Results
Publications
2023
Published article
Băncilă, R.I., Cogӑlniceanu, D., Manu, M., Plăiaş̧u, R., Stănescu, F., Memedemin, D., Skolka, M., Tofan, L. and Lăcătuşu, A., 2023. A Multi-Community Approach in Biodiversity Assessment of a Peat Bog in the Southern Carpathians (Romania) and Implications for Conservation. Environmental Entomology, 52(2), 217-229.
Scientific Manuscripts (in preparation / under review)
Urziceanu, M., Rozylowicz, L., Stefanescu, D., Anastasiu P. Monitoring plant diversity in wind farms: an approach for early detection of alien plants in two disturbed areas of Romania. Conservation Science and Practice. Under review.
Jacobsen, D. et al. Biodiversity in alpine waters: features, threats, needs and challenges. Biological Reviews. Under review.
Drăgan, O., Rozylowicz, L., Ureche, D., Falka, I., Cogălniceanu, D. Distribution of invasive fish species in Romanian freshwaters. NeoBiota. In preparation.
Cogălniceanu, D., Ruşti, D., Stănescu F., Rozylowicz, L. How complete are biodiversity inventories? Biases in faunistic may hinder conservation in protected areas. Case study: Retezat National Park, Romania. Biodiversity Data Journal. In preparation.
Stănescu F., Drăgan., A.M., Llusia, D., Marquez, R., Cogălniceanu D. Whispers from the Carpathians – passive acoustic monitoring reveals diversity patterns and human impact in a historical scientific reserve. Bioacoustics. In preparation.
Scientific talks (presenting author in bold)
Marius Skolka, Dan Cogălniceanu, Daniyar Memedemin, Florina Stănescu, Ovidiu Drăgan, Carla Gavrilescu, Alexandra Soimu, Teodora Tănase. Diurnal butterflies from mountainous areas as indicators of the conservation status of habitats. Conferinţa Ecologia şi Protecţia Ecosistemelor, Ediţia 14, 1-4 noiembrie 2023 Bacău.
Constantin Ciubuc, Dan Cogălniceanu, Marius Skolka. Rare species of coleoptera and gastropoda from the Retezat Mountains. Conferinţa Ecologia şi Protecţia Ecosistemelor, Ediţia 14, 1-4 noiembrie 2023 Bacău.
Florina Stănescu, Ana-Maria Drăgan, Dan Cogălniceanu. Exploring the acoustic heritage of the Carpathians – a case study from Retezat National Park. Conferinţa Ecologia şi Protecţia Ecosistemelor, Ediţia 14, 1-4 noiembrie 2023, Bacău.
Marius Skolka, Dan Cogălniceanu, Daniyar Memedemin, Ovidiu Drăgan, Cristina Preda – Climate changes and invasive alien species in Romania – the Corytucha case. Joint ESENIAS and DIAS Scientific Conference 2023 and 12th ESENIAS Workshop, 11-14 octombrie 2023, Varna, Bulgaria.
Daniyar Memedemin, Paulina Anastasiu, Marius Skolka, Dan Cogalniceanu – Alien plant species in alpine areas – a case study in Southern Carpathians. Joint ESENIAS and DIAS Scientific Conference 2023 and 12th ESENIAS Workshop, 11-14 octombrie 2023, Varna, Bulgaria.
Cogălniceanu, D., Stănescu, F., Topliceanu, S., Sinsch, U. Age and growth-size variation in the common frog across a latitudinal gradient. 22nd European Congress of Herpetology, 4-8 septembrie 2023, Wolverhampton, UK.
Stănescu, F., Drăgan, A.M., Cogălniceanu D. Whispers from the Carpathians- exploring the acoustic print of a scientific nature reserve. BIOTA – Biodiversitate, Tradiţii, Actualitate, 5-6 mai, 2023, Cluj Napoca.
2022
Published article
Schmeller, D. S., Urbach, D., Bates, K., Catalan, J., Cogălniceanu, D., Fisher, M. C., Friesen, J., Fureder, L., Gaube, V., Haver, M., Jacobsen, D., Le Roux, G., Lin, Y.P., Loyau, A., Machate, O., Mayer, A., Palomo, I., Plutzar, C., Sentenac, H., Sommaruga, R., Tiberti, R. & Ripple, W. J. 2022. Scientists' warning of threats to mountains. Science of The Total Environment, 158611.
Scientific talks (presenting author in bold)
Marius Skolka, Dan Cogălniceanu, Daniyar Memedemin, Ovidiu Drăgan, Carla Gavrilescu, Teodora Tanase: Corytucha arcuata (Say, 1832) (Heteroptera, Tingidae) in alpine habitats from the Romanian Carpathians. Joint ESENIAS and DIAS Scientific Conference 2022 and 11th ESENIAS Workshop Invasive alien species under conditions of global crisis. 13–15 November 2022. Demre, Antalya.
Marius Skolka, Daniyar Memedemin, Ovidiu Drăgan, Carla Gavrilescu: New data on the presence of Sceliphron curvatum (F.Smith, 1870) (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) in Romania. Joint ESENIAS and DIAS Scientific Conference 2022 and 11th ESENIAS Workshop Invasive alien species under conditions of global crisis. 13–15 November 2022. Demre, Antalya.
Ovidiu Drăgan, Dan Cogălniceanu : Introduced fish species in Romanian alpine lakes: Retezat National Park case study. Joint ESENIAS and DIAS Scientific Conference 2022 and 11th ESENIAS Workshop Invasive alien species under conditions of global crisis. 13–15 November 2022. Demre, Antalya.
Scientists' warning of threats to mountains
Mountain ecosystems are complex, dynamic and exceptionally fragile. We are only beginning to understand the functional ecology of mountain ecosystems, but international research already suggests that changing species communities will be detrimental to the environment, to biodiversity and therefore to a critical part of Earth’s life-support system.
In this Scientists' warning, we outline major threats to mountains, which are particularly sensitive to global change. For example, climate change is modifying and will continue to modify the occurrence of extreme events, the amount of precipitations (rain and snow), as well as freeze and thaw cycles, with impacts on the onset of snow melt (and thus length of growing season) and water temperatures, aggravating impacts from inappropriate land use practices. Global change with all the different pressures outlined above causes imbalances in the functioning of mountain ecosystems, which lead to changes in vital biological, biochemical, and chemical processes, critically reducing ecosystem health with repercussions for animal and human health.
Because mountain biodiversity is the basis for ecosystem functioning and the provision of ecosystem services, changes in mountains will have far reaching impacts for the human society. We therefore call for urgent consideration of mountain ecosystems and their protection in local, regional and global conservation legislation.
To reinforce our message, we kindly invite you to sign the article "Scientists' warning of threats to mountains".
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