scholarly journals Fungi of the genus Ramularia in the Słowiński National Park

2014 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iwona Adamska
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Vaccinium Uliginosum ◽  
Plant Associations ◽  
North Western ◽  
Lotus Uliginosus

In the years 1996-98 and 2001, the occurrence of fungi of the genus Ramulania in 11 plant associations of the Słowiński National Park (north-western Poland) was investigated. The plant associations included: <i>Angelico-Cirsietum oleracei, Betulo pendulae-Quercetum roboris, Carici arenariae-Empetretum nigri (CaEn), Elymo-Ammophiletum (EA), Empetro nigri-Pinetum, Filipendulo-Geranietum, Helichryso-Jasionetum litoralis, Myrico-Salicetum auritae (MSa), Phragmitetum australis (Pa), Ribeso nigri-Alnetum,</i> and <i>Vaccinio uliginosi-Betulelum pubescentis</i>. A total of 37 species of <i>Ramularia</i> were found. Of them, <i>R. galli</i> was newly found in Poland, and <i>R. archangelicae, R. calcea, R. chamaedryos, R. cynarae, R. didymarioides R. lactea, R. rhaetica, R. schulzeri R. tanaceti</i> and <i>R. triboutiana</i> were earlier infrequently recorded in this country. Eight <i>Ramularia</i> taxa were found on plants earlier not reported to be their hosts, i. e., <i>Ramularia chaerophylli</i> (on <i>Chaerophyllum temulum</i>), <i>R. lamii</i> var. <i>lamii (Galeopsis tetrahit), R. inaequale (Hieracium laevigatum, H. sabaudum</i> and <i>Hypochoeris radicata), R. schulzeri (Lotus uliginosus), R. grevilleana</i> var. <i>grevilleana (Potentilla erecta), R. uredinis (Pucciniastrum vaccinii z Vaccinium uliginosum), R. lactea (Viola palustris and V. tricolor)</i> and <i>R. veronicae (Veronica arvensis)</i>. Most species of <i>Ramularia</i> occurred in the <i>MSa</i> (18), and least in <i>EA</i> (1), <i>CaEn</i> (l), and <i>Pa</i> (1).

New taxa in Glycine (Fabaceae: Phaseolae) from north-western Australia

2002 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 565 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. E. Pfeil ◽  
L. A. Craven
Keyword(s):  
New Taxa ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
National Park ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Range Extension ◽  
North Western

Three new taxa of Glycine are described, namely Glycine pullenii B.E.Pfeil, Tindale &amp; Craven and G.�aphyonota B.E.Pfeil from Bungle Bungle-Purnululu National Park, Western Australia, and G. hirticaulis subsp. leptosa B.E.Pfeil from the Top End of the Northern Territory. A key to Glycine Willd. in north-western Australia is provided. A range extension for G. falcata Benth. is noted.

scholarly journals The illegal pet trade is driving Madagascar's ploughshare tortoise to extinction

Oryx ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angelo R. Mandimbihasina ◽  
Lance G. Woolaver ◽  
Lianne E. Concannon ◽  
E. J. Milner-Gulland ◽  
Richard E. Lewis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Animal Species ◽  
Distance Sampling ◽  
Wildlife Trade ◽  
Restricted Range ◽  
Pet Trade ◽  
Trade Routes ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
Line Transects ◽  
North Western

AbstractThe illegal wildlife trade is driving declines in populations of a number of large, charismatic animal species but also many lesser known and restricted-range species, some of which are now facing extinction as a result. The ploughshare tortoise Astrochelys yniphora, endemic to the Baly Bay National Park of north-western Madagascar, is affected by poaching for the international illegal pet trade. To quantify this, we estimated population trends during 2006–2015, using distance sampling surveys along line transects, and recorded national and international confiscations of trafficked tortoises for 2002–2016. The results suggest the ploughshare tortoise population declined > 50% during this period, to c. 500 adults and subadults in 2014–2015. Prior to 2006 very few tortoises were seized either in Madagascar or internationally but confiscations increased sharply from 2010. Since 2015 poaching has intensified, with field reports suggesting that two of the four subpopulations are extinct, leaving an unknown but almost certainly perilously low number of adult tortoises in the wild. This study has produced the first reliable population estimate of the ploughshare tortoise and shows that the species has declined rapidly because of poaching for the international pet trade. There is an urgent need for increased action both in Madagascar and along international trade routes if the extinction of the ploughshare tortoise in the wild is to be prevented.

