Biodiversity of a boreal mire, including its hydrographic network (Shichengskoe mire, north-western Russia)

The paper is based on the dataset whose purpose was to deliver, in the form of GBIF-mediated data, diverse materials on the biodiversity of a large mire, Shichengskoe mire (Vologda Region, north-western Russia), including its various mire sites and intra-mire water bodies. The dataset was based on our materials collected for two decades (from 2000 to 2021) in different parts and biotopes of the Shichengskoe mire and complemented by scarce data obtained previously by other researchers. The data contain materials on the diversity of Animalia (2886 occurrences), Bacteria (22), Chromista (256), Fungi (111), Plantae (2463) and Protozoa (131). Within the study period, the most detailed and long-term biodiversity studies were carried out for higher plants and invertebrates. On the other hand, the data on the composition of lichens, protozoa, algae, basidiomycetes, some groups of invertebrates and, to a lesser extent, lichens and vertebrates are far less comprehensive and require further substantial research efforts. The list includes occurrences from both the peatland (mire sites and mire margins different in typology) and the objects of the mire hydrographic network. In a standardised form, this article summarises both already published (mainly in Russian) and unpublished materials. The paper summarises the results of long-term research on the biodiversity of a boreal mire, including its hydrographic network. A total of 5869 occurrences were included in the dataset published in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF, gbif.org) for the first time. According to the GBIF taxonomic backbone, the dataset covers 1358 taxa, including 1250 lower-rank taxa (species, subspecies, varieties, forms) and 108 taxa identified to the genus level. Several species found in the Shichengskoe mire, mainly belonging to Bacteria, Chromista and Protozoa, have never been listed in GBIF for the territory of Russia before. The overwhelming majority of occurrences and identified species came from the territory of Shichengskiy Landscape Reserve. Due to our work, this Reserve is now the most studied regional reserve in the Vologda Region with respect to biodiversity. By the number of revealed species, it is close to two federal protected areas: Darwinskiy State Nature Biospheric Reserve and National Park "Russkiy Sever".

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Operation and regulation of the lutein epoxide cycle in seedlings of Ocotea foetens

Functional Plant Biology ◽

10.1071/fp10014 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 37 (9) ◽

pp. 859 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Raquel Esteban ◽

Shizue Matsubara ◽

María Soledad Jiménez ◽

Domingo Morales ◽

Patricia Brito ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Environmental Conditions ◽

Higher Plants ◽

Daily Basis ◽

Field Conditions ◽

Photochemical Quenching ◽

Complete Restoration ◽

Non Photochemical Quenching ◽

First Time

Two xanthophyll cycles are present in higher plants: the ubiquitous violaxanthin (V) cycle and the taxonomically restricted lutein epoxide (Lx) cycle. Conversions of V to zeaxanthin (Z) in the first and Lx to lutein (L) in the second happen in parallel under illumination. Unlike the V cycle, in which full epoxidation is completed overnight, in the Lx cycle, this reaction has been described as irreversible on a daily basis in most species (the ‘truncated’ Lx cycle). However, there are some species that display complete restoration of Lx overnight (‘true’ Lx cycle). So far, little is known about the physiological meaning of these two versions of the Lx cycle. Therefore, in the present work, the ‘true’ Lx cycle operation was studied in seedlings of Ocotea foetens (Aiton) Benth. under controlled and field conditions. Complete overnight recovery of the Lx pool in the presence of norfluorazon suggested that the inter-conversions between Lx and L represent a true cycle in this species. Furthermore, Lx responded dynamically to environmental conditions during long-term acclimation. Our data demonstrate the operation of a ‘true’ Lx cycle and, for the first time, its potential involvement in the regulation of non-photochemical quenching in situ. We propose dual regulation of Lx cycle in O. foetens, in which the extent of Lx restoration depends on the intensity and duration of illumination.

