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@proceedings{1229165, author = {Schenková, Jana and Strakošová, Jana}, booktitle = {Fifth International Conference “Hirudinea: taxonomy, faunistics, ecology}, keywords = {Hirudo medicinalis; suitable habitats; aquatic vegetation; color patterns; ontogenetic development;}, language = {eng}, title = {Medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis): a case study of habitat preferences and variability of ventral coloration}, year = {2014} }
TY - CONF ID - 1229165 AU - Schenková, Jana - Strakošová, Jana PY - 2014 TI - Medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis): a case study of habitat preferences and variability of ventral coloration KW - Hirudo medicinalis KW - suitable habitats KW - aquatic vegetation KW - color patterns KW - ontogenetic development; N2 - This study deals with the habitat preferences of medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis Linnaeus, 1758 in the Czech Republic. Division of localities based on aquatic vegetation (TWINSPAN) formed groups of localities which corresponded to the population sizes of H. medicinalis. According to the abiotic factors localities with H. medicinalis were rich in carbon, poor in oxygen and situated in an area with warm climate. In this study four different ventral color patterns were described. During the ontogenetic development ventral side becomes darker, as indicated by the significant relationship between the percentage of dark color and leech size. ER -
SCHENKOVÁ, Jana and Jana STRAKOŠOVÁ. Medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis): a case study of habitat preferences and variability of ventral coloration. In \textit{Fifth International Conference “Hirudinea: taxonomy, faunistics, ecology}. 2014.
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