Vacant niche in alpine habitat: the case of an introduced population of the butterfly Erebia epiphron in the Krkonoše Mountains.

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Vacant niche in alpine habitat: the case of an introduced population of the butterfly Erebia epiphron in the Krkonoše Mountains.

Original language description

As a result of artificial introduction of 50 females in 1932 and 1933, a vacant niche in alpine habitats of the Krkonoše Mts. (Czech Republic) was colonised by a non-native butterfly Erebia epiphron. The species established a large population above the timberline on one of parallel ridges (East), but failed to colonise the parallel Western ridge. We compare in detail compared altitudinal distribution and phenology of E. epiphron in its new area, comparing it with its native congener, E. euryale. We conclude that the Krkonoše alpine communities are unsaturated with species, which is striking in comparison with native butterfly fauna of similar mountains. We interpret this by a past encroachment of alpine grasslands in the Krkonoše Mts. by the dwarf pinePinus mugo.

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EH - Ecology - communities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)

Publication year

2003

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Acta Oecologica

ISSN

1146-609X

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Volume of the periodical

24

Issue of the periodical within the volume

N/A

Country of publishing house

FR - FRANCE

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

15-23

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