RÁDKOVÁ, Vanda, Vendula POLÁŠKOVÁ, Jindřiška BOJKOVÁ, Vít SYROVÁTKA and Michal HORSÁK. Environmental filtering of aquatic insects in spring fens: patterns of species-specific responses related to specialist-generalist categorization. Hydrobiologia. DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS: SPRINGER, 2017, vol. 797, No 1, p. 159-170. ISSN 0018-8158. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3169-4.
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Original name Environmental filtering of aquatic insects in spring fens: patterns of species-specific responses related to specialist-generalist categorization
Authors RÁDKOVÁ, Vanda (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Vendula POLÁŠKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jindřiška BOJKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Vít SYROVÁTKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Michal HORSÁK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition Hydrobiologia, DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS, SPRINGER, 2017, 0018-8158.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10600 1.6 Biological sciences
Country of publisher Netherlands
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 2.165
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/17:00094947
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3169-4
UT WoS 000404174200012
Keywords in English Environmental filtering; Aquatic insects; Springs; Species responses; Habitat specialization
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Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Jindřiška Bojková, Ph.D., učo 55140. Changed: 14/11/2023 17:28.
Abstract
Environmental factors driving compositional changes of headwater aquatic assemblages have been widely studied as these habitats are among the most vulnerable environments and host diverse and species-rich assemblages. However, responses of individual species to multiple environmental gradients remain poorly known, despite such information being essential for understanding the differences in metacommunity structuring. This study aims to explore species-specific responses to the main environmental gradients in Central European spring fens and to assess the responses in relation to the specialist-generalist categorization of species. In total, the responses of 40 species were analysed by GLM, cluster analysis and PCA. Spring-fen specialists responded predominantly to water temperature and the proportion of fine particulate organic matter in the substratum, while generalists responded mainly to flow conditions and oxygenation in the combination with various substratum characteristics. Our results revealed that it is not easy to find general patterns in species responses to environmental gradients. However, we found a clear distinction between specialist and generalist species in how the local environment affects their successful colonization and establishment of viable population. This result emphasizes the need to consider species specialization in future ecological studies of aquatic spring biota.
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GA16-03881S, research and development projectName: Koexistence vodních bezobratlých na prameništních slatiništích: úloha abiotické heterogenity a biotických interakcí na regionální a lokální škále
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
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