Preface to the Princeton Landmarks in Biology Edition vii Preface xi Symbols Used xiii 1. The Importance of Islands 3 2. Area and Number of Speicies 8 3. Further Explanations of the Area-Diversity Pattern 19 4. The Strategy of Colonization 68 5. Invasibility and the Variable Niche 94 6. Stepping Stones and Biotic Exchange 123 7. Evolutionary Changes Following Colonization 145 8. Prospect 181 Glossary 185 References 193 Index 201

The Theory of Island Biogeography

Biodeterioration of stone: a review

Novel urban ecosystems, biodiversity, and conservation.

Vegetation Ecology of Central Europe.

This article provides an outline of the classification of the kingdom Fungi (including fossil fungi. i.e. dispersed spores, mycelia, sporophores, mycorrhizas). We treat 19 phyla of fungi. These are Aphelidiomycota, Ascomycota, Basidiobolomycota, Basidiomycota, Blastocladiomycota, Calcarisporiellomycota, Caulochytriomycota, Chytridiomycota, Entomophthoromycota, Entorrhizomycota, Glomeromycota, Kickxellomycota, Monoblepharomycota, Mortierellomycota, Mucoromycota, Neocallimastigomycota, Olpidiomycota, Rozellomycota and Zoopagomycota. The placement of all fungal genera is provided at the class-, order- and family-level. The described number of species per genus is also given. Notes are provided of taxa for which recent changes or disagreements have been presented. Fungus-like taxa that were traditionally treated as fungi are also incorporated in this outline (i.e. Eumycetozoa, Dictyosteliomycetes, Ceratiomyxomycetes and Myxomycetes). Four new taxa are introduced: Amblyosporida ord. nov. Neopereziida ord. nov. and Ovavesiculida ord. nov. in Rozellomycota, and Protosporangiaceae fam. nov. in Dictyosteliomycetes. Two different classifications (in outline section and in discussion) are provided for Glomeromycota and Leotiomycetes based on recent studies. The phylogenetic reconstruction of a four-gene dataset (18S and 28S rRNA, RPB1, RPB2) of 433 taxa is presented, including all currently described orders of fungi.

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Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa

Reports on the problem of biodeterioration of works of art This didactic text is intended for conservators without specialization in biology and for biologist lacking experience in conservation The book comprises six chapters: environmental factors in biodeterioration (general principles of ecology, atmospheric factors, pollution effects); mechanisms and phenomenology of biodeterioration (physical processes, chemical processes, aesthetic damage, phenomenology of biological alterations); biodeterioration of organic materials (wood, paper, textiles, leather, parchment, paintings); biodeterioration of inorganic materials (stone and related materials, glass, metals - fungi, bacteria, lichens, lower and higher plants); methods of prevention (indoor and outdoor environments); control measures (mechanical, physical, biological and chemical methods (biocides, insecticides, pesticides), biochemical methods The work is completed by a glossary of biological terms and an appendix covering elements of general biology, systematics of biodeteriogens, and analysis techniques

Biology in the conservation of works of art

Deterioration of limestone walls in Jerusalem and marble monuments in Rome caused by Cyanobacteria and cyanophilous lichens.

A wide sampling for isolating highly destructive and extremotolerant black fungi was performed from Italian monuments in selected historical sites which include the “Cortile della Pigna”, Vatican Museum and the St Peter colonnade (Vatican City State), the monumental cemetery of Bonaria (Cagliari), and other monuments in the city of Cagliari. Thirty out of seventy-four strains isolated were identified basing on ITS Blastn comparison. Based on multilocus phylogeny and morphological data, one new genus and species Lithophila guttulata, five new species Knufia marmoricola, K. vaticanii, K. karalitana, K. mediterranea and Exophiala bonariae, order Chaetothyriales and one new genus and species, Saxophila tyrrhenica, and two new species Vermiconia calcicola and Devriesia sardiniae, order Capnodiales, were proposed. Ecological considerations are put forward.

Giulia Caneva

Papers

Biology in the conservation of works of art

Deterioration of limestone walls in Jerusalem and marble monuments in Rome caused by Cyanobacteria and cyanophilous lichens.

Extremotolerant rock inhabiting black fungi from Italian monumental sites

Folk phytotherapeutical plants from Maratea area (Basilicata, Italy).

Biodeterioration of mural paintings in a rocky habitat: The Crypt of the Original Sin (Matera, Italy)