A5072421515- Lichen and fungal ecology
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Bryophyte Studies and Records
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Forest Management and Policy
- Plant responses to elevated CO2
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies
- Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Plant and animal studies
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Diatoms and Algae Research
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Historical and Environmental Studies
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
- Environmental Science and Technology
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
2016-2025
Kunming Institute of Botany
2019-2023
Chinese Academy of Sciences
2023
University of Bern
1987-2021
Wyoming State Library
2021
Kherson State University
2014
University of California, Santa Barbara
2010
Technical University of Munich
1999
Abstract Four primers for the amplification of mitochondrial DNA lichenforming ascomycetes are presented. The match conserved regions U2, U4, and U6, respectively, small subunit (SSU) ribosomal (rDNA). Polymerase chain reaction using different combinations produced single products from eight lichen-forming fungal species but did not amplify two axenic cultured algal species. product obtained Lobaria pulmonaria was sequenced 894-bp sequence compared with SSU rDNA Podospora anserine ....
Pezizomycotina is the largest subphylum of Ascomycota and includes vast majority filamentous, ascoma-producing species. Here we report results from weighted parsimony, maximum likelihood Bayesian phylogenetic analyses five nuclear loci (SSU rDNA, LSU RPB1, RPB2 EF-1α) 191 taxa. Nine 10 classes currently recognized were represented in sampling. These data strongly supported monophyly Pezizomycotina, Arthoniomycetes, Eurotiomycetes, Orbiliomycetes Sordariomycetes. Pezizomycetes Dothideomycetes...
The Lecanoromycetes includes most of the lichen-forming fungal species (> 13500) and is therefore one diverse class all Fungi in terms phenotypic complexity. We report phylogenetic relationships within resulting from Bayesian maximum likelihood analyses with complementary posterior probabilities bootstrap support values based on three combined multilocus datasets using a supermatrix approach. Nine 10 orders 43 64 families currently recognized Eriksson's classification (Outline...
Four primers for the amplification of mitochondrial DNA lichenforming ascomycetes are presented. The match conserved regions U2, U4, and U6, respectively, small subunit (SSU) ribosomal (rDNA). Polymerase chain reaction using different combinations produced single products from eight lichen-forming fungal species but did not amplify two axenic cultured algal species. product obtained Lobaria pulmonaria was sequenced 894-bp sequence compared with SSU rDNA Podospora anserine. sequences revealed...
Pezizomycotina is the largest subphylum of Ascomycota and includes vast majority filamentous, ascoma-producing species. Here we report results from weighted parsimony, maximum likelihood Bayesian phylogenetic analyses five nuclear loci (SSU rDNA, LSU RPB1, RPB2 EF-1α) 191 taxa. Nine 10 classes currently recognized were represented in sampling. These data strongly supported monophyly Pezizomycotina, Arthoniomycetes, Eurotiomycetes, Orbiliomycetes Sordariomycetes. Pezizomycetes Dothideomycetes...
Dispersal is a process critical for the dynamics and persistence of metapopulations, but it difficult to quantify. It has been suggested that old-forest lichen Lobaria pulmonaria limited by insufficient dispersal ability. We analyzed 240 DNA extracts derived from snow samples L. pulmonaria-specific real-time PCR (polymerase chain reaction) assay ITS (internal transcribed spacer) region allowing discrimination among propagules originating single, isolated source tree or other locations....
The Lecanoromycetes includes most of the lichen-forming fungal species (>13 500) and is therefore one diverse class all Fungi in terms phenotypic complexity. We report phylogenetic relationships within resulting from Bayesian maximum likelihood analyses with complementary posterior probabilities bootstrap support values based on three combined multilocus datasets using a supermatrix approach. Nine 10 orders 43 64 families currently recognized Eriksson's classification (Outline...
Abstract The foliose epiphytic lichen Lobaria pulmonaria has suffered a significant decline in European lowlands during the last decades and therefore is considered as endangered throughout Europe. An assessment of genetic variability necessary to formulate biologically sound conservation recommendations for this species. We investigated diversity fungal symbiont L. using 143 specimens sampled from six populations (two small, one medium, three large) lowland, Jura Mountains, pre‐Alps Alps...
Abstract Many lichen species produce both sexual and asexual propagules, but, aside from being minute, these diaspores lack special adaptations for long‐distance dispersal. So far, molecular studies have not directly addressed isolation genetic differentiation of populations, affected by gene flow, at a regional scale. We used six mycobiont‐specific microsatellite loci to investigate the population structure epiphytic Lobaria pulmonaria in two regions that strongly differed with respect...
Abstract Lichens are widespread symbioses and play important roles in many terrestrial ecosystems. The genetic structure of lichens is the result association between fungal algal populations constituting lichen thallus. Using eight fungus‐ seven alga‐specific highly variable microsatellite markers on within‐population spatial data from 62 replicate across Europe, North America, Asia Africa, we investigated contributions vertical horizontal transmission photobiont to epiphytic Lobaria...
Dictyochloropsis s.l. is an ecologically important, common but little-studied genus of green algae. Here, we examined the diversity and host selectivity algae attributed to this at both species-to-species species-to-community levels. We conducted a molecular investigation 15 cultured strains several lichen photobionts, using 18S rRNA, rbcL ITS sequence data. further used seven alga-specific microsatellite markers study algal sharing among fungi family Lobariaceae in two populations Madeira...
The aim of the study was to document prevailing indigenous knowledge and various uses lichens among lichenophilic communities in hills mountainous settlements Nepal.
The Himalayas are a global hotspot for bird diversity with large number of threatened species, but little is known about seasonal changes in communities along elevational gradients this region. We studied the seasonality six valleys Central Himalayas, Nepal. Using 318 plots 50 m radius, located from 2200 to 3800 a.s.l., and repeated sampling during different seasons (mainly pre-monsoon, monsoon, post-monsoon), we analyzed 3642 occurrences 178 species. Birds classified literature as resident...
Summary The popular dual definition of lichen symbiosis is under question with recent findings additional microbial partners living within the body. Here we compare distribution and co‐occurrence patterns photobiont recently described secondary fungus (Cyphobasidiales yeast) to evaluate their dependency on host (mycobiont). We sequenced nuclear internal transcribed spacer (ITS) strands for mycobiont, photobiont, yeast from six widespread northern hemisphere epiphytic species collected 25...