Refugial occurrence and ecology of the land snail Vertigo
lilljeborgi in fen habitats in temperate mainland Europe

J 2017

Refugial occurrence and ecology of the land snail Vertigo lilljeborgi in fen habitats in temperate mainland Europe

HORSÁK, Michal, Michal HÁJEK, Veronika HORSÁKOVÁ, Jaroslav HLAVÁČ, Petra HÁJKOVÁ et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Refugial occurrence and ecology of the land snail Vertigo lilljeborgi in fen habitats in temperate mainland Europe

Authors

HORSÁK, Michal (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Michal HÁJEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Veronika HORSÁKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jaroslav HLAVÁČ (203 Czech Republic), Petra HÁJKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Daniel DÍTĚ (703 Slovakia), Tomáš PETERKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jan DIVÍŠEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Anna POTŮČKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic) and Richard PREECE (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

Edition

Journal of Molluscan Studies, Oxford, OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 2017, 0260-1230

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: 1.483

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/17:00095094

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyx028

UT WoS

000414337100008

Keywords in English

Vertigo lilljeborgi; relict occurrences; land snail; Europe; ecology; distribution

Abstract

V originále

Vertigo lilljeborgi (Westerlund, 1871) is one of the rarest terrestrial snail species in temperate mainland Europe, where it is traditionally considered a glacial relict. This contrasts with its occurrence in northern Europe where it is a widespread species. This species prefers constantly wet habitats that are neutral to slightly acidic and avoids highly alkaline conditions, which is an extremely rare ecology for a Eurasian mollusc. Until 2012, only five historical records of this species were known in mainland Europe to the south of its main distribution in northern Europe. Since then, 20 new sites have been discovered, mostly located in the Hercynian Mountains (Bohemian Massif in the Czech Republic and Massif Central in France). In comparison with the boreal European and Alpine populations, those from the Hercynian Mountains inhabit acidic, rather soligenous and productive fens, strongly dominated by Sphagnum. Vertigo lilljeborgi does not occur in some sites with apparently suitable habitats as indicated by species composition of the vegetation. We observed a surprising correspondence between the occurrence of V. lilljeborgi and mean July air temperature and we report its first fossil record from the last glacial period from Central Europe. Although the number of its sites has increased recently, these sites represent highly unusual and unique habitats, vulnerable to drainage and destruction from human activities. This highlights the need for conservation efforts in most of the newly discovered isolated sites.

Links

GA17-05696S, research and development project

Name: Holocenní vývoj evropské bioty mírného pásu: vlivy klimatu, refugií a lokálních faktorů testované na komplexních datech nezávislých proxy

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

MUNI/A/1301/2016, interní kód MU

Name: Diverzita, dynamika a fylogenetické vztahy klíčových společenstev významných evropských biotopů (Acronym: DIDYF)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

Citovat

HORSÁK, Michal, Michal HÁJEK, Veronika HORSÁKOVÁ, Jaroslav HLAVÁČ, Petra HÁJKOVÁ, Daniel DÍTĚ, Tomáš PETERKA, Jan DIVÍŠEK, Anna POTŮČKOVÁ and Richard PREECE. Refugial occurrence and ecology of the land snail Vertigo lilljeborgi in fen habitats in temperate mainland Europe. Journal of Molluscan Studies. Oxford: OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 2017, vol. 83, November, p. 451-460. ISSN 0260-1230. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyx028.

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HORSÁK, Michal, Michal HÁJEK, Veronika HORSÁKOVÁ, Jaroslav HLAVÁČ, Petra HÁJKOVÁ, Daniel DÍTĚ, Tomáš PETERKA, Jan DIVÍŠEK, Anna POTŮČKOVÁ and Richard PREECE. Refugial occurrence and ecology of the land snail Vertigo lilljeborgi in fen habitats in temperate mainland Europe. \textit{Journal of Molluscan Studies}. Oxford: OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 2017, vol.~83, November, p.~451-460. ISSN~0260-1230. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyx028.

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