Ecological and historical determinants of Western Carpathian
populations of Pupilla alpicola (Charpentier, 1837) in relation
to its present range and conservation

J 2011

Ecological and historical determinants of Western Carpathian populations of Pupilla alpicola (Charpentier, 1837) in relation to its present range and conservation

HORSÁK, Michal; Jana ŠKODOVÁ a Nicole ČERNOHORSKÁ

Základní údaje

Originální název

Ecological and historical determinants of Western Carpathian populations of Pupilla alpicola (Charpentier, 1837) in relation to its present range and conservation

Autoři

HORSÁK, Michal; Jana ŠKODOVÁ a Nicole ČERNOHORSKÁ

Vydání

Journal of Molluscan Studies, 2011, 0260-1230

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 1.227

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/11:00050020

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

UT WoS

000293305300006

Klíčová slova anglicky

Pupilla alpicola; land snail; glacial relict; distribution; autecology; response curves; historical determinants

Štítky

AKR, rivok

Změněno: 7. 4. 2015 13:19, Mgr. Lucie Jarošová, DiS.

Anotace

V originále

The minute snail Pupilla alpicola (Stylommatophora: Pupillidae) is known as a threatened glacial relict restricted to treeless calcareous fens with Holocene continuity, mainly in the Alpine and Carpathian regions. We summarize all available data on the distribution of P. alpicola and analyse its ecological requirements in the Western Carpathians both at a larger, regional scale (162 sites) and at a smaller, within-site scale (10 sites). Viable populations of Pupilla alpicola occurred in 31 sites out of the 162 fens studied. Water conductivity, Ellenberg’s indicator values for soil reaction, light and nutrients were the main ecological variables that explained these occurrences. The species preferred sites with extremely high calcium carbonate precipitation, low nutrients and sparse herb vegetation cover. Its present distribution in the Western Carpathians is strongly related to a spatial–temporal continuum of calcareous fens throughout the Holocene; none of the modern populations was located further than 40 km from the known palaeorefugium. Direct fossil evidence shows that these palaeorefugial fens have persisted since the Pleistocene/Holocene transition. A conservation strategy for this rare species needs to take account of both historical continuity and the maintenance of appropriate ecological conditions.

Návaznosti

GAP504/11/0429, projekt VaV

Název: Gradienty prostředí, vegetační dynamika a krajinné změny v Západních Karpatech od pozdního glaciálu po současnost (Akronym: PALAEO-CARPATHIANS)

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Environmental gradients, vegetation dynamics and landscape changes in the West Carpathians from the Late Glacial up to the present time

Citovat

HORSÁK, Michal; Jana ŠKODOVÁ a Nicole ČERNOHORSKÁ. Ecological and historical determinants of Western Carpathian populations of Pupilla alpicola (Charpentier, 1837) in relation to its present range and conservation. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 2011, roč. 77, č. 3, s. 248-254. ISSN 0260-1230.

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N2  - The minute snail Pupilla alpicola (Stylommatophora: Pupillidae) is known as a threatened glacial relict restricted to treeless calcareous fens with Holocene continuity, mainly in the Alpine and Carpathian regions. We summarize all available data on the distribution of P. alpicola and analyse its ecological requirements in the Western Carpathians both at a larger, regional scale (162 sites) and at a smaller, within-site scale (10 sites). Viable populations of Pupilla alpicola occurred in 31 sites out of the 162 fens studied. Water conductivity, Ellenberg’s indicator values for soil reaction, light and nutrients were the main ecological variables that explained these occurrences. The species preferred sites with extremely high calcium carbonate precipitation, low nutrients and sparse herb vegetation cover. Its present distribution in the Western Carpathians is strongly related to a spatial–temporal continuum of calcareous fens throughout the Holocene; none of the modern populations was located further than 40 km from the known palaeorefugium. Direct fossil evidence shows that these palaeorefugial fens have persisted since the Pleistocene/Holocene transition. A conservation strategy for this rare species needs to take account of both historical continuity and the maintenance of appropriate ecological conditions.
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HORSÁK, Michal; Jana ŠKODOVÁ a Nicole ČERNOHORSKÁ. Ecological and historical determinants of Western Carpathian populations of Pupilla alpicola (Charpentier, 1837) in relation to its present range and conservation. \textit{Journal of Molluscan Studies}. 2011, roč.~77, č.~3, s.~248-254. ISSN~0260-1230.

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