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Birds of La Plata Island, Machalilla National Park, Ecuador

10.7287/peerj.preprints.2181v1 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Diego F Cisneros-Heredia

Keyword(s):

Native Species ◽

National Park ◽

Passer Domesticus ◽

La Plata ◽

Sula Granti ◽

Sula Leucogaster ◽

Phoebastria Irrorata ◽

First Time ◽

Term Monitoring

La Plata Island, Machalilla National Park, is located 30 km off the Ecuadorian coast. In June 2000, I surveyed the avifauna of La Plata Island. In total I observed 57 species of birds (25 families). At least 17 species are known to breed on the island; in fact, for mainland Ecuador, Waved Albatross Phoebastria irrorata, Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus, Nazca Booby Sula granti, and Red-footed Booby Sula sula only breed in La Plata. Long-tailed Mockinbird subspecies Mimus longicaudatus platensis is the only endemic bird taxon of the island. House Sparrow Passer domesticus is the only non-native species of the island. Brown Booby Sula leucogaster, Ecuadorian Ground-Dove Columbina buckleyi, Little Woodstar Chaetocercus bombus and Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster are reported for the first time on the island. Isla de La Plata maintains an important biodiversity, and it is necessary to implement conservation, management and tourism plans on a sustainable way along with long-term monitoring studies of the fauna and flora.

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New data on aphyllophoroid fungi (Basidiomycota) of the Darvinsky State Nature Biosphere Reserve (within the Vologda Region)

Novosti sistematiki nizshikh rastenii ◽

10.31111/nsnr/2021.55.1.79 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 55 (1) ◽

pp. 79-95

Author(s):

V. M. Kotkova

Keyword(s):

Biological Control ◽

Protected Area ◽

Nature Reserve ◽

Biosphere Reserve ◽

Vologda Region ◽

Annotated List ◽

State Nature Reserve ◽

First Time ◽

Aphyllophoroid Fungi ◽

State Nature

The paper provides the data on aphyllophoroid fungi of the Darvinsky State Nature Reserve. The research was carried out on the territory of the reserve located in the Cherepovets District of the Vologda Region. Annotated list of species includes 216 species annotated by data on their habitats, substrates and frequency, including data on 183 species (marked *) new to the reserve. In total 135 species (marked **) are published for the first time for the Vologda Region. Locations of 3 species listed in the Red Book of the Vologda Region and 2 species in need of biological control, and other rare species (Asterostroma laxum, Kavinia alboviridis, Radulodon erikssonii) were found in the protected area. The specimens of selected species are kept in the Mycological Herbarium of the Komarov Botanical Institute RAS (LE).

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The InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: DNA barcodes of Portuguese Diptera 02 - Limoniidae, Pediciidae and Tipulidae

Biodiversity Data Journal ◽

10.3897/bdj.9.e69841 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

Author(s):

Sónia Ferreira ◽

Pjotr Oosterbroek ◽

Jaroslav Starý ◽

Pedro Sousa ◽

Vanessa Mata ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Species Level ◽

Dna Barcodes ◽

Online Database ◽

Global Biodiversity Information Facility ◽

Life Data ◽

Crane Flies ◽

Collection Data ◽

Global Biodiversity ◽

First Time ◽

Biodiversity Information

The InBIO Barcoding Initiative (IBI) Diptera 02 dataset contains records of 412 crane fly specimens belonging to the Diptera families: Limoniidae, Pediciidae and Tipulidae. This dataset is the second release by IBI on Diptera and it greatly increases the knowledge on the DNA barcodes and distribution of crane flies from Portugal. All specimens were collected in Portugal, including six specimens from the Azores and Madeira archipelagos. Sampling took place from 2003 to 2019. Specimens have been morphologically identified to species level by taxonomists and belong to 83 species in total. The species, represented in this dataset, correspond to about 55% of all the crane fly species known from Portugal and 22% of crane fly species known from the Iberian Peninsula. All DNA extractions and most specimens are deposited in the IBI collection at CIBIO, Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources. Fifty-three species were new additions to the Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD), with another 18 species' barcodes added from under-represented species in BOLD. Furthermore, the submitted sequences were found to cluster in 88 BINs, 54 of which were new to BOLD. All specimens have their DNA barcodes publicly accessible through BOLD online database and its collection data can be accessed through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). One species, Gonomyia tenella (Limoniidae), is recorded for the first time from Portugal, raising the number of crane flies recorded in the country to 145 species.

