Floristic changes of epiphytic flora in the Metropolitan Lisbon area between 1980–1981 and 2010–2011 related to urban air quality

Sérgio, Cecı́lia; Carvalho, Palmira; García, César; Almeida, Erika; Novais, Vera; Sim‐Sim, Manuela; Jordão, Helga; Sousa, Ana

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.03.022

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“…The latter also harboured three other species rarely noted in built-up areas of Wroclaw: Orthotrichum affine, Pylaisia polyantha and Leskea polycarpa. These results correspond partly with the reports by Davies et al (2006), Richter et al (2009, Dymytrova (2009) and Sérgio et al (2016).…”

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confidence: 93%

“…Many newcomers in Lisbon were nitrophytic, such as Orthotrichum diaphanum and O. tenellum, which showed a statistically significant increase in frequency. Their present distribution was accompanied by a high increase in the level of nitrogen oxides immission from traffic (Sérgio et al 2016). Similar observation of wide distribution in London of Orthotrichum diaphanum, in habitats from low to high levels of NOx (close to roads) was given in the paper by Davies et al (2006).…”

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confidence: 82%

“…In the last two decades, a return of epiphytic mosses to urban areas was recorded in some European cities, e.g. in London (Davies et al 2006;Duckett & Pressel 2009), Halle (Richter et al 2009), Lisbon (Sérgio et al 2016) and Katowice (Stebel & Fojcik 2016). The cited research documented an increase in both the species number (e.g.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Conserv. 54: 11-21, 2019 CHOROLOGY to the impact of land use on the occurrence of epiphytic bryophytes in cities were included in works by Kirmaci & Ağcagil (2009), Richter et al (2009), Sabovljević & Grdović (2009), Sérgio et al (2016) and Stebel & Fojcik (2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Distribution of epiphytic bryophytes in Wroclaw in relation to urban-use complexes

Fudali

2019

Biodiversity Research and Conservation

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Studies on epiphytic bryophyte species richness and diversity in various urban-use complexes in Wroclaw (excluding urban forests) were conducted in 2013-2016 to check the research hypothesis that, in spite of the observed phenomenon of return of bryophytic epiphytes to cities, urban parks still favor species richness and the diversity of bryophytic epiphytes in built-up areas. Epiphytes (38 species) were recorded in all distinguished urban-use complexes but with strongly differentiated frequency, and 64% of all the trees colonized with epiphytes were situated either along streets or inside urban green areas (32% in each). It was shown that the highest species richness (89% of all the species found), bryophyte total coverage and values of the diversity indices referred to the latter complex. 20 species revealed preferences to occur mostly or exclusively on trees situated in urban parks. The second urban-use complex, which visibly affected the distribution of epiphytes, was the complex of streets; Tortula muralis occurred only on trees along streets and six other species occurred more frequently in these complexes than in others: Orthotrichum diaphanum, O. pumilum, O. pallens, Ceratodon purpureus, Syntrichia virescens, Bryum argenteum. In general, epiphytes – which were recorded on more than 20 trees – colonized a large number of phorophytes, from 12 to 33. They also showed some tendencies to occupy trunks of some host tree species more frequently than others. Detailed data are provided.

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confidence: 93%

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confidence: 82%

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Distribution of epiphytic bryophytes in Wroclaw in relation to urban-use complexes

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2019

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“…Therefore they avoid human-modified environments (Seward 1979;Winner 1988;Fudali 1996;Vanderpoorten 1997). Recently, that group of bryophytes has experienced dynamic changes in their distribution in Europe, in respect of both natural and urban ecosystems (e.g., Greven 1992;Bates et al 1997;Stapper & Kricke 2004;Fudali 2012Fudali , 2018Stebel et al 2012;Stebel & Fojcik 2016;Sérgio et al 2016).…”

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Epiphytic bryophytes in urban forests of Wrocław (SW Poland)

Fudali

Żołnierz

2019

Biodiversity Research and Conservation

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Data documenting the occurrence of epiphytic bryophytes in the urban forests of the Wroclaw city were collected and reported for the first time. Research was carried out in 2015-2016, in forest areas situated within the city administrative boundaries, to find whether some epiphytic species reported from the Wroclaw environs in the 19th century and presently considered to be primeval forest relicts occur in urban forests. The survey was carried out using the established network of 50 study plots randomly scattered within the urban forested areas. In total 42 species (4 liverworts and 38 mosses) were recorded on 467 trees; three of them are primeval forest relicts. In this paper, the host-tree preferences, distribution in the individual forests, relative frequency, abundance and exposure to compass directions of the studied taxa are analysed. Of the species described, only 17 are obligatory epiphytes, while 22 of them are character forest species. However, 82% of the latter were noted on a small number of tree trunks. Two moss taxa, Hypnum cupressiforme and Platygyrium repens, were most frequently found (on 76 and 50% of the trees, respectively). Among the species recorded in the studied area, there are five that have been showing some expansive tendencies in Europe in recent decades. The potential ability of these species to spread in urban areas is discussed in relation to their general ecological requirements.

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Bryophytes in a latrine as indicators of climate change in the 17th century

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Thirty-eight samples recovered from a latrine in the rural market town of Hadersdorf am Kamp (Lower Austria) and filled during the early 17th century were analysed and compared to the current bryophyte vegetation there and in its surroundings. Twenty-eight moss species from the latrine could be identified, and four taxa could be determined only to genus level because of missing sporophytes. The resulting data set is a valuable contribution to the state of knowledge of the bryophyte flora of that historic period, as none of the traditional methods such as herbaria date back to this early era. The most frequent species in the pit, Leucodon sciuroides, Antitrichia curtipendula and Neckera complanata, could hardly be found or not at all in the current bryophyte flora of the investigated area. A comparison of Ellenberg's indicator values of the historic and current moss taxa revealed significant differences for temperature, humidity and continentality. Temperature values were much lower for the taxa found in the latrine. Furthermore, the historic mosses reflect a more humid and less continental climate than the ones growing nowadays. Many of the mosses found in the latrine are epiphytic or epilithic and could not be found in the investigated area today. These results indicate a different climate during the time of the Little Ice Age in the investigated area. According to the low total biomass of mosses in the pit (1-2 g per 10 l) we suggest that those found in the latrine arrived there mainly by chance, as in sweepings.

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Floristic changes of epiphytic flora in the Metropolitan Lisbon area between 1980–1981 and 2010–2011 related to urban air quality

Cited by 22 publications

References 35 publications

Distribution of epiphytic bryophytes in Wroclaw in relation to urban-use complexes

Distribution of epiphytic bryophytes in Wroclaw in relation to urban-use complexes

Epiphytic bryophytes in urban forests of Wrocław (SW Poland)

Bryophytes in a latrine as indicators of climate change in the 17th century

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