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@article{1165656,
author = {Dvořáková, Jana and Merunková, Kristina and Preislerová, Zdenka and Horsák, Michal and Chytrý, Milan},
article_number = {2},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/s11756-013-0299-7},
keywords = {Central European grasslands; gastropods; meadows; molluscs; regional diversity; vascular plants; vegetation},
language = {eng},
issn = {0006-3088},
journal = {Biologia},
title = {Diversity of the Western Carpathian flysch grasslands: Do extremely species-rich plant communities coincide with a high diversity of snails?},
url = {http://link.springer.com/article/10.2478/s11756-013-0299-7},
volume = {69},
year = {2014}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 1165656
AU - Dvořáková, Jana - Merunková, Kristina - Preislerová, Zdenka - Horsák, Michal - Chytrý, Milan
PY - 2014
TI - Diversity of the Western Carpathian flysch grasslands: Do extremely species-rich plant communities coincide with a high diversity of snails?
JF - Biologia
VL - 69
IS - 2
SP - 202-213
EP - 202-213
SN - 00063088
KW - Central European grasslands
KW - gastropods
KW - meadows
KW - molluscs
KW - regional diversity
KW - vascular plants
KW - vegetation
UR - http://link.springer.com/article/10.2478/s11756-013-0299-7
N2 - Upland fringes of the White Carpathians (Czech Republic) are known to support grasslands with the world's highest local plant species richness. We investigated whether this unusually high plant richness has a parallel in snail communities, whether patterns of species composition of snail and plant communities in grasslands co-vary and how they are affected by local environment and landscape history. We compared plant and snail communities of dry to mesic grasslands in three neigh bouring regions: (1) hilly lowland of the Central Moravian Carpathians, (2) upland fringes and (3) upland of the White Carpathians. Both snail and plant communities exhibited a strong gradient in species composition associated with altitude, annual temperature and precipitation, soil calcium and pH. However, there was no correlation between local species richness of plants and snails in individual plots. The upland fringes of the White Carpathians were richest in snail species, probably due to intermediate environmental conditions, supporting the occurrence of species with contrasting environmental requirements. The highest local numbers of plant species were also recorded there, although differences among regions were not significant. The regional species richness of plants was also highest in the upland fringes, whereas that of snails was highest in the hilly lowland. Similarities in the diversity patterns of plants and snails among regions suggest the importance of regional factors for local richness, although local abiotic factors, which are partly correlated with the three regions, also influence local species composition and richness.
ER -
DVOŘÁKOVÁ, Jana, Kristina MERUNKOVÁ, Zdenka PREISLEROVÁ, Michal HORSÁK and Milan CHYTRÝ. Diversity of the Western Carpathian flysch grasslands: Do extremely species-rich plant communities coincide with a high diversity of snails? \textit{Biologia}. 2014, vol.~69, No~2, p.~202-213. ISSN~0006-3088. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.2478/s11756-013-0299-7.
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