Papers in peer-reviewed journals

Papers in preparation or in press:

• Wasowicz, P.,  Óskarsdóttir, G., Gísladóttir, G., Þórhallsdóttir, Þ.E. 2023. Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) invasion in subarctic Iceland: evidence from a long-term study.  NeoBiota (in review)

Published papers

• Kiedrzynski, M., Tomczyk, P.,P., Zielińska, K.,M., Kiedrzyńska, E., Wasowicz, P. 2024.  Evidence of conservative range in mountain grasses during past climate change: Only contractions or local expansions possible. Global Ecology and Conservation 51: e02889. doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e02889

• Kozlowski, G.,  Fragnière, Y.,  Clément, B., Gilg, O., Sittler, B., Lang, J., Bronken Eidesen, P.,  Lang, S.I.,  Wasowicz, P., Meade, C. 2024. Genome Size in the Arenaria ciliata Species Complex (Caryophyllaceae), with a Special Focus on Northern Europe and the Arctic. Plants 13(5):635. doi: 10.3390/plants13050635

• Fristoe, T.S., Bleilevens, J. , Kinlock, N.,  Yang,  Q.,  Zhang,  Z., Dawson , W., Ess,l F., Kreft, H.,  Pergl, J.,  Pyšek,  P.,  Weigelt, P., Dufour-Dror, J.M., Sennikov, A .,  Wasowicz ,P.,  Westergaard, K., van Kleunen M. 2023. Evolutionary imbalance, human history, and the global biogeography of alien plants. Nature Ecology and Evolution  7 (10): 1633-1644. doi: 10.1038/s41559-023-02172-z 

• Magnússon, B., Magnússon, S.H., Wasowicz P., Grétarsdóttir, J., Vilmundardóttir, O.K., Sigurðsson, B.D. 2023. Surtsey 60 ára: Landnám plantna og framvinda. Náttúrufræðingurinn 93 (1-2): 2-26.

• Xue, Z,  Chiapella J.O., , Paun O., Volkova P., Peintinger M., Wasowicz, P., Tikhomirov, N., Grigorian, M., Barfuss, M, Schanzer, I., Greimler J. 2023.  Phylogeographic patterns of Deschampsia cespitosa (Poaceae) in Europe inferred from genomic data. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 201: 341-360  doi: 10.1093/botlinnean/boac067  

• Magnússon, S.H., Wasowicz, P., Magnússon B. 2022. Vascular plant colonisation, distribution and vegetation development on Surtsey during 1965–2015. Surtsey Resarch 15: 9-29 doi: 10.33112/surtsey.15.2  Supplemement S1

• Pálsson, S., Wasowicz, P., Heiðmarsson, S., Magnússon K.P.  2022. Population structure and genetic variation of fragmented birch forests in Iceland. Journal of Heredity 114: 165-174.  doi: 10.1093/jhered/esac062

• Wasowicz, P., Alm, T. 2022. Senecio pseudoarnica Less. (Asteraceae) – a new non-native species invading coastal areas in arctic and subarctic Europe. Biological Invasions 24: 1571-1583.  doi:  10.1007/s10530-022-02759-w 

• Temsch, E., Xuc, Z., Greimler, J., Schneeweiss, H., Peintinger, M., Volkova, P., Wasowicz, P., Shang, H., Schanzer, I., Chiapella, J. 2022. Genome size variation in Deschampsia cespitosa (Poaceae) and its allies in Euroasia. Plant Systematics and Evolution 308: 9.  doi: 10.1007/s00606-021-01796-7 

• Rajsz, A., Wojtun, B., Samecka-Cymerman, A., Wasowicz, P., Mroz, L., Rudecki, A., Kempers, A.J. 2021. Metals in Calluna vulgaris, Empetrum nigrum, Festuca vivipara and Thymus praecox ssp. arcticus in the geothermal areas of Iceland. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 47: 67224-67233.  doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-15046-3

• Wasowicz, P. 2021. Diversity and distribution of Icelandic ferns (Polypodiopsida: Equisetidae, Ophioglossidae, Polypodiidae sensu PPG I). Botanica Complutensis  45: 1-21 doi: 10.5209/bocm.72025

• Przedpelska-Wasowicz, E.M., Wasowicz, P.,  Áskelsdóttir, A.Ó., Guðjohnsen, E.R., Hallsdóttir, M. 2021. Characterization of pollen seasons in Iceland based on long-term observations: 1988-2018.  Aerobiologia 37: 507–524 doi: 10.1007/s10453-021-09701-y 

• Wierzbicka, M., Pielichowska, M., Bemowska-Kalabun, O., Rostanski, A., Wasowicz, P. 2020. A new taxon within Biscutella laevigata L. (Brassicaceae) endemic to calamine areas in southern Poland.  PhytoKeys  160: 123-129. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.160.53937

