Patterns of land-snail succession in Central Europe over the
last 15,000 years: main changes along environmental, spatial
and temporal gradients

J 2014

Patterns of land-snail succession in Central Europe over the last 15,000 years: main changes along environmental, spatial and temporal gradients

JUŘIČKOVÁ, Lucie, Michal HORSÁK, Jitka HORÁČKOVÁ, Vojtěch ABRAHAM, Vojen LOŽEK et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Patterns of land-snail succession in Central Europe over the last 15,000 years: main changes along environmental, spatial and temporal gradients

Authors

JUŘIČKOVÁ, Lucie (203 Czech Republic), Michal HORSÁK (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Jitka HORÁČKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Vojtěch ABRAHAM (203 Czech Republic) and Vojen LOŽEK (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

Quaternary Science Reviews, 2014, 0277-3791

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 4.572

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/14:00075448

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.03.019

UT WoS

000337213400011

Keywords in English

Central European refugia; Forest species; Holocene; Lateglacial; Mollusc succession; Palaeoenvironment reconstruction

Abstract

V originále

Land snail shell assemblages have been used since the pioneering days of palaeoecology to describe Quaternary environmental changes. Despite the many advantages of this proxy, it has recently been rather overlooked. There are more than 300mollusc successions from localities throughout the Czech and Slovak Republics, making this a globally unique archive.We selected 91 of these successions for radiocarbon dating and further detailed processing. Based on analyses of 828 mollusc assemblages we found a significant increase in both total species richness and number of forest species since the Lateglacial, with a decrease in both after the Middle Holocene. In contrast, the opposite responsewas found for open-country species and the proportion of xerophilous species. The proportion of forest and open-country species reversed at the Pleistocene/Holocene transition (approx. 11,500 cal yrs BP). Changes in species richness were rather stable across the study area and at different elevation, contrary to changes in species composition.MDS ordination based on presence/absence data show four main patterns of species composition associated with the number of forest species in a sample, position of site along the westeeast direction, the proportion of hygrophilous species and, finally, with the age of the mollusc assemblage. The number of forest species indicates the main pattern of changes in the composition of Central European land snail assemblages from the Lateglacial to the present.We confirmed the application and temporal stability of ecological groups of snails as a useful tool for reconstruction of the terrestrial palaeoenvironment.

Citovat

JUŘIČKOVÁ, Lucie, Michal HORSÁK, Jitka HORÁČKOVÁ, Vojtěch ABRAHAM and Vojen LOŽEK. Patterns of land-snail succession in Central Europe over the last 15,000 years: main changes along environmental, spatial and temporal gradients. Quaternary Science Reviews. 2014, vol. 93, june, p. 155-166. ISSN 0277-3791. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.03.019.

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JUŘIČKOVÁ, Lucie, Michal HORSÁK, Jitka HORÁČKOVÁ, Vojtěch ABRAHAM and Vojen LOŽEK. Patterns of land-snail succession in Central Europe over the last 15,000 years: main changes along environmental, spatial and temporal gradients. \textit{Quaternary Science Reviews}. 2014, vol.~93, june, p.~155-166. ISSN~0277-3791. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.03.019.

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