2006 Southern brown bandicoots Isoodon obesulus obesulus in Belair National Park.

2006 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 147 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. J. Sanderson ◽  
J. Kraehenbuehl
Keyword(s):  
Litter Size ◽  
National Park ◽  
Rattus Rattus ◽  
Ground Cover ◽  
Control Program ◽  
Water Courses ◽  
Fox Control ◽  
North Western ◽  
Black Rats

A population of southern brown bandicoots (Isoodon obesulus obesulus) in Belair National Park (NP) and neighbouring areas was studied from 1995 to 2002. From 1997 to 2002, 181 bandicoots (91 females, 89 males, one unknown) were microchipped. Many animals were captured only once or twice, but data from a few animals showed that bandicoots may live up to four years. Breeding occurred year round, with a mean litter size from 33 litters of 1.8. Bandicoots were trapped close to water courses in areas with thick ground cover. Black rats (Rattus rattus) were active nocturnally in all areas of Belair NP which were trapped, and may be in competition with bandicoots for food and shelter resources. Bandicoots have recently been seen in north-western areas of Belair NP where they have not been seen in years. This expansion of their distribution in the park may be related to a translocation to this area in 1998 and a fox control program which has been carried out since 1988.

Ecology: A Science of Nation? The Utilization of Plant Ecology in New Zealand, 1896 - 1930

2006 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Star
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Plant Breeding ◽  
National Park ◽  
Plant Ecology ◽  
Ecological Approach ◽  
Plant Associations ◽  
Breeding Station ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Plant Breeding Station

Following the creation of the Empire Marketing Board in 1926, Australia's development was influenced by an imperial science increasingly aware of ecology. The present paper traces similar New Zealand links in the ecological approach to pasture development promoted in the Dominion by Bruce Levy and fuelled by the vision of George Stapledon of the Welsh Plant Breeding Station, who visited New Zealand in 1926. However, plant ecology came much earlier to New Zealand by way of Leonard Cockayne, who in 1908 used ecological arguments to press for the extension of Tongariro National Park and who saw New Zealand's unique plant associations as emblems of nation rather than endowments of empire. By comparing the application of ecology, in New Zealand at different times, to the separate (though not necessarily opposed) goals of building a nation and supporting an empire, insight is gained into the changing ways in which any science may be drawn into the service of societal priorities and aspirations.

The Influence of population density and habitat on grouping in the western grey kangaroo, Macropus fuliginosus

1993 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 151 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Coulson
Keyword(s):  
Population Density ◽  
National Park ◽  
Habitat Structure ◽  
Group Formation ◽  
Lower Range ◽  
Grey Kangaroo ◽  
The Social ◽  
Western Grey Kangaroo ◽  
Western Victoria ◽  
North Western

Population density and habitat structure have been identified as influencing grouping patterns in kangaroos, but the separate contributions of each factor have rarely been distinguished. Grouping was examined in the western grey kangaroo, Macropus fuliginosus, at Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, north-western Victoria, where the population exhibits marked changes in density throughout habitats that provide a range of cover. Group size and population density in each habitat were surveyed at two times of day and at roughly 2-monthly intervals from March 1983 until December 1985. Of the four major habitats, mallee and woodland offered moderate cover, whereas grassland and lake bed gave sparse cover. Visibility of kangaroo groups was highest in the sparse habitats, and was positively related to the size of the group, at least in the lower range of group sizes. At densities up to 40km-2, groups that formed in the sparse habitats were larger than the groups in the two habitats that offered moderate cover. Three habitats (lake bed, grassland and woodland) had more smaller and more larger groups than expected if group formation was a random process. Large males were seen alone more often than expected by chance in lake bed, and less often in moderate cover; females with young-atfoot were over-represented as singletons in all four habitats. The size and composition of groups recorded in this study suggest that the basic components of the social organisation of kangaroos are best discerned in habitats that carry a low population density, but that also provide the most cover.

