Editorial Material
Plant Sciences
Francesca Degola, Luigi Sanita di Toppi, Alessandro Petraglia
Summary: There are numerous factors that drive individuals to leave their homeland, such as escaping competition and seeking new opportunities. However, the absence of unfavorable biotic interactions can be counterbalanced by other antagonistic abiotic forces. Although the journey of ancestral photosynthetic organisms to establish on dry land remains unknown, traits developed by the ancestors of modern bryophytes have allowed them to adapt and persist in such a different habitat.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yi Lu, Finnur Freyr Eiriksson, Margret Thorsteinsdottir, Nils Cronberg, Henrik Toft Simonsen
Summary: Bryophytes, such as mosses, liverworts, and hornworts, have attracted researchers due to their diverse chemicals and potential applications in pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetic industries. They accumulate long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (l-PUFA) to maintain cell fluidity in cold environments. While Iceland has a rich bryophyte vegetation, the lipid profiles of these plants are largely unknown. In this study, lipidomics analysis was performed on 39 local bryophyte species in Iceland using UPLC-ESI-QTOF-MS, revealing that six moss species had abundant arachidonic acid (AA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) in their phospholipids and glycerolipids.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Jan Zarnowiec, Monika Staniaszek-Kik, Damian Chmura
Summary: This study focused on the plant traits of epixylic bryophytes in Central Europe and their associations with environmental factors, revealing significant correlations between certain species and specific environmental conditions. Three guilds of epixylic bryophytes were identified, each with distinct characteristics related to their habitat preferences and plant traits. Further research is needed to verify these findings on a larger scale.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ilze Matisone, Diana Jansone, Ieva Jaunslaviete, Roberts Matisons, Agnese Anta Liepina, Aris Jansons
Summary: Intensifying forest management and shorter rotation periods require intensive biodiversity conservation strategies, such as the triad concept, to ensure habitat connectivity. The relationships between biodiversity components and manageable stand characteristics are important, with stand structures being of primary importance in addition to age.
Review
Plant Sciences
Jose Angel M. Sanchez, Kristiina Mark, Joao Paulo S. Souza, Ulo Niinemets
Summary: Desiccation-rehydration experiments have been widely used to evaluate desiccation tolerance of bryophytes. However, there is a lack of standardization in experimental protocols and a limited coverage of taxonomic and ecological representation. Future research should focus on standardizing protocols, filling taxonomic and ecological gaps, and using a combination of experimental techniques to gain a mechanistic insight into the traits modified during desiccation.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2022)
Review
Plant Sciences
Noe Fernandez-Pozo, Fabian B. Haas, Sven B. Gould, Stefan A. Rensing
Summary: Bryophytes are valuable models for various studies in plant evolution, development, stress responses, and gametogenesis. Advances in genomics research have provided a wealth of resources, including annotations, databases, and bioinformatics tools, for better understanding bryophytes. The use of bioinformatics, phylogenetics, and comparative genomics has significantly contributed to our knowledge of bryophytes and their evolution.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2022)
Review
Plant Sciences
Javier Martinez-Abaigar, Encarnacion Nunez-Olivera, Francesca Degla
Summary: Bryophyte UV-omics research provides insights into the evolutionary and ecological significance of bryophytes in coping with high UV radiation and other adverse environmental factors, as well as their unique features in terms of research methods, protection mechanisms, environmental interactions, biomonitoring, and applications.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Aya Permin, Aline B. Horwath, Daniel B. Metcalfe, Anders Prieme, Kathrin Rousk
Summary: Ground-covering mosses in tropical mountain cloud forests play an important role in nitrogen fixation, providing a significant nitrogen input to the ecosystem. Temperature has little effect on nitrogen fixation, but low moisture levels suppress nitrogen fixation activity.
FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Plant Sciences
Mauro Commisso, Francesco Guarino, Laura Marchi, Antonella Muto, Amalia Piro, Francesca Degola
Summary: Bryophytes, often considered less evolved than vascular plants, possess a rich array of biologically active compounds that can be utilized for various medicinal and agricultural purposes. The antifungal potential of the three divisions of Bryophyta, including mosses, hornworts, and liverworts, is being explored as a potential source of bioactive constituents.
