Tiny fragments of acidophilous steppic grasslands serve as yet unknown habitats of endangered aeolian sand specialists among Aculeata (Hymenoptera)

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00027006:_____/18:00004831 RIV/00216208:11120/19:43917276

Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10531-018-1646-3" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10531-018-1646-3</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-018-1646-3" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10531-018-1646-3</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Tiny fragments of acidophilous steppic grasslands serve as yet unknown habitats of endangered aeolian sand specialists among Aculeata (Hymenoptera)

Original language description

Aeolian sand specialists are traditionally recognized among the most threatened species of central European landscapes due to habitat loss. In the present study, we examined the diversity of bees and wasps, and the cover and composition of vegetation in 17 neglected small fragments of Artemisio campestris-Corynephoretum canescentis acidophilous grasslands, which developed on weathered granodiorite rocks in the Czech Republic. The size of the examined fragments ranged from 128 to 14,000m(2), with a total area of only 5.7ha. At the examined sites, we identified species-rich assemblages of endangered aculeate hymenopterans that were previously thought to be specialized on aeolian sands. We found that despite the small area and relative isolation of the examined sites, they hosted 26 Red-Listed species of bees and wasps and a species new to Bohemia (Megachile pilicrus), respectively. The examined habitats also supported the presence of 18 Red-Listed receding field weeds and steppic grassland specialists. The analyzed bee and wasp assemblages were characterized by their low dominance (1-Simpson index=0.091) and high alpha diversity (Fisher&apos;s alpha=48.9). Although the examined fragments of acidophilous steppic grasslands differed in size by two orders of magnitude, the total abundance and species richness of the bees and wasps were not correlated with the size of the fragments. This suggests the long-term stability despite the minute size of some of the residual fragments. Land protection and active management are proposed to conserve these habitats for future generations.

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

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Biodiversity and conservation

ISSN

0960-3115

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

28

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

183-195

UT code for WoS article

000454776800011

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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