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Articles by Simeon Lisovski
Woody plant encroachment enhanced negative interactions in Arctic plant communities over the last 24,000 years
Abstract Woody taxa encroachment in the Arctic has been widely observed. However, it remains uncertain how plant interactions are affected by such encroachment due to the lack of long-term observational data. Here, we reconstruct plant composition and functional trait turnover during post-glacial woody encroachment using sedimentary ancient DNA from nine lakes in the Siberia-Alaska region.
Woody plant encroachment enhances negative interactions in Arctic plant communities over the last 24,000 years
Abstract Woody taxa encroachment in the Arctic has been widely observed. However, it remains uncertain how plant interactions are affected by such encroachment due to the lack of long-term observational data. Here, we reconstruct plant composition and functional trait turnover during post-glacial woody encroachment using sedimentary ancient DNA from nine lakes in the Siberia-Alaska region.
Migration in Rufous‐Collared Sparrows (Zonotrichia capensis) from the Southernmost Tip of America
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Plant interactions associated with a directional shift in the richness range size relationship during the Glacial-Holocene transition in the Arctic - Nature Communications
Abstract A nearly ubiquitous negative relationship between taxonomic richness and mean range-size (average area of taxa) is observed across space. However, the complexity of the mechanism limits its applicability for conservation or range prediction. We explore whether the relationship holds over time, and whether plant speciation, environmental heterogeneity, or plant interactions are major factors of the relationship within northeast Siberia and Alaska.
Potential plant extinctions with the loss of the Pleistocene mammoth steppe - Nature Communications
Abstract During the Pleistocene-Holocene transition, the dominant mammoth steppe ecosystem across northern Eurasia vanished, in parallel with megafauna extinctions. However, plant extinction patterns are rarely detected due to lack of identifiable fossil records.
Unexpected delayed incursion of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 (clade 2.3.4.4b) in the Antarctic region
Abstract The current highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 panzootic has substantial impacts on wild birds and marine mammals. Although major outbreaks occurred in South America, incursion to Antarctica emerged late in the breeding season of 2023/2024 and was confined the wider region of the Antarctic Peninsula. To infer potential underlying processes, we compiled H5N1 surveillance from Antarctica and Sub-Antarctic Islands prior to the first confirmed cases.
No evidence for highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 (clade 2.3.4.4b) in the Antarctic region during the austral summer 2022/23
Abstract The current highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 panzootic has profound impacts on wild birds. Herein, we compiled H5N1 surveillance from Antarctica and Sub-Antarctic Islands to ascertain whether HPAI was present in this region. Observations and HPAI testing indicated no incursion of the virus during the austral summer 2022/23. Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest.
Migration routes and wintering sites of the Aquatic Warblers Acrocephalus paludicola breeding in Lithuania and North Belarus
Abstract For the effective protection of the globally threatened Aquatic Warbler in its entire range, knowledge of the migration and wintering areas as well as their current conservation status is of great importance. The question on where the different breeding population overwinter where (connectivity) equally important.
Arctic terns from circumpolar breeding colonies share common migratory routes
Joanna B. Wong1,*, Simeon Lisovski2, Ray T. Alisauskas3,4, Willow English5, Marie-Andrée Giroux6, Autumn-Lynn Harrison7, Dana Kellett3, Nicolas Lecomte8, Mark Maftei9, Avery Nagy-MacArthur10, Robert A. Ronconi11, Paul A. Smith12, Mark L.
A bird’s migration decoded
NEWS AND VIEWS 03 March 2021 Technological advances offer new ways to investigate the contribution that changing climate and genes have made in shaping past migrations by peregrine falcons. Can this help to predict the fate of future migrations? Simeon Lisovski & Simeon Lisovski is at the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems, 14473 Potsdam, Germany.
Shorebirds wintering in Southeast Asia demonstrate trans-Himalayan flights
Abstract Many birds wintering in the Indian subcontinent fly across the Himalayas during migration, including Bar-headed Geese (Anser indicus), Demoiselle Cranes (Anthropoides virgo) and Ruddy Shelducks (Tadorna ferruginea). However, little is known about whether shorebirds migrate across the Himalayas from wintering grounds beyond the Indian subcontinent.
Identifying migration routes and non-breeding staging sites of adult males of the globally threatened Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
Åkesson, S., Klaassen, R., Imgren, J. H., Fox, J. W. and Hedenström, A. (2012) Migration routes and strategies in a high aerial migrant, the Commom Swift Apus apus, revealed by light-level geolocators. PLOS One 7: e41195. Allan, A. M. and Singh, N. J. (2016) Linking movement ecology with wildlife management and conservation. Frontiers Ecol. Evol. 3: Article 55. Atienza, J. C., Pinilla, J. and Justribó, J. H. (2001) Migration and conservation of the Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola in Spain.
Inherent limits of light-level geolocation may lead to over-interpretation
In their 2015 Current Biology paper, Streby et al. [1] reported that Golden-winged Warblers (Vermivora chrysoptera), which had just migrated to their breeding location in eastern Tennessee, performed a facultative and up to “>1,500 km roundtrip” to the Gulf of Mexico to avoid a severe tornadic storm. From light-level geolocator data, wherein geographical locations are estimated via the timing of sunrise and sunset, Streby et al.
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