Wetland butterfly thriving in abandoned jungle: Neptis rivularis in the Czech Republic
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F24%3A00587432" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/24:00587432 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00098574:_____/24:N0000005 RIV/60076658:12310/24:43908477
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00114-024-01921-9" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00114-024-01921-9</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-024-01921-9" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00114-024-01921-9</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Wetland butterfly thriving in abandoned jungle: Neptis rivularis in the Czech Republic
Original language description
With ongoing insect declines, species expanding in distribution and abundance deserve attention, as understanding their success may help design conservation strategies for less successful species. Common causes of these successes include warmer climates, novel resources, and exploiting land use change, including land abandonment. These factors affect the nymphalid butterfly Neptis rivularis, developing on Spiraea spp. shrubs and reaching the north-western limits of its trans-Palearctic distribution in Central Europe. We combined mark-recapture, behaviour analysis, and distribution modelling to study N. rivularis in wetlands of the Trebonsko Protected Landscape (IUCN category V). The long-living adults (up to 4 weeks) spent a considerable amount of time searching for partners, ovipositing and nectaring at Spiraea shrubs, alternating this with stays in tree crowns, where they located cool shelters, spent nights, and presumably fed on honeydew. They formed high-density populations (310 adults/ha), exploiting high host plant abundance. They adhered to floodplains and to conditions of relatively mild winters. The ongoing Spiraea encroachment of abandoned alluvial grasslands is, thus, a transient situation, ultimately followed by forest encroachment. Rewilding the habitats by introducing native ungulates presents an opportunity to restore the disturbance regime of the sites. The increased resource supply combined with a warming climate has opened up temperate Europe to colonization by N. rivularis.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10619 - Biodiversity conservation
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/SS03010232" target="_blank" >SS03010232: Megaungulates grazing in nature and landscape conservation: Biodiversity and ekosystem services</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Science of Nature
ISSN
0028-1042
e-ISSN
1432-1904
Volume of the periodical
111
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
34
UT code for WoS article
001253336200001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85196720255