodiversity Research and Conservation ◽

10.2478/v10119-012-0005-6 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 26 (1) ◽

pp. 23-38 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Renata Piwowarczyk

Keyword(s):

Electron Microscopy ◽

Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽

Central Europe ◽

Plant Communities ◽

Current Distribution ◽

Field Studies ◽

Distribution Range ◽

Seed Micromorphology ◽

Critical Revision ◽

Scanning Electron

Abstract The paper presents the current distribution of Orobanche alba subsp. major and subsp. alba in Poland, based on a critical revision of herbarium and literature data as well as results of my field studies. Most of their localities are in southeastern Poland: in the Małopolska Upland, Lublin Upland, Roztocze Hills, Polesie, Przemyśl Foothills (Pogórze Przemyskie), and Western Bieszczady Mts. These are the northernmost sites known for the species in Central Europe, so the new data extend its distribution range. Maps of distribution of both the subspecies in Poland and of subsp. major in Central Europe are included. Additionally, their seed micromorphology was compared using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The taxonomy, biology, and ecology of both the subspecies of O. alba are also discussed.

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New locality of Hymenochaete cruenta in the Olbina nature reserve and revisiting of distribution of this fungus in Poland

Acta Mycologica ◽

10.5586/am.1085 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 51 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Marta Brygida Kujawska ◽

Małgorzata Stasińska ◽

Tomasz Leski ◽

Maria Rudawska

Keyword(s):

Current Distribution ◽

Threatened Species ◽

Nature Reserve ◽

Red List ◽

European Countries ◽

Silver Fir ◽

Wide Range ◽

Natural Range ◽

Microscopic Feature ◽

Forest District

Hymenochaete cruenta is a saprotrophic fungus, grown mainly on the bark of dead branches and trunks of Abies trees and thus the distribution of this fungus in Poland and other European countries is closely connected with natural range of silver fir. Despite its wide range, H. cruenta is considered as rare in the whole area of its occurrence. In this paper, we present a new locality of H. cruenta, discovered in May and September 2016 in the Olbina nature reserve (southern Wielkopolska Lowland, Kalisz Forest District). Ecological notes and macro- and microscopic feature of basidiocarps of this fungus are presented. Additionally, the current distribution of H. cruenta in Poland comprising 78 localities is provided. The rank of H. cruenta among threatened species categories in different European countries is discussed. It seems that the species is rare and threatened in Poland, and it should be still classified as “vulnerable” on the red list of macrofungi. The significance of H. cruenta for diversity of mycobiota and the necessity of further research on the dynamic of occurrence of H. cruenta inside and outside of the natural range of A. alba is underlined.

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Notes on the genus Ophryosporus (Asteraceae, Eupatorieae) in Chile

PhytoKeys ◽

10.3897/phytokeys.161.53736 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 161 ◽

pp. 61-77

Author(s):

Felix F. Merklinger ◽

Federico Luebert

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Distribution Range ◽

Species List ◽

Actual Distribution

Ophryosporus Meyen is reviewed for Chile and an updated species list for the country based on herbarium records and literature review is presented. A key to the Chilean species is provided and a distribution range of taxa is indicated based on herbarium records and our own collections. We include several lectotypifications as well as an epitypification of Ophryosporus hoppii. The presence of two species, O. hoppii and O. floribundus, formerly accepted for Chile, is questioned and their actual distribution discussed.

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