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Tapping into technology and the biodiversity informatics revolution: updated terrestrial mammal list of Angola, with new records from the Okavango Basin

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.779.25964 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 779 ◽

pp. 51-88 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Peter J. Taylor ◽

Götz Neef ◽

Mark Keith ◽

Sina Weier ◽

Ara Monadjem ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Small Mammals ◽

Camera Trap ◽

Large Mammals ◽

Global Biodiversity Information Facility ◽

Mammal Species ◽

Species Lists ◽

First Time ◽

Excellent Source ◽

Biodiversity Information ◽

Historical Range

Using various sources, including the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), published literature, recent (2015–2017) collections, as well as bat detector and camera trap surveys with opportunistic sightings and live capture in the upper Okavango catchment in central Angola, we present an updated mammal checklist of 275 species from 15 different orders for Angola (including the Cabinda region). Recent surveys (captures and bat detectors) of small mammals from the upper Okavango catchment yielded 46 species (33 species of bats, ten species of rodents and three species of shrews). One bat (Pipistrellusrusticus, rusty pipistrelle); two rodents (Mussetzeri, Setzer’s mouse and Zelotomyswoosnami, Woosnam’s broad-faced mouse) and one shrew (Suncusvarilla, lesser dwarf shrew) were captured for the first time, in Angola. While our species lists of bats conformed to predicted totals, terrestrial small mammals were under sampled, with only 13 species recorded by our trapping survey compared to a total of 42 shrew and rodent species expected based on GBIF records for the central Angolan highlands. Seven terrestrial small mammal species (one shrew and six rodents) are endemic to the central and western Angolan highlands but none of these were captured in our survey. The bat detector surveys added three further bat species to the country list: Pipistrellushesperidus, Kerivoulaargentata, and Mopsmidas. Camera trap surveys and opportunistic sightings in the upper Okavango catchment in 2016 yielded a total of 35 species of medium-large mammals, from 17 families, although all of these had been reported previously in Angola. GBIF proved to be an excellent source of biodiversity data for Angolan mammals, most importantly for documenting dramatic historical range changes of larger mammals such as the sable (Hippotragusnigerniger), Kirk’s sable (H.nigerkirkii) and the giant sable (H.nigervariani).

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First records of bats from the Alatish National Park, north-western Ethiopia (Chiroptera)

Lynx, new series ◽

10.2478/lynx-2016-0004 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 47 (1) ◽

pp. 51-69 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Sergei V. Kruskop ◽

Petr Benda ◽

Denis A. Vasenkov ◽

Leonid A. Lavrenchenko

Keyword(s):

Species Diversity ◽

National Park ◽

Complex Structure ◽

Conservation Value ◽

High Conservation ◽

First Time ◽

North Western ◽

Western Ethiopia

Abstract The paper presents results of a first attempt to survey bats of the Alatish National Park (northwestern Ethiopia). Twenty-one bat species belonging to eight families and twelve genera were documented for the first time in the Park, at least two bat species (Hipposideros abae, Pipistrellus nanulus) were found new for the fauna of Ethiopia. The Alatish National Park is an area of high conservation value due to its high bat species diversity and a complex structure of the fauna including elements with various zoogeographic affinities.

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Birds of La Plata Island, Machalilla National Park, Ecuador

10.7287/peerj.preprints.2181 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Diego F Cisneros-Heredia

Keyword(s):

Native Species ◽

National Park ◽

Passer Domesticus ◽

La Plata ◽

Sula Granti ◽

Sula Leucogaster ◽

Phoebastria Irrorata ◽

First Time ◽

Term Monitoring

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Genetic affinities of a remnant population of the brush-tailed rock-wallaby (Petrogale penicillata) in Mt Kaputar National Park, northern New South Wales

Australian Mammalogy ◽

10.1071/am16051 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 40 (1) ◽

pp. 112

Author(s):

Mark D. B. Eldridge ◽

Linda E. Neaves ◽

James Faris ◽

Todd Soderquist

Keyword(s):

Dna Sequences ◽

National Park ◽

New South ◽

Term Survival ◽

The North ◽

South Wales ◽

North Western ◽

Remnant Population ◽

Semiarid Conditions

The brush-tailed rock-wallaby (Petrogale penicillata) is now extinct west of the Great Dividing Range, apart from remnant populations in the Warrumbungles and at Mt Kaputar. Previous genetic analysis has identified deep genetic subdivisions within P. penicillata, but samples from Mt Kaputar were not included. Mitochondrial DNA sequences obtained from Mt Kaputar and the Warrumbungles clustered within the Central ESU, extending its distribution north of the Hunter River onto the north-western slopes adjacent to populations of the Northern ESU. These highly threatened western populations are the only P. penicillata persisting in semiarid conditions. This makes them of particular value to the long-term survival of the species and their conservation should be a priority.

