20.500.12556/DiRROS-20721 Weak effect of urbanization on bdelloid rotifers living in lichens Human activities have an overwhelming impact on the natural environment, leading to a deep biodiversity crisis whose effects range from genes to ecosystems. Here, we analysed the effect of such anthropogenic impacts on bdelloid rotifers (Rotifera Bdelloidea), for whom these effects are poorly understood. We targeted bdelloid rotifers living in lichen patches across urbanization gradients in Flanders and Brussels (Belgium). Urbanization was measured as the percentage of built-up area (BU) across different spatial scales, at circles from 50 to 3200 m of radius around the lichen. Urbanization effects on biodiversity were assessed on abundance, species richness and community-weighted mean body size of bdelloid rotifers, as well as on genetic diversity of a mitochondrial marker (cytochrome c oxidase subunit I) of one of the most common and widespread bdelloid species, Adineta vaga. Overall, no negative effect of urbanization was found at any diversity level and any spatial scale. Counterintuitively, the BU area quantified at the largest spatial scale had a positive effect on abundance. These results leave open the question of whether negative effects of urbanization are present for bdelloid rotifers, if they are mediated by other unexplored drivers, or if such effects are only visible at even larger spatial scales. urbanization lichens lišaji vpliv urbanizacije true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2024-10-29 03:34:25 2024-10-29 10:37:35 2024-11-20 08:19:12 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2024 0 0 Nasl. z nasl. zaslona; Opis vira z dne 28. 10. 2024; str. 1-12 [article no.] ǂ231978 Vol. 11 2024 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2024-01-01 630*17:630*91(043.2)=111 2054-5703 10.1098/rsos.231978 213109763 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.231978 1 6ed17cd9-95d9-11ef-89f3-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=29245 RAZ_Partemi_Rebecca_2024.pdf RAZ_Partemi_Rebecca_2024.pdf 1 625FBE808BF59FBA5F0DB81CBC51A0A5 95a64d907790b7575a3d554cfdd237e6d4b37e774e2acac252702d5b3a346f9b 7596ce9a-95d9-11ef-89f3-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=29246 Gozdarski inštitut Slovenije 0 0 0