Biogeographical patterns in vertebrate assemblages of the Czech
Republic: regional division in the context of species’
distributions in Europe

J 2016

Biogeographical patterns in vertebrate assemblages of the Czech Republic: regional division in the context of species’ distributions in Europe

DIVÍŠEK, Jan, Martin CULEK, Karel ŠŤASTNÝ and Miloš ANDĚRA

Basic information

Original name

Biogeographical patterns in vertebrate assemblages of the Czech Republic: regional division in the context of species’ distributions in Europe

Authors

DIVÍŠEK, Jan (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Martin CULEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Karel ŠŤASTNÝ (203 Czech Republic) and Miloš ANDĚRA (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

Folia Zoologica, 2016, 0139-7893

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

Odkaz na web vydavatele

Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.739

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/16:00091590

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

000389559600001

Keywords in English

beta diversity;biogeographical regions;spatially constrained clustering;terrestrial vertebrates

Abstract

V originále

This study attempts to explore biogeographical patterns in vertebrate assemblages of the Czech Republic and to delineate faunal biogeographical regions of the country. We focused on native terrestrial species and first explored main gradients in the composition of their assemblages. The first gradient revealed by Principal Coordinate Analysis was best correlated with climatic variables, whereas the second gradient can be ascribed rather to longitude and to the associated habitat change. Using the spatially constrained clustering, the Czech Republic was divided into five cohesive regions and species above-average associated with these regions showed distinct distributions within the European continent. Delineated regions also significantly differed at least in three considered environmental variables. We provided clear evidence that species distribution data gathered by national mapping support main biogeographical patterns suggested by previously published expert-based classifications of the country. We also demonstrated that the fauna of the Czech Republic shows a biogeographical pattern very similar to that showed by natural habitats defined in terms of plant communities. This indicates that both fauna and flora of the Czech Republic yield to the same environmental forces and biogeographical processes such as spreading of faunistic and floristic elements from the adjacent Carpathian Mountains and the Pannonian Basin.

Links

MUNI/A/1315/2015, interní kód MU

Name: Integrovaný výzkum environmentálních změn v krajinné sféře Země

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

Citovat

DIVÍŠEK, Jan, Martin CULEK, Karel ŠŤASTNÝ and Miloš ANDĚRA. Biogeographical patterns in vertebrate assemblages of the Czech Republic: regional division in the context of species’ distributions in Europe. Folia Zoologica. 2016, vol. 65, No 3, p. 169-182. ISSN 0139-7893.

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DIVÍŠEK, Jan, Martin CULEK, Karel ŠŤASTNÝ and Miloš ANDĚRA. Biogeographical patterns in vertebrate assemblages of the Czech Republic: regional division in the context of species’ distributions in Europe. \textit{Folia Zoologica}. 2016, vol.~65, No~3, p.~169-182. ISSN~0139-7893.

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