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Species Diversity With Comprehensive Annotations of Wood-Inhabiting Poroid and Corticioid Fungi in Uzbekistan

Frontiers in Microbiology ◽

10.3389/fmicb.2020.598321 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 ◽

Author(s):

Yusufjon Gafforov ◽

Alexander Ordynets ◽

Ewald Langer ◽

Manzura Yarasheva ◽

Adriana de Mello Gugliotta ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Species Diversity ◽

Central Asia ◽

Fungal Species ◽

Herbarium Specimens ◽

Corticioid Fungi ◽

Global Biodiversity Information Facility ◽

Annotated Checklist ◽

First Time ◽

Lsu Nrdna ◽

Biodiversity Information

Uzbekistan, located in Central Asia, harbors high diversity of woody plants. Diversity of wood-inhabiting fungi in the country, however, remained poorly known. This study summarizes the wood-inhabiting basidiomycte fungi (poroid and corticoid fungi plus similar taxa such as Merismodes, Phellodon, and Sarcodon) (Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota) that have been found in Uzbekistan from 1950 to 2020. This work is based on 790 fungal occurrence records: 185 from recently collected specimens, 101 from herbarium specimens made by earlier collectors, and 504 from literature-based records. All data were deposited as a species occurrence record dataset in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility and also summarized in the form of an annotated checklist in this paper. All 286 available specimens were morphologically examined. For 138 specimens, the 114 ITS and 85 LSU nrDNA sequences were newly sequenced and used for phylogenetic analysis. In total, we confirm the presence of 153 species of wood-inhabiting poroid and corticioid fungi in Uzbekistan, of which 31 species are reported for the first time in Uzbekistan, including 19 that are also new to Central Asia. These 153 fungal species inhabit 100 host species from 42 genera of 23 families. Polyporales and Hymenochaetales are the most recorded fungal orders and are most widely distributed around the study area. This study provides the first comprehensively updated and annotated the checklist of wood-inhabiting poroid and corticioid fungi in Uzbekistan. Such study should be expanded to other countries to further clarify species diversity of wood-inhabiting fungi around Central Asia.

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The InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: DNA barcodes of Portuguese Hemiptera 01

Biodiversity Data Journal ◽

10.3897/bdj.9.e65314 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

Author(s):

Pedro Sousa ◽

José Grosso-Silva ◽

Rui Andrade ◽

Cátia Chaves ◽

Joana Pinto ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Distribution Data ◽

Dna Barcodes ◽

Online Database ◽

Global Biodiversity Information Facility ◽

Azores Archipelago ◽

Life Data ◽

Subspecies Level ◽

Global Biodiversity ◽

First Time ◽

Biodiversity Information

The InBIO Barcoding Initiative (IBI) Hemiptera 01 dataset contains records of 131 specimens of Hemiptera. Most specimens have been morphologically identified to species or subspecies level and represent 88 species in total. The species of this dataset correspond to about 7.3% of continental Portuguese hemipteran species diversity. All specimens were collected in continental Portugal. Sampling took place from 2015 to 2019 and specimens are deposited in the IBI collection at CIBIO, Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources. This dataset increases the knowledge on the DNA barcodes and distribution of 88 species of Hemiptera from Portugal. Six species, from five different families, were new additions to the Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD), with another twenty five species barcodes' added from under-represented taxa in BOLD. All specimens have their DNA barcodes publicly accessible through BOLD online database and the distribution data can be accessed through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). Eutettix variabilis and Fieberiella florii are recorded for the first time for Portugal and Siphanta acuta, an invasive species, previously reported from the Portuguese Azores archipelago, is recorded for the first time for continental Portugal.

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