Refugial occurrence and ecology of the land snail Vertigo lilljeborgi in fen habitats in temperate mainland Europe

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F17%3A00095094" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/17:00095094 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11310/17:10372989 RIV/00023272:_____/17:10133776

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyx028" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyx028</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyx028" target="_blank" >10.1093/mollus/eyx028</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Refugial occurrence and ecology of the land snail Vertigo lilljeborgi in fen habitats in temperate mainland Europe

Original language description

Vertigo lilljeborgi (Westerlund, 1871) is one of the rarest terrestrial snail species in temperate mainland Europe, where it is traditionally considered a glacial relict. This contrasts with its occurrence in northern Europe where it is a widespread species. This species prefers constantly wet habitats that are neutral to slightly acidic and avoids highly alkaline conditions, which is an extremely rare ecology for a Eurasian mollusc. Until 2012, only five historical records of this species were known in mainland Europe to the south of its main distribution in northern Europe. Since then, 20 new sites have been discovered, mostly located in the Hercynian Mountains (Bohemian Massif in the Czech Republic and Massif Central in France). In comparison with the boreal European and Alpine populations, those from the Hercynian Mountains inhabit acidic, rather soligenous and productive fens, strongly dominated by Sphagnum. Vertigo lilljeborgi does not occur in some sites with apparently suitable habitats as indicated by species composition of the vegetation. We observed a surprising correspondence between the occurrence of V. lilljeborgi and mean July air temperature and we report its first fossil record from the last glacial period from Central Europe. Although the number of its sites has increased recently, these sites represent highly unusual and unique habitats, vulnerable to drainage and destruction from human activities. This highlights the need for conservation efforts in most of the newly discovered isolated sites.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10600 - Biological sciences

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA17-05696S" target="_blank" >GA17-05696S: Holocene development of temperate European biota: effects of climate, refugia and local factors tested by complex datasets of independent proxies</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Molluscan Studies

ISSN

0260-1230

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

83

Issue of the periodical within the volume

November

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

451-460

UT code for WoS article

000414337100008

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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