supported by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic(Grant Nos.SS01010270,SS06010420);by a long-term research development grant RVO(Grant No.67985939)。
Sequencing of environmental samples has great potential for biodiversity research,but its application is limited by the lack of reliable DNA barcode databases for species identifications.Such a database has been creat...
carried out within the framework of the most important innovative project of state importance“Development of a system of ground-based and remote monitoring of carbon pools and greenhouse gas fluxes on the territory of the Russian Federation,…”(No.123030300031-6);in the northern taiga subzone and on the border of tundra and taiga under the state assignment of the Forest Institute of the Karelian Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences(FMEN-2021-0018)with the partial financial support from RSF(grant no.21-14-00204)。
Background:The heartwood(HW)proportion in the trunk of mature trees is an important characteristic not only for wood quality but also for assessing the role of forests in carbon sequestration.We have for the first tim...
supported by CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences(Grant no.2021-I2M-1-055);National Microbial Resource Center(Grant no.NMRC-2023-3).
Lichens,as dual organisms comprising a major mycobiont and a major photobiont,exhibit remarkable survival capabilities in extreme conditions,such as those found in Antarctica.Despite their adaptability,the diversity a...
supported by the Statutory Funds of the Institute of Environmental Protection and Engineering of the University of Bielsko-Biala and the Department of Geobotany and Plant Ecology;the University of Lodz,Lodz,Poland。
Fxcessive forest exploitation significantly contributes to land degradation and the creation of human-made deadwood.Stumps are sometimes ignored in studies on the biodiversity of coarse woody debris.We investigated wh...
supported by the Czech Science Foundation(grant no.GACR 22-31322S);the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague(grant no.IGA A_19_22);supported by the Operational Programme Integrated Infrastructure(OPII)funded by the ERDF(ITMS313011T721);Specific research PrF UHK 2114/2022 for the financial support;the financial support of the Rita-Levi Montalcini(2019)programme;funded by the Italian Ministry of University。
In this era of biodiversity loss and climate change,quantifying the impacts of natural disturbance on forest communities is imperative to improve biodiversity conservation efforts.Epiphytic and epixylic lichens are ef...
Secretariat of Science and Technology of the National University of Catamarca, Argentina for financial support;National Council for Scientific and Technical Research, Argentina for the PhD fellowship to Juan M HERNáNDEZ
Mining activity affects the vegetation and soils of the ecosystems.However,the effects of mining activity on saxicolous lichen communities are less concerned.Thus,the aim of this study was to characterize saxicolous l...
BACKGROUND Acral persistent papular mucinosis(APPM)is a rare idiopathic subtype of localized lichen myxedematosus.To date,there have been 40 APPM cases reported worldwide;however,only 7 cases have been reported in the...
BACKGROUND Lichen amyloidosis(LA)is a chronic,severely pruritic skin disease,which is the most common form of primary cutaneous amyloidosis.The treatment of LA has been considered to be difficult.LA may be associated ...
funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China(31600316).
Many mosses and lichens thrive in high-elevation subalpine forests and even become dominant species on the forest foor.Although they play an irreplaceable ecological role in the forest,less is known about their ecophy...
The present study enumerates the diversity of corticolous lichens from Kokrajhar district of Assam state.The study records 54 species of lichens belonging to 21 genera and 14 families.Majority of the species are crust...