Polina Degtjarenko

Polina Degtjarenko

PhD, Researcher of restoration ecology

polina.degtjarenko@ut.ee

 

 

My research has focused on the study of lichens thus far. During my doctoral studies, I have studied how dust pollution affects boreal forest communities, particularly vascular plants and lichen, bryophyte, and algal communities on pines. Later, I have been working on the genetic diversity of lichen populations using microsatellite markers. I studied the genetic structure of the populations of Usnea subfloridana and the genetic differentiation of U. florida and U. subfloridana populations. I participate in the updating of Estonian red list of lichens and compiling of Latvian red list. I am the editor-in-chief of the international scientific journal Folia Cryptogamica Estonica, published by UT and the Estonian Society of Naturalists. I am engaged in teaching (currently in Field Course of Taxonomy of Fungi, Seminar in Biology and Biodiversity Conservation, Practical Course on Protected Species), and actively involved in the popularization of natural science.

In the Landscape biodiversity group, I mainly participate in the projects about restoration of wooded meadows, grasslands, and urban nature of Tarty City, and I also perform molecular laboratory work.

See my CV and list of publications in Estonian Research Portal and ResearchGate

Tullus, T., Lutter, R., Randlane, T., Saag, A., Tullus, A., Oja, E., Degtjarenko, P., Pärtel, M., Tullus, H. 2022. The effect of stand age on biodiversity in a 130-year chronosequence of Populus tremula stands. Forest Ecology and Management, 504, 119833.

Jüriado, I., Degtjarenko, P., Oja, E., Randlane, T. 2022. A recent update in red-listing of Estonian lichens: threat status of 168 species was assessed for the first time. Folia Cryptogamica Estonica, 59, 69−81.

Cannon, Charles H.; Borchetta, Colby; Anderson, David L.; Arellano, Gabriel; Barker, Martin; Charron, Guillaume; LaMontagne, Jalene M.; Richards, Jeannine H.; Abercrombie, Ethan; Banin, Lindsay F.; Tagle Casapia, X., Chen, X., Degtjarenko, P., Dell, Jane E.; Durden, David; Guevara Andino, Juan Ernesto; Hernandez-Gutierrez, Rebeca; Hirons, Andrew D.; Kua, Chai-Shian; La Vigne, Hughes ... Spenko, Matthew. 2021. Extending Our Scientific Reach in Arboreal Ecosystems for Research and Management. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 4, ARTN 712165.

Randlane, T., Jüriado, I., Degtjarenko, P., Saag, A. 2021. New assessment of Least Concern lichens in the Red List of Estonia: are common species still common? Folia Cryptogamica Estonica, 58, 199−212.

Yatsyna, A., Moisejevs, R., Degtjarenko, P. 2021. Lichens and allied fungi from the Gauja National Park (Latvia), including new records for the country. Folia Cryptogamica Estonica, 58, 135−144.

Degtjarenko, P., Moisejevs, R. 2020. Revision of the genus Cetrelia (Lichenized Ascomycota) in Latvia. Botanica, 26.

Degtjarenko, P., Mark, K., Moisejevs, R., Himelbrant, D., Stepanchikova, I., Tsurykau, A., Randlane, T., Scheidegger, C. 2020. Low genetic differentiation between apotheciate Usnea florida and sorediate Usnea subfloridana (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) based on microsatellite data. Fungal Biology, 124 (10), 892−902.

Degtjarenko, P., Jüriado, I., Mandel, T., Tõrra, T., Saag, A., Scheidegger, C., Randlane, T. 2019. Microsatellite based genetic diversity of the widespread epiphytic lichen Usnea subfloridana (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) in Estonia: comparison of populations from the mainland and an island. MycoKeys, 58, 27−45.

Lõhmus, P., Marmor, L., Jüriado, I., Suija, A., Oja, E., Degtjarenko, P., Randlane, T. 2019. Red List of Estonian lichens: revision in 2019. Folia Cryptogamica Estonica, 56, 63−76.

Moisejevs, R., Degtjarenko, P., Motiejūnaitė, J., Piterāns, A., Stepanova, D. 2019. New records of lichens and lichenicolous fungi from Latvia, with a list of lichenicolous fungi reported from Latvia. Lindbergia, 2019 (1).

Degtjarenko, P., Tõrra, T., Mandel, T., Marmor, L., Saag, A., Scheidegger, C., Randlane, T. 2018. Unconstrained gene flow between populations of a widespread epiphytic lichen Usnea subfloridana (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) in Estonia. Fungal Biology, 122, 731−737.

Degtjarenko, P. Matos, P., Marmor, L., Branquinho, C., Randlane, T. (2018). Functional traits of epiphytic lichens respond to alkaline dust pollution. Fungal Ecology, 36, 81−88.