• Wasowicz,P., Thorsteinsson, S., Magnússon, B., Einarsson, E., Bjarnason, V., Bjarnason,Á.H., Guðmundsson, J., Richter, S.H., Jónasson, R., Sveinbjörnsson B., Magnússon, S.Þ. 2020.  Vascular plant colonization of Surtsey island (1965-1990) - a dataset. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e54812, doi: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e54812

• Tomczyk, P.P, Kiedrzynski, M., Jedrzejczyk, I., Rewers, M., Wasowicz, P. 2020. The transferability of microsatellite loci from a homoploid to a polyploid hybrid complex: an example from fine-leaved Festuca species (Poaceae).  PeerJ 8: e9227  doi: 10.7717/peerj.9227

• Molino, S., Prada, C., Gabriel y Galan, J.M., Wasowicz, P., Estébanez, B., Vásquez, R. 2020. Sporangia and spores in the fern genera Spicantopsis and Struthiopteris (Blechnaceae, Polypodiopsida) Botanical Review 86: 76-92 doi: 10.1007/s12229-020-09217-z 

•  Wasowicz, P. 2020. Annotated checklist of vascular plants of Iceland. Fjölrit Náttúrufræðistofnunar 57: 1-193. 

• Kolon, M., Kopec, M., Wojtun, B., Samecka-Cymerman, A., Mróz, L., Wasowicz, P., Rajsz, A., Kempers, A.J. 2020. Sanionia uncinata, Racomitrium lanuginosum and Salix herbacea as ecological indicators of trace elements in Iceland. Ecological Indicators 112: 106058 

• Taylor, J.J., Lawler, J.P., Aronsson, M., Barry, T., Bjorkman, A.D., Christensen, T., Coulson, S.J., Cuyler, Ch., Ehrich, D., Falk, K., Franke, A., Fuglei, E., Gillespie, M.A., Hieðmarsson, S., Hoye, T., Jenkins, L.K., Ravolainen, V., Smith, P.A., Wasowicz, P., Schmidt, N.M. 2020. A Synopsis of Science Supporting the CBMP State of Arctic Terrestrial Biodiversity Report. AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment 49: 833-847. doi: 10.1007/s13280-019-01303-w 

• Wasowicz, P.,Sennikov, A.N., Westergaard, K.B., Spellman, K., Carlson, M.L., Gillespie, L., Saarela, J.M., Seefeldt, S.S., Bennett, B., Bay, Ch., Icerkt-Bond, S., Vare, H. 2020. Non-native vascular flora of the Arctic: taxonomic richness, distribution, and pathways. AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment 49: 693-703. doi: 10.1007/s13280-019-01296-6.  Supplementary material

•  Molino, S., Gabriel y Galan, J.M., Sessa, E., Wasowicz, P. 2019. A multi-character review of Struthiopteris leads to the rescue of Spicantopsis (Blechnaceae, Polypodiopsida). Taxon 68(2):185-198.

•  Wasowicz, P. 2019. New records of non-native vascular plants from Iceland. Acta Botanica Islandica 16: 21-30. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.2873309

•  Wasowicz, P., Heiðmarsson, S. 2019. A vascular plant red list for Iceland. Acta Botanica Islandica 16: 31-48. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.2875162

• Molino, S., Gabriel y Galan, J.M., Wasowicz, P., de la Fuente Brun, P., Sessa, E. 2019. Correction to: The Struthiopteris spicant (Blechnaceae, Polypodiopsida) complex in Western Europe, with proposals for some taxonomic and nomenclatural changes. Plant Systematics and Evolution 305: 255-268.

•  Molino, S., Gabriel y Galan, J.M., Wasowicz, P., de la Fuente Brun, P., Sessa, E. 2019. The Struthiopteris spicant (Blechnaceae, Polypodiopsida) complex in Western Europe, with proposals for some taxonomic and nomenclatural changes. Plant Systematics and Evolution 305: 255-268.

• Xu, M., Heidmarsson, S., Thorsteinsdottir, M., Wasowicz, P., Sun, H., Deng, T., Omarsdottir, S., Olafsdottir, E.S. 2019. Infraspecific variation of huperzine A and B in Icelandic Huperzia selago complex. Planta Medica 85: 160-168.

