Comparison of conservation values among man-made aquatic habitats using Odonata communities in Slovakia

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Alternative codes found

RIV/62156489:43210/22:43921609

Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11756-022-01129-0" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11756-022-01129-0</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11756-022-01129-0" target="_blank" >10.1007/s11756-022-01129-0</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Comparison of conservation values among man-made aquatic habitats using Odonata communities in Slovakia

Original language description

Odonates are one of the best-known aquatic insect groups, with the renowned ability to reflect the quality of freshwater ecosystems. In the last few decades, major emphasis has been placed on the importance of secondary aquatic habitats as refugia for odonates. Biota of man-made habitats, especially dams, are burdened by countless negative anthropogenic impacts. Nevertheless, some habitat types appear to be able to support species with high conservation value. Here, we used generalised linear models to analyse the effects of several environmental characteristics, such as pH, conductivity, water area and perimeter of selected sites, to clarify the effects of drivers in terms of species richness of odonates. Water dams, flooded quarries, flooded gravel quarries and flooded sandpits have been compared based on the Dragonfly Biotic Index (DBI). We recorded 44 odonate species, including several red-listed ones, such as Epitheca bimaculata (Charpentier, 1825), Leucorrhinia caudalis (Charpentier, 1840) and L. pectoralis (Charpentier, 1825). Although the highest numbers of species were found at water dams, at such habitats, the lowest values of DBI were revealed. The fractional effect of habitat types on DBI was also proven to be significant. Increased conductivity resulted in a decrease of species richness. The positive correlation between habitat area and DBI was also proven to be significant. Our results indicate a high conservation value of different types of flooded quarries counter to water dams, based on the presence of several nationally threatened species with high values of DBI.

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

10618 - Ecology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Biologia

ISSN

0006-3088

e-ISSN

1336-9563

Volume of the periodical

77

Issue of the periodical within the volume

9

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

2549-2561

UT code for WoS article

000810389000008

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85131897801