Open AccessCzerwona lista porostów zagrożonych w Puszczy Białowieskiej [Red List of threatened lichens in the Białowieża Old-growth Forest]
Author(s) -
Krystyna Czyżewska,
Stanisław Cieśliński
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
monographiae botanicae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2392-2923
pISSN - 0077-0655
DOI - 10.5586/mb.2003.006
Subject(s) - threatened species , iucn red list , lichen , near threatened species , endangered species , biota , critically endangered , ecology , conservation status , geography , biodiversity , biology , habitat
The first regional list of threatened lichens and allied fungi is presented. The list is a result of investigation studies in the Białowieża Old-growth Forest, best preserved forests in European lowland, located in North-Eastern Poland. The status of threat to the lichen and allied fungi species listed has been determined according to the Red List Categories by IUCN (2001, version 3.1). The data obtained were compared with historical ones. Changes of the species main frequency were used as an additional indicator of their threat status. The Red List includes 135 taxa of lichens, lichenicolous and saprobic fungi, which constitute 33.7% of the local biota and 8.4% of Polish biota. The status of threatened biota has the folowing categories: Regionally Extinct (RE) - 38 taxa, Critically Endangered (CR) - 29, Endangered (EN) - 19, Vulnerable (VU) - 8, Near Threatened (NT) - 9, Least Concern (LC) -11 and Data Deficient (DD) - 21.