Article
Plant Sciences
Chin Wen Koid, Nur Fariza M. Shaipulah, Gaik Ee Lee, S. Robbert Gradstein, Yoshinori Asakawa, Yosie Andriani, Arifullah Mohammed, Nik Norhazrina, Poh Wai Chia, Muhammad Zulhimi Ramlee
Summary: Volatile emissions from 22 bryophyte species in Peninsular Malaysia were analyzed using GC-MS, revealing species-specific compositions and potential roles in plant-plant communication and plant-insect interaction. The VOC composition varied between montane forest and lowland dipterocarp forest, with different dominant compounds detected.
Article
Plant Sciences
Tamara Machado Matos, Denilson Fernandes Peralta, Lucas Paradizo Roma, Deborah Yara Alves Cursino dos Santos
Summary: This study analyzed the cuticular waxes on gametophytes of several species of liverworts and mosses in the Sao Paulo state, Brazil. It was found that wax content was generally higher in liverworts than in mosses, with fatty acids and alkanes being the main classes, while some compounds were described for the first time in bryophyte gametophytes.
JOURNAL OF BRYOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
T. L. Blockeel, N. E. Bell, M. O. Hill, N. G. Hodgetts, D. G. Long, S. L. Pilkington, G. P. Rothero
Summary: A new checklist of bryophytes in Britain and Ireland has been presented based on recent taxonomic changes, detailing the number of hornworts, liverworts, and mosses at species level. The research incorporated new taxa reported since 2008, reflecting the latest updates in the European flora taxonomy.
JOURNAL OF BRYOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Luiza Tyminska-Czabanska, Pawel Hawrylo, Piotr Janiec, Jaroslaw Socha
Summary: Understanding the impact of stand factors on forest mortality is crucial for forest management and adaptation strategies in the face of climate change. By using remote sensing tools, the influence of tree and forest variables on the probability of Scots pine stands' mortality was assessed. In the Katowice region of Poland, the most significant factors affecting tree mortality were found to be stand height and height growth rate, with the highest mortality probability observed in the densest stands. Identifying key stand characteristics that predispose forests to mortality can contribute to future research on forest structure.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Michal H. Wegrzyn, Patrycja Falowska, Joanna Kolodziejczyk, Karima Alzayany, Piotr Wezyk, Karolina Zieba-Kulawik, Pawel Hawrylo, Agnieszka Turowska, Barbara Grzesiak, Ludwik Lipnicki, Paulina Wietrzyk-Pelka
Summary: The study aimed to investigate the environmental factors influencing lichen cover in the lichen Scots pine forests and differences in habitat variables between sites with lichen-rich and bryophyte-rich field layers. Results showed a significant negative relationship between lichen cover and tree height, indicating that lower tree height and thinner organic matter layer create favorable habitat conditions for lichen development.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Anja Rimac, Vedran Segota, Antun Alegro, Nina Vukovic, Nikola Koletic
Summary: This study is the first comprehensive survey of freshwater bryoflora in Croatia, recording 83 bryophyte species. The species richness varies among different regions, with higher diversity in the Dinaric Ecoregion. Most species are not true aquatic plants, but facultative aquatics.
BIODIVERSITY DATA JOURNAL
(2022)
Correction
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Alienor Jeliazkov, Darko Mijatovic, Stephane Chantepie, Nigel Andrew, Raphael Arlettaz, Luc Barbaro, Nadia Barsoum, Alena Bartonova, Elena Belskaya, Nuria Bonada, Anik Brind'Amour, Rodrigo Carvalho, Helena Castro, Damian Chmura, Philippe Choler, Karen Chong-Seng, Daniel Cleary, Anouk Cormont, William Cornwell, Ramiro de Campos, Nicole de Voogd, Sylvain Doledec, Joshua Drew, Frank Dziock, Anthony Eallonardo, Melanie J. Edgar, Fabio Farneda, Domingo Flores Hernandez, Cedric Frenette-Dussault, Guillaume Fried, Belinda Gallardo, Heloise Gibb, Thiago Goncalves-Souza, Janet Higuti, Jean-Yves Humbert, Boris R. Krasnov, Eric Le Saux, Zoe Lindo, Adria Lopez-Baucells, Elizabeth Lowe, Bryndis Marteinsdottir, Koen Martens, Peter Meffert, Andres Mellado-Diaz, Myles H. M. Menz, Christoph F. J. Meyer, Julia Ramos Miranda, David Mouillot, Alessandro Ossola, Robin Pakeman, Sandrine Pavoine, Burak Pekin, Joan Pino, Arnaud Pocheville, Francesco Pomati, Peter Poschlod, Honor C. Prentice, Oliver Purschke, Valerie Raevel, Triin Reitalu, Willem Renema, Ignacio Ribera, Natalie Robinson, Bjorn Robroek, Ricardo Rocha, Sen-Her Shieh, Rebecca Spake, Monika Staniaszek-Kik, Michal Stanko, Francisco Leonardo Tejerina-Garro, Cajo ter Braak, Mark C. Urban, Roel van Klink, Sebastien Villeger, Ruut Wegman, Martin J. Westgate, Jonas Wolff, Jan Zarnowiec, Maxim Zolotarev, Jonathan M. Chase
Article
Forestry
Monika Staniaszek-Kik, Jan Zarnowiec, Ewa Stefanska-Krzaczek
Summary: The size of structural components in root-pit-mound complexes is crucial for moss species richness, with species composition being mainly determined by forest type. Uprooted trees can be colonized by different terricolous mosses and have important conservation value in forest communities. Moss species richness is influenced by forest type, while species composition is affected by the type of forest and the size of components within the root-pit-mound complex.
ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Jan Zarnowiec, Monika Staniaszek-Kik, Damian Chmura
Summary: This study focused on the plant traits of epixylic bryophytes in Central Europe and their associations with environmental factors, revealing significant correlations between certain species and specific environmental conditions. Three guilds of epixylic bryophytes were identified, each with distinct characteristics related to their habitat preferences and plant traits. Further research is needed to verify these findings on a larger scale.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Idoia Biurrun, Remigiusz Pielech, Iwona Dembicz, Francois Gillet, Lukasz Kozub, Corrado Marceno, Triin Reitalu, Koenraad Van Meerbeek, Riccardo Guarino, Milan Chytry, Robin J. Pakeman, Zdenka Preislerova, Irena Axmanova, Sabina Burrascano, Sandor Bartha, Steffen Boch, Hans Henrik Bruun, Timo Conradi, Pieter De Frenne, Franz Essl, Goffredo Filibeck, Michal Hajek, Borja Jimenez-Alfaro, Anna Kuzemko, Zsolt Molnar, Meelis Partel, Ricarda Patsch, Honor C. Prentice, Jan Rolecek, Laura M. E. Sutcliffe, Massimo Terzi, Manuela Winkler, Jianshuang Wu, Svetlana Acic, Alicia T. R. Acosta, Elias Afif, Munemitsu Akasaka, Juha M. Alatalo, Michele Aleffi, Alla Aleksanyan, Arshad Ali, Iva Apostolova, Parvaneh Ashouri, Zoltan Batori, Esther Baumann, Thomas Becker, Elena Belonovskaya, Jose Luis Benito Alonso, Asun Berastegi, Ariel Bergamini, Kuber Prasad Bhatta, Ilaria Bonini, Marc-Olivier Buchler, Vasyl Budzhak, Alvaro Bueno, Fabrizio Buldrini, Juan Antonio Campos, Laura Cancellieri, Marta Carboni, Tobias Ceulemans, Alessandro Chiarucci, Cristina Chocarro, Luisa Conti, Anna Maria Csergo, Beata Cykowska-Marzencka, Marta Czarniecka-Wiera, Marta Czarnocka-Cieciura, Patryk Czortek, Jiri Danihelka, Francesco Bello, Balazs Deak, Laszlo Demeter, Lei Deng, Martin Diekmann, Jiri Dolezal, Christian Dolnik, Pavel Drevojan, Cecilia Dupre, Klaus Ecker, Hamid Ejtehadi, Brigitta Erschbamer, Javier Etayo, Jonathan Etzold, Tunde Farkas, Mohammad Farzam, George Fayvush, Maria Rosa Fernandez Calzado, Manfred Finckh, Wendy Fjellstad, Georgios Fotiadis, Daniel Garcia-Magro, Itziar Garcia-Mijangos, Rosario G. Gavilan, Markus Germany, Sahar Ghafari, Gian Pietro Giusso del Galdo, John-Arvid Grytnes, Behlul Guler, Alba Gutierrez-Giron, Aveliina Helm, Mercedes Herrera, Elisabeth M. Hullbusch, Nele Ingerpuu, Annika K. Jaegerbrand, Ute Jandt, Monika Janisova, Philippe Jeanneret, Florian Jeltsch, Kai Jensen, Anke Jentsch, Zygmunt Kacki, Kaoru Kakinuma, Jutta Kapfer, Mansoureh Kargar, Andras Kelemen, Kathrin Kiehl, Philipp Kirschner, Asuka Koyama, Nancy Langer, Lorenzo Lazzaro, Jan Leps, Ching-Feng Li, Frank Yonghong Li, Diego Liendo, Regina Lindborg, Swantje Loebel, Angela Lomba, Zdenka Lososova, Pavel