scholarly journals The Orthoptera fauna of the Stelvio National Park

2018 ◽  
pp. 3-20
Author(s):  
Daniele Baroni ◽  
Marco Bonifacino ◽  
Luca Cristiano ◽  
Roberta Rossi ◽  
Luca Pedrotti ◽  
...  
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.

scholarly journals Check list of wild angiosperms of Bhagwan Mahavir (Molem) National Park, Goa, India [with erratum]

Check List ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mandar Nilkanth Datar ◽  
P. Lakshminarasimhan
Keyword(s):  
Wild Species ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
National Park ◽  
Check List

Bhagwan Mahavir (Molem) National Park, the only National park in Goa, was evaluated for it’s diversity of Angiosperms. A total number of 721 wild species belonging to 119 families were documented from this protected area of which 126 are endemics. A checklist of these species is provided here.

scholarly journals Distribution and conservation status of Bornean Peacock-pheasant Polyplectron schleiermacheri in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

1998 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 373-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy G. O'Brien ◽  
Nurul Laksmi Winarni ◽  
Frida Mindasari Saanin ◽  
Margaret F. Kinnaird ◽  
Paul Jepson
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Loss ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
National Park ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Conservation Action ◽  
Lowland Forest ◽  
Central Kalimantan ◽  
The Status ◽  
Lowland Rainforest ◽  
And Control

SummaryWe distributed questionnaires and conducted interviews between July and November 1996 to develop a better understanding of the status and distribution of Bornean Peacock-pheasant Polyplectron schleiermacheri in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. We found that many people were familiar with the species, that it is apparently widely distributed but rare in lowland forest, and that populations may be declining. We received reports of recent sightings of the pheasant at 23 locations in 9 survey areas. The primary threats to Bornean Peacock-pheasants are habitat loss within logging concessions and hunting. Recommendations for future conservation action include increasing the representation of lowland rainforest in Kalimantan's protected area system, specifically the proposed extension of Bukit Raya National Park, and control of hunting within logging concessions.

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

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-69 ◽  
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.

scholarly journals A new record of the freshwater turtle Mauremys rivulata (Valenciennes, 1833) in the Ofkos river, Cyprus: Conservation actions required

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 109-115
Author(s):  
Haris Nicolaou
Keyword(s):  
Protected Area ◽  
New Record ◽  
Range Extension ◽  
Freshwater Turtle ◽  
Conservation Value ◽  
Vital Importance ◽  
River Habitat ◽  
Conservation Actions ◽  
Length Width ◽  
High Conservation

A range extension of the native Balkan terrapin Mauremys rivulata is documented along the Ofkos river at the upper part of the Morfou plain, in Cyprus. Several individuals of both sexes and of different age, were caught using turtle net traps in late April 2021; different measurements were recorded, including length, width and weight. The area where the terrapins were discovered consists of deep ponds on the Ofkos riverbed, which maintain permanent and semi-permanent aquatic refugia, even during prolonged periods of drought. This is the 5th river location in Cyprus, where M. rivulata has been documented. It is assumed that this particular population has been isolated from other populations, since there is very little chance of frequent dispersal over land between the nearest existing populations of the Klimos and Pedieos rivers, respectively. Since the majority of this type of river habitat in Cyprus rapidly dries out during the long drought season, this area is of high conservation value for M. rivulata, as well as for other aquatic and wetland species. Therefore, it is of vital importance that this location falls within a proposed newly planned protected area.

scholarly journals The lichens of Pukhtolova Gora (St. Petersburg, Russia)

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irina S Stepanchikova ◽  
Dmitry E. Himelbrant ◽  
Ekaterina S. Kuznetsova ◽  
Sergey V. Chesnokov ◽  
Liudmila A. Konoreva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protected Area ◽  
Conservation Value ◽  
Historical Collections ◽  
Saprobic Fungi ◽  
Lichen Diversity ◽  
Lichen Biota ◽  
High Conservation ◽  
The City ◽  
North Western ◽  
Forest Habitats

The lichen diversity of the proposed protected area Pukhtolova Gora counts 252 species, including 232 lichenized, 12 lichenicolous, and 8 non-lichenized saprobic fungi. Micarea laeta, M. pusilla, and Pyrenidium actinellum s. lat. are new to North-Western European Russia; Parmelia serrana, Rhizocarpon cinereovirens, and Stereocaulon taeniarum are new to St. Petersburg. Altogether 13 species recorded in the study area are red-listed in St. Petersburg, with two of them known only from historical collections. Pukhtolova Gora is an area with a high conservation value; the lichen biota of this area is one of the richest within the city limits due to the well-preserved forest habitats.