Degtjarenko, P., Jüriado, I., Lõhmus, P. 2018. New Estonian records: Lichenized fungi. Folia Cryptogamica Estonica, 55, 151−154.

Moisejevs, R., Degtjarenko, P. (2017). Four species of saxicolous lichenized fungi new to Latvia. Botanica Lithuanica, 23 (1), 68−70.

Degtjarenko, P., Marmor, L., Tõrra, T., Lerch, M., Saag, A., Randlane, T., Scheidegger, C. 2016. Impact of alkaline dust pollution on genetic variation of Usnea subfloridana populations. Fungal Biology, 120, 1165−1174.

Degtjarenko, P., Marmor, L., Randlane, T. 2016. Changes in bryophyte and lichen communities on Scots pines along an alkaline dust pollution gradient. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 23, 17413−17425.

Paal, J., Degtjarenko, P., (2015). Impact of alkaline cement-dust pollution on boreal Pinus sylvestris forest communities: a study at the bryophyte synusiae level. Annales Botanici Fennici, 52, 120−134.

Marmor, L., Degtjarenko, P. 2014. Trentepohlia umbrina on Scots pine as a bioindicator of alkaline dust pollution. Ecological Indicators, 45, 717−720.

Paal, J., Degtjarenko, P., Suija, A., Liira, J. 2013. Vegetation responses to long-term alkaline cement dust pollution in Pinus sylvestris-dominated boreal forests – niche breadth along the soil pH gradient. Applied Vegetation Science, 16 (2), 248−259.

 

Konverentsiettekanded:

Degtjarenko, P., Lõhmus, P., Copoț, O., Rosenvald, R., Lõhmus, A., Lotman, S. 2022. Ready! Set! Lichen! – Citizen Science for Lichen Survey on Forest Land in Estonia. 11th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH Daugavpils, 20 – 21 October 2022. Daugavpils University.

Degtjarenko, P., Tõrra, T., Mandel, T., Marmor, L., Saag, A., Scheidegger, C., Randlane, T. 2017. The genetic diversity of a widespread epiphytic lichen Usnea subfloridana (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) in hemiboreal forests. Book of abstracts: XX Symposium of Baltic Mycologists and Lichenologists, Gdansk, September 25-29th, 2017. Ed. Martin Kukwa. Gdansk: Fundacja Rozwou Uniesytety Gdanskiego, 6.

Degtjarenko, P., Marmor, L., Tõrra, Tiiu., Lerch, M., Saag, A., Randlane, T., Scheidegger, C. 2016. The genetic diversity of a widespread epiphytic lichen Usnea subfloridana (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) in response to alkaline dust pollution. IAL8 Abstracts: The 8th IAL Symposium Lichens in Deep Time August 1–5, 2016 Helsinki, Finland. Helsingin Yliopisto, 61−61.

Degtjarenko, P., Marmor, L., Randlane, T. 2016. Changes in lichen and bryophyte communities on Scots pines along an alkaline dust pollution gradient. IAL8 Abstracts: The 8th IAL Symposium Lichens in Deep Time August 1–5, 2016 Helsinki, Finland. Helsingin Yliopisto, 169−169.

Degtjarenko, P., Mandel, T., Tõrra, T., Marmor, L., Saag, A., Randlane, T. 2016.
The habitat traits drive genetic diversity of a widespread epyphytic lichen Usnea subfloridana in hemiboreal forests. IAL8 Abstracts: The 8th IAL Symposium Lichens in Deep Time August 1–5, 2016 Helsinki, Finland. Helsingin Yliopisto, 197−197.

Degtjarenko, P., Marmor, L., Tõrra, T., Lerch, M., Saag, A., Randlane, T., Scheidegger, C. 2015. XX Simpósio de Botânica Criptogâmica, Porto, 22 a 25 de Julho de 2015. Book of abstracts.. , 47.

Degtjarenko, P., Marmor, L.. 2015. Trentepohlia umbrina on Scots pine as a bioindicator of alkaline dust pollution. XX Simpósio de Botânica Criptogâmica, Porto, 22 a 25 de Julho de 2015. Book of abstracts.. , 110.

Degtjarenko, P., Marmor, L., Tõrra, T., Randlane, T., ; Scheidegger, C., 2014. Genetic diversity of Usnea subfloridana (lichenized Ascomycota) populations in conditions of moderate dust pollution. XIX Symposium of the Baltic Mycologists and Lichenologists Programme and Abstracts: XIX Symposium of the Baltic Mycologists and Lichenologists, Šķēde, Talsi region, Latvia, 22-26 September 2014. Latvian Mycological Society, 26.

Paal, J., Degtjarenko, P. 2010. Alkaline cement dust pollution effect on hemiboreal Pinus sylvestris forests in northern Estonia. Changing Gradients in Vegetation and the Environment. Abstracts.: 53th Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science. Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, 18-23 April 2010. 53th Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science, 65.