Structure and function of weevil assemblages (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea) in epigeon of oak-hornbeam forests in SW Slovakia

HOLECOVÁ, Milada, Danka NÉMETHOVÁ and Matúš KÚDELA. Structure and function of weevil assemblages (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea) in epigeon of oak-hornbeam forests in SW Slovakia. Ekológia, Bratislava. Bratislava: Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS, vol. 24, Suppl. 2, p. 179-204. ISSN 1335-342X. 2005.

Basic information

• Original name: Structure and function of weevil assemblages (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea) in epigeon of oak-hornbeam forests in SW Slovakia
• Name in Czech: Structure and function of weevil assemblages (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea) in epigeon of oak-hornbeam forests in SW Slovakia
• Authors: HOLECOVÁ, Milada (703 Slovakia), Danka NÉMETHOVÁ (703 Slovakia, guarantor) and Matúš KÚDELA (703 Slovakia).
• Edition: Ekológia, Bratislava, Bratislava, Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS, 2005, 1335-342X.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 10600 1.6 Biological sciences
• Country of publisher: Slovakia
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Impact factor: Impact factor: 0.085
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/05:00022740
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• Keywords in English: weevils; Coleoptera; epigeic assemblages; oak-hornbeam forests; ecology; human impact
• Tags: Coleoptera, Ecology, epigeic assemblages, Human impact, oak-hornbeam forests, weevils
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

In 1999-2002, we studied the weevil assemblages in the epigeon of oak-hornbeam forests in SW Slovakia. The investigation has been done on 10 study plots in the Malé Karpaty Mts. and Trnavská pahorkatina hills. Altogether 4,089 individuals of weevils classified into 78 species, 43 genera and 4 families were recorded. The number of species found at the particular sites ranged from 22 to 31 species. Geophilous species Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus, geobionts Acalles fallax, Barypeithes chevrolati, Barypeithes mollicomus, Brachysomus hirtus, Trachodes hispidus and geoxenes Ceutorhynchus obstrictus and Sitona macularius predominated in the material from the oak-hornbeam forest epigeon. The canopy architecture and content of exchange bases in the leaf litter from amongst 13 gradient and 2 categorial variables analysed had direct and significant influence on the structure of epigeic weevil assemblages.

Abstract (in Czech)

In 1999-2002, we studied the weevil assemblages in the epigeon of oak-hornbeam forests in SW Slovakia. The investigation has been done on 10 study plots in the Malé Karpaty Mts. and Trnavská pahorkatina hills. Altogether 4,089 individuals of weevils classified into 78 species, 43 genera and 4 families were recorded. The number of species found at the particular sites ranged from 22 to 31 species. Geophilous species Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus, geobionts Acalles fallax, Barypeithes chevrolati, Barypeithes mollicomus, Brachysomus hirtus, Trachodes hispidus and geoxenes Ceutorhynchus obstrictus and Sitona macularius predominated in the material from the oak-hornbeam forest epigeon. The canopy architecture and content of exchange bases in the leaf litter from amongst 13 gradient and 2 categorial variables analysed had direct and significant influence on the structure of epigeic weevil assemblages.

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