Liverworts of the South Kamchatka Nature Park: Survival in Active Volcanism Land
Kamchatka, due to its position in hemiarctic northeast Asia on the migration pathways of taxa from Asia to America and vice versa, which has an insular geographical position and provides numerous pieces of evidence regarding current active volcanism, has a peculiar flora. The study of the liverwort...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:ef03cde64b5241abb76178a3c7feebf0 2023-05-15T16:58:33+02:00 Liverworts of the South Kamchatka Nature Park: Survival in Active Volcanism Land Vadim A. Bakalin Ksenia G. Klimova Eugeniy A. Karpov Daniil A. Bakalin Seung Se Choi 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/d14090722 https://doaj.org/article/ef03cde64b5241abb76178a3c7feebf0 EN eng MDPI AG https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/9/722 https://doaj.org/toc/1424-2818 doi:10.3390/d14090722 1424-2818 https://doaj.org/article/ef03cde64b5241abb76178a3c7feebf0 Diversity, Vol 14, Iss 722, p 722 (2022) liverworts Kamchatka Peninsula Northeast Asia Pacific Ring of Fire distribution patterns nonvascular plants Biology (General) QH301-705.5 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/d14090722 2022-12-30T19:58:10Z Kamchatka, due to its position in hemiarctic northeast Asia on the migration pathways of taxa from Asia to America and vice versa, which has an insular geographical position and provides numerous pieces of evidence regarding current active volcanism, has a peculiar flora. The study of the liverwort flora of the southeastern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula (South Kamchatka Nature Park), which, until now, has been very poorly explored, showed high taxonomic richness and some specificity due to volcanic evidence. In total, 132 species have been recorded in this sector of the “Pacific Ring of Fire”. This number is quite high compared to other floras of hemiarctic Asia. The influence of volcanism on flora formation is prominent due to the regular renewal of substrates, the appearance of specific habitats (for example, thermal water outlets), the displacement of vegetation belts, and ashfalls leading to the presence of extended spaces free of vegetation cover and is an area that is open for invaders. The altitudinal zonality, despite the difference of 2000 m in elevation, is not clearly expressed in the flora of the liverworts: arctomontane species descend far down the altitudinal profile, reaching the Betula ermanii forests. The “plantless” uppermost belt in the mountains, commonly described in floristic studies of vascular plants, is not actually free of plants if liverwort occurrences are considered. A number of species normally occupy unusual habitats in the studied flora due to contemporary volcanism evidence, e.g., sulfur-rich substrates. Article in Journal/Newspaper Kamchatka Kamchatka Peninsula Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Kamchatka Peninsula ENVELOPE(160.000,160.000,56.000,56.000) Pacific Diversity 14 9 722 |
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Kamchatka, due to its position in hemiarctic northeast Asia on the migration pathways of taxa from Asia to America and vice versa, which has an insular geographical position and provides numerous pieces of evidence regarding current active volcanism, has a peculiar flora. The study of the liverwort flora of the southeastern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula (South Kamchatka Nature Park), which, until now, has been very poorly explored, showed high taxonomic richness and some specificity due to volcanic evidence. In total, 132 species have been recorded in this sector of the “Pacific Ring of Fire”. This number is quite high compared to other floras of hemiarctic Asia. The influence of volcanism on flora formation is prominent due to the regular renewal of substrates, the appearance of specific habitats (for example, thermal water outlets), the displacement of vegetation belts, and ashfalls leading to the presence of extended spaces free of vegetation cover and is an area that is open for invaders. The altitudinal zonality, despite the difference of 2000 m in elevation, is not clearly expressed in the flora of the liverworts: arctomontane species descend far down the altitudinal profile, reaching the Betula ermanii forests. The “plantless” uppermost belt in the mountains, commonly described in floristic studies of vascular plants, is not actually free of plants if liverwort occurrences are considered. A number of species normally occupy unusual habitats in the studied flora due to contemporary volcanism evidence, e.g., sulfur-rich substrates. |
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Liverworts of the South Kamchatka Nature Park: Survival in Active Volcanism Land |
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Liverworts of the South Kamchatka Nature Park: Survival in Active Volcanism Land |
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