Lustyk, Arantzazu L. Luzuriaga, Wenhong Ma, Simona Maccherini, Martin Magnes, Marek Malicki, Michael Manthey, Constantin Mardari, Felix May, Helmut Mayrhofer, Eliane Seraina Meier, Farshid Memariani, Kristina Merunkova, Ottar Michelsen, Joaquin Molero Mesa, Halime Moradi, Ivan Moysiyenko, Michele Mugnai, Alireza Naqinezhad, Rayna Natcheva, Josep M. Ninot, Marcin Nobis, Jalil Noroozi, Arkadiusz Nowak, Vladimir Onipchenko, Salza Palpurina, Harald Pauli, Hristo Pedashenko, Christian Pedersen, Robert K. Peet, Aaron Perez-Haase, Jan Peters, Natasa Pipenbaher, Chrisoula Pirini, Eulalia Pladevall-Izard, Zuzana Pleskova, Giovanna Potenza, Soroor Rahmanian, Maria Pilar Rodriguez-Rojo, Vladimir Ronkin, Leonardo Rosati, Eszter Ruprecht, Solvita Rusina, Marko Sabovljevic, Anvar Sanaei, Ana M. Sanchez, Francesco Santi, Galina Savchenko, Maria Teresa Sebastia, Dariia Shyriaieva, Vasco Silva, Sonja Skornik, Eva Smerdova, Judit Sonkoly, Marta Gaia Sperandii, Monika Staniaszek-Kik, Carly Stevens, Simon Stifter, Sigrid Suchrow, Grzegorz Swacha, Sebastian Swierszcz, Amir Talebi, Balazs Teleki, Lubomir Tichy, Csaba Tolgyesi, Marta Torca, Peter Torok, Nadezda Tsarevskaya, Ioannis Tsiripidis, Ingrid Turisova, Atushi Ushimaru, Orsolya Valko, Carmen Van Mechelen, Thomas Vanneste, Iuliia Vasheniak, Kiril Vassilev, Daniele Viciani, Luis Villar, Risto Virtanen, Ivana Vitasovic-Kosic, Andras Vojtko, Denys Vynokurov, Emelie Walden, Yun Wang, Frank Weiser, Lu Wen, Karsten Wesche, Hannah White, Stefan Widmer, Sebastian Wolfrum, Anna Wrobel, Zuoqiang Yuan, David Zeleny, Liqing Zhao, Jurgen Dengler
Summary: Understanding fine-grain diversity patterns in Palaearctic open habitats is crucial for macroecological research and biodiversity conservation. This study used the GrassPlot database to provide benchmarks of richness values for vascular plants, bryophytes, lichens, and complete vegetation, revealing differences in plant diversity patterns across vegetation types and biomes. The GrassPlot Diversity Benchmarks offer valuable data for vegetation ecology, macroecology, and biodiversity conservation, serving as a complementary data source in macroecology despite having a smaller spatial coverage compared to other databases.
JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Damian Chmura, Jan Zarnowiec, Monika Staniaszek-Kik
Summary: Preserving the continuity of epiphytic and epixylic cryptogamic flora requires maintaining the natural characteristics of forest communities and implementing sustainable forest management. There is a correlation between altitude and species' environmental requirements, as well as between decomposition stage of deadwood and species' nutrient and moisture requirements. There are significant differences in habitat requirements among different species groups.
ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Ewa Stefanska-Krzaczek, Grzegorz Swacha, Jan Zarnowiec, Malgorzata W. Radula, Zygmunt Kacki, Monika Staniaszek-Kik
Summary: Bryophytes are good indicators of habitat conditions and their diversity and distribution in Central European forests were assessed in this study using vegetation records from the Polish Vegetation Database. The study found that bryophyte species number and cover were high in moist forest types with both deciduous and coniferous tree stands, and their composition and abundance depended on substrate moisture, fertility, pH, and tree species composition.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Katarzyna M. Zielinska, Marcin Kiedrzynski, Przemyslaw P. Tomczyk, Anastazja Greda, Monika Staniaszek-Kik, Zuzanna Mrowinska
Summary: Fine-grain species niche modelling was conducted in a topographically diverse area to study the factors enabling species' survival and understand current species distribution. The study focused on the niches of Cotoneaster integerrimus and Valeriana tripteris in a limestone hill area called G acute accent ora Zbor acute accent ow. The results revealed the importance of environmental differentiation and species coexistence in this area.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Wieslaw Faltynowicz
Summary: German naturalists initiated lichenological research in the areas within the Polish borders as early as the 17th century. Their research findings and preserved herbarium collections have made significant contributions to the knowledge of Poland's lichen biota and are still utilized by Polish lichenologists.
Article
Environmental Sciences
M. Staniaszek-Kik, J. Zarnowiec, D. Chmura, E. Stefanska-Krzaczek
Summary: Windthrows create unique land microtopography and provide new habitats for species. This study analyzed lichens, liverworts, mosses, and vascular plants in root plate-pit-mound (RPM) complexes across different vegetation types. The research found that the species composition, richness, and abundance were mainly influenced by the species of uprooted trees and the vegetation type. The presence of uprooted trees with diverse features was crucial for the biodiversity of mountain forests. It is recommended to allow natural colonization of uprooted trees, especially large objects, and to support a mosaic of forest communities in managed forests.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Rafal Krzaczek, Ewa Stefanska-Krzaczek
Summary: The study aims to assess the occurrence and distribution of Natura 2000 forest habitats in managed oak forests, as well as the age of the oak forests. The results show that Natura 2000 habitats occupy a significant portion of the managed oak forests, and older oak forests within SACs form larger and more compact forests.
Article
Plant Sciences
Adam Stebel, Monika Staniaszek-Kik, Stanislaw Rosadzinski, Mariusz Wierzgon, Barbara Fojcik, Michal Smoczyk, Grzegorz Voncina
Summary: In Poland, the epiphytic moss species, Hedwigia ciliata, traditionally found on rocks, has been recently observed growing on tree bark at 25 identified sites. The paper provides a possible explanation for this phenomenon.
ACTA SOCIETATIS BOTANICORUM POLONIAE
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
L. T. Ellis, C. Ah-Peng, G. Aslan, V. A. Bakalin, A. Bergamini, D. A. Callaghan, P. Campisi, F. M. Raimondo, S. S. Choi, J. Csiky, E. Csikyne Radnai, B. Cykowska-Marzencka, I. V. Czernyadjeva, Yu M. Kalinina, O. M. Afonina, G. Domina, P. Drapela, V. E. Fedosov, E. Fuertes, R. Gabriel, M. Kubova, I. Soares Albergaria, G. Gospodinov, R. Natcheva, A. Graulich, T. Hedderson, E. Hernandez-Rodriguez, V. Hugonnot, C. W. Hyun, M. Kirmaci, U. Catak, S. Kubesova, J. Kucera, C. La Farge, J. Larrain, P. Martin, B. Mufeed, C. N. Manju, K. P. Rajesh, Cs. Nemeth, J. Nagy, N. Norhazrina, N. Syazwana, S. V. O'Leary, S. J. Park, A. P. Pena-Retes, A. Rimac, A. Alegro, V. Segota, N. Koletic, N. Vukovic, S. Rosadzinski, J. A. Rossello, M. S. Sabovljevic, A. D. Sabovljevic, A. Schafer-Verwimp, C. Sergio, A. V. Shkurko, D. Shyriaieva, V. M. Virchenko, M. Smoczyk, D. Spitale, P. Srivastava, I. Omar, A. K. Asthana, M. Staniaszek-Kik, A. Cienkowska, M. -M. Stefanut, S. Stefanut, G. Tamas, C. -C. Birsan, G. -R. Nicoara, M. C. Ion, T. Pocs, G. Kunev, E. I. Troeva, J. van Rooy, P. Wietrzyk-Pelka, M. H. Wegrzyn, G. J. Wolski, D. Bozyk, A. Cienkowska
JOURNAL OF BRYOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Monika Staniaszek-Kik, Jan Zarnowiec, Damian Chmura