Ecology and Current Distribution of Three Habitat-Specialized Land Snail Species of the Genus Vertigo (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata) in Europe

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F24%3A00137822" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/24:00137822 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2024.63-19" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2024.63-19</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2024.63-19" target="_blank" >10.6620/ZS.2024.63-19</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Ecology and Current Distribution of Three Habitat-Specialized Land Snail Species of the Genus Vertigo (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata) in Europe

Original language description

Our understanding of species distribution and ecology is critical to properly assess their conservation status. Vertigo lilljeborgi, V. genesii, and V. geyeri have the centre of their current distribution in northern Europe, where their occurrence is relatively frequent. However, to the south their occurrence is fragmented and restricted to sites of late glacial/early Holocene origin. In the last similar to 30 years, there has been an increase in records, connected with the listing of the latter two species in Annex II of the EU Habitats Directive (94/43/EEC). However, there is no comprehensive publication documenting their pan-European distribution. Therefore, we assembled all available data from online databases, books, and scientific literature and combined them with our unpublished records to create distribution maps. The results show a more frequent occurrence in temperate Europe than previously known, especially for V. geyeri. Analyses performed on data from 327 ecologically potentially suitable sites, covering the entire distribution range of the species, have improved our knowledge of their ecology. Vertigo lilljeborgi and especially V. genesii are restricted to areas with lower summer and winter temperatures, and therefore, their further decline is expected in the face of rising temperatures due to climate change. The preference of V. geyeri for higher temperatures, in comparison to the latter two species, may explain its relatively frequent distribution in temperate Europe. Vertigo lilljeborgi favors base-poor sites, while V. genesii and V. geyeri prefer calciumrich sites, with the latter being the most calcicolous. Their need for a stable water regime and low-productive sites, known from previous studies, was not conspicuous in our results, probably due to the selection of sites well within the species range. Despite the increase in record frequency, these species are still endangered, especially in temperate Europe. Their sites should therefore be strictly protected as sites of high biological diversity and conservation value. Because of their relict nature, these land snails should be considered umbrella species and indicators of well-preserved groundwater-dependent ecosystems in temperate Europe.

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

10613 - Zoology

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA23-05132S" target="_blank" >GA23-05132S: New calibration and indicator systems for reconstruction of Holocene climate controlled for local habitat development</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Zoological Studies

ISSN

1021-5506

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

63

Issue of the periodical within the volume

JUL

Country of publishing house

TW - TAIWAN (PROVINCE OF CHINA)

Number of pages

17

Pages from-to

1-17

UT code for WoS article

001286201200001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85190805162