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Diatom Red Lists: important tools to assess and preserve biodiversity and habitats in the face of direct impacts and environmental change
Freshwater biodiversity is disproportionally endangered and under-prioritized. Algal Red Lists literature is very limited, and there are only two editions of a single diatom-specific Red List (developed for Ge...
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Open AccessContrasting multitaxon responses to climate change in Mediterranean mountains
We explored the influence of climatic factors on diversity patterns of multiple taxa (lichens, bryophytes, and vascular plants) along a steep elevational gradient to predict communities’ dynamics under future ...
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Open AccessSpecies richness and beta diversity patterns of multiple taxa along an elevational gradient in pastured grasslands in the European Alps
To understand how diversity is distributed in space is a fundamental aim for optimizing future species and community conservation. We examined in parallel species richness and beta diversity components of nine...
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Comparison between natural and impacted Alpine lakes six years after hydropower exploitation has ceased
Many lakes in mountain regions have been used for hydropower generation since the 1950s. It has been estimated that as many as 79% of the rivers in the Alps have been affected by the presence of hydropower pla...
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Diversity and distribution of benthic and hyporheic fauna in different stream types on an alpine glacial floodplain
Although processes involved in the relationship between hyporheic and benthic zone have been elucidated in recent years, the spatial and temporal dynamics of the invertebrate assemblages is unclear in alpine s...
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Urbanization effects on shoreline phytobenthos: a multiscale approach at lake extent
To understand how littoral biota respond to anthropogenic disturbances, limnologists seek to detect the scale at which patterns and processes occur. We conducted an extensive study on the shoreline phytobenth...
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Spatial structure, rock type, and local environmental conditions drive moss and lichen distribution on calcareous boulders
Although mosses and lichens are a relevant component of the biota of rock habitats targeted for biodiversity conservation in Europe, the ecological factors driving their distribution are still poorly known. In...
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Palustriella falcata (Brid.) Hedenäs (Amblystegiaceae, Bryopsida) with pluristratose lamina: morphological variability of specimens in springs of the Italian Alps
Pluristratose leaf lamina in pleurocarpous aquatic mosses is a mysterious morphological character state because of its recurrence among unrelated lineages. It has been found sporadically around the world in ph...
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Spatial distribution of bryophytes along a moisture gradient: an approach using photosynthetic pigments as indicators of stress
Height above water table in aquatic habitats has long been recognized as the key factor for determining the spatial structure of bryophyte assemblages. Using photosynthetic pigments as indicators of stress alo...
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Switch between competition and facilitation within a seasonal scale at colony level in bryophytes
The relative importance of positive and negative interaction in species assemblages is thought to be dependent on the harshness of the physical environment. I studied the consistency of this prediction in a fi...
