Harald Kürschner’s research while affiliated with Freie Universität Berlin and other places

... Settlement may have continued during this time period at the important north Arabian basins of Tayma and Jubbah, around the Nafud desert. For example, the continued presence of the pollen of domesticated plants at Tayma from 6.6 kya [166] onward suggests continued human activity, and a carnelian bead manufacturing site at Tayma dates to this period [167]. Sites in the Jubbah basin mostly remain undated. ...

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Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: A new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization

... Herein an additional amblystegialean species, Drepanocladus capillifolius, is reported for the first time from two localities on the North Island. This is a panholarctic species which was recently recorded at stations in south-eastern Australia and Tasmania (Ellis et al. 2021(Ellis et al. , 2023Ellis, Afonina, et al. 2022). Although it is a distinct species (Ochyra 1989;Ochyra and Matteri 2001), some confusion arose around it because it was amalgamated with D. longifolius (Mitt.) ...

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New national and regional bryophyte records, 78

... In the present paper, Didymodon icmadophilus was recorded as new for C13 square according to the Henderson's grid-square system (Henderson, 1961). The species was previously recorded from localities in various provinces of Türkiye (Ardahan, Iğdır, Ordu, Aydın, Burdur and Konya) (Kürschner and Erdağ, 2021). ...

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The Bryophyte Flora of A Collapse Doline in Niğde (Türkiye)

... On the envelopes, information such as the species name, station number, habitat type, photograph number and specimen number was written, thus converting the specimens into herbarium material. In the identification of liverwort specimens collected from the research area, primary floristic works by Petrov (1975), Conrad and Redfearn (1979), Watson (1981), Smith (1996), Paton (1999), Keçeli (2004), Schumaker and Vana (2005) New records for the B6 grid square were verified according to Keçeli et al. (2011b), while new records for Çanakkale province were verified according to Şimşek (2023) and Erdağ and Kürschner (2017). ...

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Liverwort (Marchantiophyta) and Hornwort (Anthocerotophyta) Flora of Yenice District (Çanakkale): New Floristic Findings from the Northern Part of Mount Ida (Kaz Dağı)

... Compared to seed plants, there is less information on bryophytes in Türkiye. Although a large amount of floristic and ecological data has been collected from many parts of the country (Kürschner and Erdağ 2020, 2021a, 2021b, 2021c, 2021d, the current status of rare and endangered taxa in important plant areas and the fact that no study has been carried out on their conservation status seems to be a significant deficiency. These facts led the authors to develop a predictive distribution model at the country level, starting with the hornworts (Anthocerotophyta) of Türkiye. ...

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Predicting the spatial distribution of Turkish hornworts (Anthocerotophyta) under changing climatic conditions

... A total of 235 occurrence records belonging to Sphagnum taxa native to Türkiye were extracted (Çetin, 1999;Özdemir and Çetin, 1999;Payne et al., 2007;Abay et al., 2009a;Abay et al., 2009b;Yayıntas, 2013;Kırmacı and Kürschner, 2013;Kırmacı and Kürschner, 2017;Abay and Kecȩli, 2014;Kırmacı et al., 2016;Kırmacı et al.,2019;Kırmacı et al., 2022a;Kırmacı et al., 2022b;Özdemir and Batan, 2016;Ören et al., 2017;Söylemez et al., 2017;Erata et al., 2018;Erata et al., 2020a;Erata et al., 2020b;Erata et al.,2021a;Erata et al., 2021b;Canoglu et al., 2019;Gözcü et al., 2019;Kürschner et al., 2019a;Kürschner et al., 2019b;San Keskin and Uyar, 2019;Erata and Batan, 2020;Uyar et al., 2020;Kırmacı and Filiz, 2021;Kürschner and Erdag, 2021;Ellis et al., 2021). However, some of the Sphagnum species have been documented in the literature without any records of their longitude and latitude Kürschner and Erdag, 2021;Kırmacı et al., 2022aKırmacı et al., , 2022b. ...

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Predicting the distribution of Sphagna (Bryophyta) in Türkiye: a perspective of present and future climate scenarios

... In terms of its moss flora, this archipelago was for a long time the least studied of all subantarctic islands, but in recent decades more than 35 species have been newly recorded (e.g. Ochyra and Bell 1984;Ochyra 1993Ochyra , 2002Ochyra , 2003Blockeel et al. 2006;Blockeel, Bednarek-Ochyra, Ochyra, Garilleti, et al. 2007;Blockeel, Bednarek-Ochyra, Ochyra, Düzenli, et al. 2007;Ochyra and Bednarek-Ochyra 2013; Bednarek-Ochyra 2014a; Ochyra, Sollman et al. 2015;Ellis, Asthana et al. 2016;Ellis, Ah-Peng et al. 2017;Ellis, Alataş et al. 2017;Ellis, Afonina et al. 2017Ellis et al. 2018Ellis et al. , 2020Bednarek-Ochyra and Plášek 2019), and currently over 75 species are known. Herein, one more species, Bryum eatonii, is added. ...

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New national and regional bryophyte records, 78

... As a result, G. siccula is considered by these authors as a subspecies of G. tophacea. Following [7], we provisionally continue to treat this taxon as an independent species, in view of its morphological distinctiveness. Geheebia siccula and G. tophacea are two northern taxa. ...

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Bryophyte Flora of AlUla County (Saudi Arabia)—Distribution, Ecology, and Conservation

... A total of 235 occurrence records belonging to Sphagnum taxa native to Türkiye were extracted (Çetin, 1999;Özdemir and Çetin, 1999;Payne et al., 2007;Abay et al., 2009a;Abay et al., 2009b;Yayıntas, 2013;Kırmacı and Kürschner, 2013;Kırmacı and Kürschner, 2017;Abay and Kecȩli, 2014;Kırmacı et al., 2016;Kırmacı et al.,2019;Kırmacı et al., 2022a;Kırmacı et al., 2022b;Özdemir and Batan, 2016;Ören et al., 2017;Söylemez et al., 2017;Erata et al., 2018;Erata et al., 2020a;Erata et al., 2020b;Erata et al.,2021a;Erata et al., 2021b;Canoglu et al., 2019;Gözcü et al., 2019;Kürschner et al., 2019a;Kürschner et al., 2019b;San Keskin and Uyar, 2019;Erata and Batan, 2020;Uyar et al., 2020;Kırmacı and Filiz, 2021;Kürschner and Erdag, 2021;Ellis et al., 2021). However, some of the Sphagnum species have been documented in the literature without any records of their longitude and latitude Kürschner and Erdag, 2021;Kırmacı et al., 2022aKırmacı et al., , 2022b. ...

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Predicting the distribution of Sphagna (Bryophyta) in Türkiye: a perspective of present and future climate scenarios

... Discussion Documentation, identification, and recording of specimens have always been a crucial step in Plant Sciences and Ecology. Therefore, obtaining data and information about the flora of a country is a primary tool [23]. However, most of the data about the bryoflora of Iran is restricted to humid areas, and data from the Irano-Turanian region and arid and semi-arid areas of Iran are far from being complete. ...

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A preliminary study on bryoflora of Yazd province with Mediterranean desertic continental bioclimate and notes on bryological activities in Iran