Classification of terrestrial molluscan communities in the middle-danubian alluvial woodland (SW Slovakia)

ČEJKA, Tomáš and Danka NÉMETHOVÁ. Classification of terrestrial molluscan communities in the middle-danubian alluvial woodland (SW Slovakia). In Říční krajina 4, Sborník příspěvků z konference. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2006, p. 26-35. ISBN 80-244-1495-3.

Basic information

• Original name: Classification of terrestrial molluscan communities in the middle-danubian alluvial woodland (SW Slovakia)
• Name in Czech: Classification of terrestrial molluscan communities in the middle-danubian alluvial woodland (SW Slovakia)
• Authors: ČEJKA, Tomáš (703 Slovakia) and Danka NÉMETHOVÁ (703 Slovakia, guarantor).
• Edition: Olomouc, Říční krajina 4, Sborník příspěvků z konference, p. 26-35, 10 pp. 2006.
• Publisher: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Proceedings paper
• Field of Study: 10600 1.6 Biological sciences
• Country of publisher: Slovakia
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/06:00021841
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• ISBN: 80-244-1495-3
• Keywords in English: mollusca; wetland; floodplain forest; Danube
• Tags: Danube, floodplain forest, Mollusca, wetland
• Tags: Reviewed

Abstract

The species richness and composition of land snail assemblages in 42 floodplain forest sites along the Danube River in Slovakia were studied to find the main ecological gradients responsible for the variation in the faunas. We found just one, but steep, ecological gradient influencing the variation of snail species composition among different floodplain forest type. Species composition mainly reflected differences between sites without floods and the others. Species richness as well as total abundances of live individuals were not significantly controlled by any explanatory variable, although some trends could be discerned. Considering vegetation classification, substantial differences were observed between wet softwood floodplain forests and the remaining types, drier softwood forests and different types of hardwood forests, which were impossible to distinguish based on land snail assemblages. The results are discussed in relation to earlier descriptive studies, and in terms of the conservation of these threatened habitats.

Abstract (in Czech)

The species richness and composition of land snail assemblages in 42 floodplain forest sites along the Danube River in Slovakia were studied to find the main ecological gradients responsible for the variation in the faunas. We found just one, but steep, ecological gradient influencing the variation of snail species composition among different floodplain forest type. Species composition mainly reflected differences between sites without floods and the others. Species richness as well as total abundances of live individuals were not significantly controlled by any explanatory variable, although some trends could be discerned. Considering vegetation classification, substantial differences were observed between wet softwood floodplain forests and the remaining types, drier softwood forests and different types of hardwood forests, which were impossible to distinguish based on land snail assemblages. The results are discussed in relation to earlier descriptive studies, and in terms of the conservation of these threatened habitats.

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• MSM0021622412, plan (intention): Name: Interakce mezi chemickými látkami, prostředím a biologickými systémy a jejich důsledky na globální, regionální a lokální úrovni (INCHEMBIOL) (Acronym: INCHEMBIOL)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Interactions among the chemicals, environment and biological systems and their consequences on the global, regional and local scales (INCHEMBIOL)