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

ČEJKA, Tomáš and Danka NÉMETHOVÁ

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

Language

English

Type of outcome

Stať ve sborníku

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

Slovakia

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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

Reviewed
Změněno: 25/6/2008 12:11, RNDr. Danka Haruštiaková, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

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.

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.

Links

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)