scholarly journals Rediscovery of Dytiscus latissimus Linnaeus, 1758 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) on the southern edge of its distribution area in Central and Eastern Poland

2020 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-90
Author(s):  
Piotr Markowski ◽  
Paweł Buczyński
Keyword(s):  
New Record ◽  
National Park ◽  
Habitat Preferences ◽  
Distribution Area ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Lutra Lutra ◽  
Drainage Ditch ◽  
Deep Drainage ◽  
The North ◽  
North Western

Dytiscus latissimus was recorded in a deep drainage ditch at the edge of the Bagno Bubnów fen in the Poleski National Park. Eight dead individuals (4♀♀ and 4 ♂♂) were found on 11.04.2019 in a poaching net for fish in which an otter Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1759) was caught and died. The remains of another three individuals (2♀♀ and 1♂) were found on the shore at the same site on 17.04.2020. This data is discussed on the background of data on the geographical distribution and habitat preferences of this species. The new record confirms the existence of a small island of its occurrence area in Central and Eastern Poland, the only one in the country outside the young glacial lake districts in the north-western and northern part of Poland. The new record also suggests that the habitat spectrum of the species may be at least locally wider than it is recognized – which is worth considering when looking for its potential sites.

scholarly journals Schizothyrioma ptarmicae (Helotiales, Ascomycota), a rare European fungus newly found in Poland

2011 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-59
Author(s):  
Iwona Adamska
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Morphological Properties ◽  
Plant Associations ◽  
Single Locality

The morphological properties of <em>Schizothyrioma ptarmicae</em> (Helotiales, Ascomycota), a fungus known from a single locality in Poland and infrequently reported from Europe, are described and illustrated. <em>Schizothyrioma ptarmicae </em>is a parasite of leaves of <em>Achillea ptarmica</em>. It has been found in the Myrico-Saliceto auritae and Cirsio-Polygonetum plant associations of the Słowiński National Park. Additionally, the properties of the specimens of <em>S. ptarmicae</em> collected were compared with those of <em>S. aterridium</em>, the only other member of the genus <em>Schyzothyrioma</em>.

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 Studies on the biology and occurrence of Ampelomyces quisqualis in the Drawski Landscape Park (NW Poland)

2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beata Czerniawska
Keyword(s):  
Permanent Plots ◽  
Sabouraud Agar ◽  
Ampelomyces Quisqualis ◽  
Plant Associations ◽  
Cultural Conditions ◽  
Powdery Mildews ◽  
Optimal Temperature Range ◽  
The Media ◽  
First Time ◽  
North Western

In the years 1996-1998, the ccurrence of <i>Ampelomyces quisqualis</i> parasitizing powdery mildews (<i>Erysiphales</i>) affecting plants of 12 permanent plots with nine plant assciations, as well as those of 32 agricultural fields and gardens of the Drawsko Landscape Park in north-western Poland was investigated. The plant associations of the 12 permanent plots were <i>Luzulo pilosae-Fagetum, Stellrio-Carpinetum, Querco roboris-Pinetum, Leucobryo-Pinetum, Ribo nigri-Alnenun, Circaeo-Alnetum, Vaccino ulginosi-Pinetum, Chenopodietea</i>, and <i>Artemisietea</i>. In the laboratory, the morphology of this hyperparasite, its pattern of colonization of powdery mildews as well as the influence of cultural conditions on its growth and sporulation were determined. Of the 57 species of <i>Erysiphales</i> found in Drawsko Landscape Park, <i>A. quisqualis</i> parasitized 14 in three genera. Of them, nine species were for the first time found to be fungal hosts of <i>A. quisqualis</i> in Poland. This hyperparasite preferred the <i>Artemisietea</i> and <i>Chenopodiatea</i> plant associations, as well as plants of agricultural and horticultural areas, i. e., plants of warmer sites compared with the others considered in this study. The media favouring the growth and sporulation of <i>A. quisqualis</i> were Sabouraud agar and potato dextrose agar. The optimal temperature range for both growth and sporulation of <i>A. quisqualis</i> was 20 -25°C.

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