• Wasowicz, P. 2018. The first attempt to list the archaeophytes of Iceland. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 87: 3608

• Vetter, V.M.S., Tjaden, N., Jaeschke, A., Buhk, C., Wahl, V., Wasowicz, P., Jentsch, A. 2018. Invasion of a legume ecosystem engineer in a cold biome alters plant biodiversity. Frontiers in Plant Science - Functional Plant Ecology 9: 715

• Wasowicz, P., Pálsson, S., Pasierbinski, A., Wierzgon, M., Ólafsson, E., Heiðmarsson, S., Przedpelska-Wasowicz, E.M. 2018. Alien or native? Examining a case of Melampyrum pratense in Iceland. Polar Biology 41: 1725-1735

• Wierzbicka, M., Pielichowska, M., Bemowska-Kalabun O, Wasowicz, P. 2017. Microevolution on anthropogenically changed areas on the example of Biscutella laevigata from calamine waste heaps in Poland. Journal of Environmental and Analytical Toxicology 7: 741

• Wasowicz, P., Gabriel y Galan, J.M., Pino Perez, R. 2017. New combinations in Struthiopteris spicant for the European flora. Phytotaxa 302: 198-200

• Wasowicz, P., Folcik, L., Rostanski, A. 2017. Typification of Blechnum spicant var. fallax Lange (Blechnaceae). Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 86: 3542

• Wasowicz, P. 2015. Non-native species in the vascular flora of highlands and mountains of Iceland. PeerJ 4: e1559

• Wasowicz, P., Pauwels, M., Pasierbinski, A., Przedpelska-Wasowicz, E.M., Babst-Kostecka, A.A., Saumitou-Laprade, P., Rostanski, A. 2015. Phylogeography of Arabidopsis halleri (Brassicaceae) in mountain regions of Central Europe inferred from cpDNA variation and ecological niche modelling. PeerJ 4:e1645

• Wasowicz, P. 2015. Kolonizacja Surtsey - młodej, wulkanicznej wyspy na północnym Atlantyku. Kosmos 64(2): 353-364

• Wasowicz, P. 2014. Identifying and ascribing the relative significance of introduction pathways for non-native plants into Iceland. Environmental and Socio-economical Studies 2: 28-37.

• Wasowicz, P., Przedpełska-Wasowicz, E. M., Guðmundsdóttir, L., Tamayo, M. 2014. Vallisneria spiralis and Egeria densa (Hydrocharitaceae) in arctic and subarctic Iceland. New Journal of Botany 4(2): 85-89.

• Wasowicz, P., Pasierbinski, A., Przedpełska-Wasowicz, E., Kristinsson, H. 2014. Distribution patterns in the native vascular flora of Iceland. PLoS ONE 9(7): e102916.

• Wasowicz, P., Pielichowska, M., Przedpelska-Wasowicz, E. M., Bednarek, P. Szarek-Lukaszewska, G., Abratowska, A. & Wierzbicka, M. 2014: Physiological and genetic differentiation between metallicolous and non-metallicolous diploid populations of alpine Biscutella laevigata (Brassicacae) in the Tatra Mountains and the northern Carpathian foreland. Annales Botanici Fennici 51: 227–239.

• Kuta, E., Jedzejczyk-Korycinska, M., Cieslak, E., Rostanski, A., Szczepaniak, M., Migdałek, G., Wasowicz, P., Suda, J., Combik, M., Słomka A., 2013. Morphological versus genetic diversity of Viola reichenbachiana and V. riviniana (sect. Viola, Violaceae) from soils differing in heavy metal content. Plant Biology 16: 924-934.

• Wasowicz, P., Przedpełska-Wasowicz E., Kristinsson H. 2013. Alien vascular plants in Iceland: diversity, spatial patterns, temporal trends, and the impact of climate change. Flora - Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants 208: 648-673.

• Przedpełska-Wasowicz, E., Wasowicz, P. 2013. Does zinc concentration in the substrate influence the onset of flowering in Arabidopsis arenosa (Brassicaceae)? Plant Growth Regulation 69: 87–97.

• Korczak-Abshire, M., Chwedorzewska, K.J., Wasowicz, P., Bendarek, P. 2012. Genetic structure of declining chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus) populations from South Shetland Islands (Antarctica). Polar Biology 35: 1681-1689.

• Abratowska, A.*, Wasowicz, P.*, Bednarek, P., Telka, J., Wierzbicka, M. 2012. Morphological and genetic distinctiveness of the metallicolous and non-metallicolous populations of Armeria maritima s. l. (Plumbaginaceae) in Poland. Plant Biology 14(4):586-595. (* equal contribution authors)

• Gode, C., Decombeix, I., Kostecka, A., Wasowicz, P., Pauwles, M., Courseaux, A., Saumitou-Laprade, P. 2012. Nuclear microsatellite loci for Arabidopsis halleri (Brassicaceae), a model species to study plant adaptation to heavy metals. American Journal of Botany 99: e49-52.

• Wasowicz, P. 2011. Krótkie wprowadzenie do filogeografii dla botaników. (A short introduction to phylogeography for botanists.) Wiadomosci Botaniczne 55(1/2): 27-39.

• Wasowicz, P., Rostanski, A. 2009. The use of quantitative characters in determination of frequently misdiagnosed species within Lepidium L. sect. Dileptium (Brassicaceae). Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 78: 221-227.