Search Results - "Sancho, Leopoldo G"
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Recent Warming and Cooling in the Antarctic Peninsula Region has Rapid and Large Effects on Lichen Vegetation
Published in Scientific reports (24-07-2017)“…The Antarctic Peninsula has had a globally large increase in mean annual temperature from the 1951 to 1998 followed by a decline that still continues. The…”
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Antarctic Studies Show Lichens to be Excellent Biomonitors of Climate Change
Published in Diversity (Basel) (19-03-2019)“…Lichens have been used as biomonitors for multiple purposes. They are well-known as air pollution indicators around urban and industrial centers. More…”
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Macroclimatic conditions as main drivers for symbiotic association patterns in lecideoid lichens along the Transantarctic Mountains, Ross Sea region, Antarctica
Published in Scientific reports (06-12-2021)“…Lecideoid lichens as dominant vegetation-forming organisms in the climatically harsh areas of the southern part of continental Antarctica show clear…”
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Macrolichen Communities Depend on Phorophyte in Conguillío National Park, Chile
Published in Plants (Basel) (26-06-2023)“…The community composition of epiphytic macrolichens from two tree species ( and ) was conducted in temperate forests in the Conguillío National Park, Chile…”
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Desiccation Tolerance of Epiphytic Macrolichens in an Evergreen Temperate Rain Forest (Alerce Costero National Park, Chile)
Published in Plants (Basel) (31-05-2024)“…The Valdivian region has a temperate rainy climate with differences in rainfall throughout the year. This heterogeneity results in periods of summer drought…”
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Floristic Similarities between the Lichen Flora of Both Sides of the Drake Passage: A Biogeographical Approach
Published in Journal of fungi (Basel) (01-01-2024)“…This paper analyses the lichen flora of Navarino Island (Tierra del Fuego, Cape Horn Region, Chile), identifying species shared with the South Shetland Islands…”
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Bryophyte-cyanobacteria associations during primary succession in recently Deglaciated areas of Tierra del Fuego (Chile)
Published in PloS one (12-05-2014)“…Bryophyte establishment represents a positive feedback process that enhances soil development in newly exposed terrain. Further, biological nitrogen (N)…”
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Survival of lichens and bacteria exposed to outer space conditions – Results of the Lithopanspermia experiments
Published in Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962) (01-08-2010)“…In the space experiments Lithopanspermia, experimental support was provided to the likelihood of the lithopanspermia concept that considers a viable transport…”
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Freeze Substitution Accelerated via Agitation: New Prospects for Ultrastructural Studies of Lichen Symbionts and Their Extracellular Matrix
Published in Plants (Basel) (30-11-2023)“…(1) Background: Lichens, as an important part of the terrestrial ecosystem, attract the attention of various research disciplines. To elucidate their…”
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Lichens survive in space: results from the 2005 LICHENS experiment
Published in Astrobiology (01-06-2007)“…This experiment was aimed at establishing, for the first time, the survival capability of lichens exposed to space conditions. In particular, the damaging…”
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Extreme phenotypic variation in Cetraria aculeata (lichenized Ascomycota): adaptation or incidental modification?
Published in Annals of botany (01-05-2012)“…• Background and Aims Phenotypic variability is a successful strategy in lichens for colonizing different habitats. Vagrancy has been reported as a specific…”
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Continuous monitoring of chlorophyll a fluorescence and microclimatic conditions reveals warming-induced physiological damage in biocrust-forming lichens
Published in Plant and soil (01-01-2023)“…Purpose Biocrust communities, which are important regulators of multiple ecosystem functions in drylands, are highly sensitive to climate change. There is…”
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Genetic diversity of soil invertebrates corroborates timing estimates for past collapses of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (08-09-2020)“…During austral summer field seasons between 1999 and 2018, we sampled at 91 locations throughout southern Victoria Land and along the Transantarctic Mountains…”
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Anatomical, morphological and ecophysiological strategies in Placopsis pycnotheca (lichenized fungi, Ascomycota) allowing rapid colonization of recently deglaciated soils
Published in Flora. Morphologie, Geobotanik, Oekophysiologie (01-10-2011)“…The green algal lichen Placopsis pycnotheca was identified at Pia and Marinelli glaciers (Isla Grande of Tierra de Fuego, Chile) as a primary colonizer of bare…”
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Taxonomic and phylogenetic approach to some Antarctic lichenicolous fungi
Published in Mycological progress (01-02-2023)“…This study was focused on lichenicolous fungi from the Antarctic region whose diversity is not yet well known. The sampling was carried out in the maritime…”
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Identity of plant, lichen and moss species connects with microbial abundance and soil functioning in maritime Antarctica
Published in Plant and soil (01-08-2018)“…Background and aims We lack studies evaluating how the identity of plant, lichen and moss species relates to microbial abundance and soil functioning on…”
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A research agenda for nonvascular photoautotrophs under climate change
Published in The New phytologist (01-03-2023)“…Summary Nonvascular photoautotrophs (NVP), including bryophytes, lichens, terrestrial algae, and cyanobacteria, are increasingly recognized as being essential…”
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Summer activity patterns for a moss and lichen in the maritime Antarctic with respect to altitude
Published in Polar biology (01-11-2021)“…There is considerable scientific interest as to how terrestrial biodiversity in Antarctica might respond, or be expected to respond, to climate change. The two…”
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Invariant properties of mycobiont‐photobiont networks in Antarctic lichens
Published in Global ecology and biogeography (01-11-2023)“…AimLichens are often regarded as paradigms of mutualistic relationships. However, it is still poorly known how lichen‐forming fungi and their photosynthetic…”
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Assessing the conservation values and tourism threats in Barrientos Island, Antarctic Peninsula
Published in Journal of environmental management (15-07-2020)“…Antarctica has been witnessing continued growth of tourism, both in the overall visitation and in the diversity of itineraries and visitor activities…”
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