A biogeographical study of red listed lichen species at temporal and spatial scales within protected and non-protected areas

Vicol, Ioana; Mihăilescu, Simona

doi:10.1038/s41598-022-04872-1

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“…indicators in long-term studies concerning complex and interconnected aspects of SFM (Brunialti et 2020;Frati et al 2022). Contrary to our findings, Vicol & Mihăilescu (2022) observed no significant differences in the red-listed lichen species number between NPAs and PAs in Romania. This result was attributed to the lack of anthropogenic impact: in Romania, many NPAs are situated in remote areas where the main land-use management is based on traditional practices that do not have a major negative impact on the environment.…”

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Natura 2000 network enhances the protection of rare epiphytic lichens: evidence from forest sites of Central Italy

Frati,

Brunialti

2023

The Lichenologist

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Although epiphytic lichens are widely adopted as environmental indicators, they are not yet included among the target species listed in Annex II of the Habitats Directive, to which the system of protected areas of the Natura 2000 network refers. In this work, we aim to test the effectiveness of this system, mainly designed for the conservation of other groups of species, in protecting lichen species richness. For this purpose, we considered a case study (Central Italy) with half of the territory included in protected areas. Statistical differences in species richness and lichen communities were tested between sites located in 16 Protected Areas (PA) and 11 Non-Protected Areas (NPA) using non-parametric tests, multi-response permutation procedures (MRPP), non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) and Indicator Species Analysis (ISA). Despite the broad overlap between epiphytic lichen communities of NPAs and PAs and a similar number of total and common species, PAs contain a significantly higher number of nationally rare and extremely rare species, including cyanolichens. These results are also confirmed by the indicator analysis. Although the Natura 2000 network does not explicitly address the conservation of lichens, the protected areas in our study can play a role in protecting the diversity of epiphytic lichens, especially nationally rare and endangered species. However, the future inclusion of red-listed epiphytic lichens among the target species of Annex II of the Habitats Directive would be welcome to better protect these organisms on a European level.

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