scholarly journals The butterflies of the Stelvio National Park (Lepidoptera Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea)

2017 ◽  
pp. 57-89
Author(s):  
Marco Bonifacino ◽  
Luca Cristiano ◽  
Roberta Rossi ◽  
Daniele Baroni ◽  
Luca Pedrotti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Biodiversity Monitoring ◽  
Alpine Environment ◽  
Butterfly Fauna

This paper presents the results of a research on the butterflies of Stelvio National Park, carried out by the authors between 2013 and 2015 within the “Animal biodiversity monitoring in the alpine environment” project. In the study area 144 species are represented, corresponding to 49,66% of the Italian butterfly fauna, many of which are of conservational and biogeographical importance.

To the hepatic flora of the Sochi National Park (Western Caucasus)

2011 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 301-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. A. Konstantinova ◽  
A. N. Savchenko
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Conservation Value ◽  
Western Caucasus ◽  
The Caucasus ◽  
European Species ◽  
Red Data Book ◽  
Annotated List ◽  
New Localities ◽  
Data Book ◽  
First Time

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.

To the flora of сonjugates (Streptophyta, Conjugatophyceae) of the Valdai District area of the National Park «Valdaiskiy» (Novgorod Region, Russia)

2014 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 81-88
Author(s):  
A. F. Luknitskaya
Keyword(s):  
Species Distribution ◽  
National Park ◽  
Species Abundance ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
First Time

76 species, 3 varieties and 1 form from 21 genera of Streptophyta, Conjugatophyceae (Actinotaenium, Bambusina, Closterium, Cosmarium, Cylindrocystis, Euastrum, Gonatozygon, Haplotaenium, Micrasterias, Mougeotia, Netrium, Penium, Planotaenium, Pleurotaenium, Raphidiastrum, Spirogyra, Spirotaenia, Staurastrum, Staurodesmus, Tetmemorus, Xanthidium) were found in the basins of the Valdai District area of the National Park «Valdaiskiy» (Novgorod Region, Russia). The list of species is annotated with data on the species distribution in 55 collecting sites of 29 water bodies of the national park, and species abundance in collected samples according to Luknitskaya (2009). Among above mentioned genera, the genus Cosmarium is represented by the greatest number of species (20). Staurastrum chaetoceros has been found for the first time for the Novgorod Region.

scholarly journals The distribution of woody species in relation to climate and fire in Yosemite National Park, California, USA

Fire Ecology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan W. van Wagtendonk ◽  
Peggy E. Moore ◽  
Julie L. Yee ◽  
James A. Lutz
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Sierra Nevada ◽  
Species Distribution ◽  
National Park ◽  
Woody Plant ◽  
Fire Regime ◽  
Yosemite National Park ◽  
Distribution Models ◽  
Ecological Zones ◽  
Woody Plant Species

Abstract Background The effects of climate on plant species ranges are well appreciated, but the effects of other processes, such as fire, on plant species distribution are less well understood. We used a dataset of 561 plots 0.1 ha in size located throughout Yosemite National Park, in the Sierra Nevada of California, USA, to determine the joint effects of fire and climate on woody plant species. We analyzed the effect of climate (annual actual evapotranspiration [AET], climatic water deficit [Deficit]) and fire characteristics (occurrence [BURN] for all plots, fire return interval departure [FRID] for unburned plots, and severity of the most severe fire [dNBR]) on the distribution of woody plant species. Results Of 43 species that were present on at least two plots, 38 species occurred on five or more plots. Of those 38 species, models for the distribution of 13 species (34%) were significantly improved by including the variable for fire occurrence (BURN). Models for the distribution of 10 species (26%) were significantly improved by including FRID, and two species (5%) were improved by including dNBR. Species for which distribution models were improved by inclusion of fire variables included some of the most areally extensive woody plants. Species and ecological zones were aligned along an AET-Deficit gradient from cool and moist to hot and dry conditions. Conclusions In fire-frequent ecosystems, such as those in most of western North America, species distribution models were improved by including variables related to fire. Models for changing species distributions would also be improved by considering potential changes to the fire regime.

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