The distribution of purse-web Atypus spiders (Araneae:
Mygalomorphae) in central Europe is constrained by
microclimatic continentality and soil compactness

J 2007

The distribution of purse-web Atypus spiders (Araneae: Mygalomorphae) in central Europe is constrained by microclimatic continentality and soil compactness

ŘEZÁČ, Milan, Veronika ŘEZÁČOVÁ and Stanislav PEKÁR

Basic information

Original name

The distribution of purse-web Atypus spiders (Araneae: Mygalomorphae) in central Europe is constrained by microclimatic continentality and soil compactness

Name in Czech

Rozšíření pavouků rodu Atypus (Araneae: Mygalomorphae) ve střední Evropě je omezeno mikroklimatickými podmínkami a půdní kompaktností

Authors

ŘEZÁČ, Milan (203 Czech Republic, guarantor), Veronika ŘEZÁČOVÁ (203 Czech Republic) and Stanislav PEKÁR (703 Slovakia)

Edition

Journal of Biogeography, Blackwell Science, 2007, 0305-0270

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: 3.539

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/07:00022429

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

000247264800008

Keywords in English

Atypus; central Europe; distribution; glacial refugia; habitat preferences

Abstract

ORIG CZ

V originále

Aim Three species of primitive spiders of the genus Atypus occur in European xerothermic habitats, where they live in burrows. The aim of this study is to explain their distribution by investigating environmental variables at sites where they occur in central Europe. Location Over 50 sites in central Europe, Czech Republic. Methods Data on climatic, edaphic and vegetational parameters were collected from more than 50 sites. Phytocenological data were processed using Ellenberg's indicator values. Results Atypus muralis was found to occur almost exclusively in dry grassland (Festucion valesiacae), exposed to a continental microclimate. Atypus affinis usually occurred in dry sparse forests (Genisto germanicae-Quercion) that provide an Atlantic microclimate. Atypus piceus occurred in dry grassland (Bromion erecti) or forest fringes (Geranion sanguinei) characterized by an intermediate microclimate. Atypus piceus and A. muralis were restricted to agglutinate calcareous soils.

In Czech

Cílem této studie bylo prozkoumat rozšíření 3 druhů rodu Atypus ve střední Evropě s ohledem na klimatické ...

Links

MSM0021622416, plan (intention)

Name: Diverzita biotických společenstev a populací: kauzální analýza variability v prostoru a čase

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Diversity of Biotic Communities and Populations: Causal Analysis of variation in space and time

Citovat

ŘEZÁČ, Milan, Veronika ŘEZÁČOVÁ and Stanislav PEKÁR. The distribution of purse-web Atypus spiders (Araneae: Mygalomorphae) in central Europe is constrained by microclimatic continentality and soil compactness. Journal of Biogeography. Blackwell Science, 2007, vol. 34, No 6, p. 1016-1027. ISSN 0305-0270.

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ŘEZÁČ, Milan, Veronika ŘEZÁČOVÁ and Stanislav PEKÁR. The distribution of purse-web Atypus spiders (Araneae: Mygalomorphae) in central Europe is constrained by microclimatic continentality and soil compactness. \textit{Journal of Biogeography}. Blackwell Science, 2007, vol.~34, No~6, p.~1016-1027. ISSN~0305-0270.

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