Claim · model-written summary
The Hygrobiella laxifolia population showed a sudden sharp decline in recent years after little change over a long period.
- Taxon
- Hygrobiella laxifoliaHygrobiella laxifoliat0
- Outcome
- populatione1
- Direction
- sudden sharp declinee1
Verbatim
t0“Hygrobiella laxifolia”
e1“After little change in the population over a long period, a sudden sharp decline has been observed in recent years”
Title
Frank Müller; Ivana Marková; Christiane M. Ritz Diversity 2024. doi:10.3390/d16050258
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Association The decline of Hygrobiella laxifolia correlates with the mass proliferation of the European spruce bark beetle.
- Mechanism Competition from other, more competitive species is suggested to be an important cause of the decline of Hygrobiella laxifolia.
- Mechanism Climate change is assumed to be the main reason for the decline of Hygrobiella laxifolia in the area.
- Observation Populations of Hygrobiella laxifolia in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains show morphological peculiarities.
- Observation The Elbe Sandstone Mountains sample fits well into the clade of Hygrobiella laxifolia in the molecular phylogeny.
- Observation In many areas of occurrence, the forests now have a sparser tree layer.
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