Approaches for the cultivation-independent analysis of microbial communities are
summarized as meta'omics, which predominantly includes metagenomic,-transcriptomic …

An update of xanthones encountered in lichens is proposed as more than 20 new xanthones
have been described since the publication of the compendium of lichen metabolites by …

Across environmental gradients, community‐level functional traits of plants can change due
to species turnover, intraspecific variation and their covariation. Studies on vascular plants …

While analytical techniques in natural products research massively shifted to liquid
chromatography-mass spectrometry, lichen chemistry remains reliant on limited analytical …

The creation of a coordinated publishing and aggregation system of biodiversity data is a
challenging task, which calls for the adoption of open data standards. ITALIC, the …

Work is in progress for the completion of a computer-aided key to all lichens known to occur
in Italy, which will be freely available online, and as a free application for mobile devices. A …

In lichen symbioses, fungal secondary metabolites provide UV protection on which lichen
algae such as trebouxiophycean green algae—the most prominent group of photobionts in …

Biodiversity supports ecosystem functioning and productivity, and makes ecosystems more
resilient and resistant to changes. Ecosystem functions are due to the biological …

Lichens play important roles in habitat formation and community succession in polar and
alpine ecosystems. Despite their significance, the ecological effects of lichen traits remain …

Assessing the ecological impacts of environmental change on biological communities
requires knowledge of the factors driving the spatial patterns of the three diversity facets …