Exceptionally poor land snail fauna of central Yakutia (NE
Russia): climatic and habitat determinants of species richness

J 2013

Exceptionally poor land snail fauna of central Yakutia (NE Russia): climatic and habitat determinants of species richness

HORSÁK, Michal, Milan CHYTRÝ a Irena AXMANOVÁ

Základní údaje

Originální název

Exceptionally poor land snail fauna of central Yakutia (NE Russia): climatic and habitat determinants of species richness

Autoři

HORSÁK, Michal (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí), Milan CHYTRÝ (203 Česká republika, domácí) a Irena AXMANOVÁ (203 Česká republika, domácí)

Vydání

Polar Biology, 2013, 0722-4060

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Stát vydavatele

Nizozemské království

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 2.071

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/13:00066059

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-012-1249-5

UT WoS

000313729400004

Klíčová slova anglicky

Terrestrial snails; Cold climate; Low diversity; Suitable shelters; Species accumulation; Climate harshness hypothesis

Štítky

AKR, rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 16. 2. 2018 16:55, prof. RNDr. Michal Horsák, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

There is an ongoing debate on the causes of the latitudinal diversity gradient, but diversity decline towards high latitudes is poorly documented for many invertebrate taxa. Therefore, we sampled land snail assemblages at 79 sites and in various habitat types in central Yakutia, a region with extremely continental, cool and dry climate. We tested whether habitats lacking suitable shelters for winter survival harbour less species than those with vegetation cover that softens climatic extremes. Both local species diversity and regional species diversity were extremely low: 13 species were recorded in total with an average of 1.4 species per site. While the majority of grassland sites were without snails (26 of 34 sites), forest sites supported at least one snail species in most cases (38 of 45 sites). Within grasslands, snail occurrences were associated with a higher herb-layer biomass. Numbers of snail species correlated with the amount of available calcium only in forests, in which species accumulation towards more favourable habitats was possible due to softening of climate harshness. As minute snails are known to be effective passive dispersers and the study area was not glaciated during the last glacial stage, there was certainly enough time for colonization of all favourable habitats. Our results suggest climatically driven limitations of both local and regional land snail diversity in central Yakutia. We conclude that the hypothesis of climate harshness remains the most probable explanation of a sharp drop in land snail diversity in high-latitude areas with cold climate.

Návaznosti

GAP504/11/0454, projekt VaV

Název: Změny biodiverzity na přechodu pleistocénu a holocénu: současné analogie v reliktních ekosystémech Sibiře

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Změny biodiverzity na přechodu pleistocénu a holocénu: současné analogie v reliktních ekosystémech Sibiře

GD526/09/H025, projekt VaV

Název: Evolučně-ekologická analýza společenstev a populací

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Evolučně-ekologická analýza společenstev a populací

Citovat

HORSÁK, Michal, Milan CHYTRÝ a Irena AXMANOVÁ. Exceptionally poor land snail fauna of central Yakutia (NE Russia): climatic and habitat determinants of species richness. Polar Biology. 2013, roč. 36, č. 2, s. 185-191. ISSN 0722-4060. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-012-1249-5.

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HORSÁK, Michal, Milan CHYTRÝ a Irena AXMANOVÁ. Exceptionally poor land snail fauna of central Yakutia (NE Russia): climatic and habitat determinants of species richness. \textit{Polar Biology}. 2013, roč.~36, č.~2, s.~185-191. ISSN~0722-4060. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-012-1249-5.

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