Effect of different restoration approaches on two species of newts (Amphibia: Caudata) in Central European lignite spoil heaps

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F17%3A00465981" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/17:00465981 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/60076658:12310/17:43895559 RIV/00216208:11140/17:10328634 RIV/00216208:11310/17:10328634

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925857416306656" target="_blank" >http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925857416306656</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.11.042" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.11.042</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Effect of different restoration approaches on two species of newts (Amphibia: Caudata) in Central European lignite spoil heaps

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Post-mining sites often offer secondary habitats for various amphibians endangered in common agricultural landscapes. On the other hand, there is a general lack of quantitative studies on the effects of the common restoration practices on colonisation of such artificial freshwater habitats by amphibians. Here, we focus on two newts decreasing in Central Europe, Lissotriton vulgaris and Triturus cristatus, in pools within lignite (brown coal) spoil heaps in the western Czech Republic.nWe compared their abundances in pools established by technical reclamation, spontaneous succession, and their combination. In spring 2016, we sampled 29 freshwater pools in five spoil heaps and 10 fishponds in the surrounding agricultural landscape by funnel trapping. We captured 52 L. vulgaris and 138 T. cristatus in all the studied habitats together. As only two L. vulgaris and no T. cristatus were caught in fishponds, the high potential of pools in post-mining landscapes was confirmed. Both newt species generally avoided the artificially established pools, but the spontaneously established pools were equally suitable for them in both technically reclaimed and spontaneously developed heaps. L. vulgaris preferred more transparent water, higher cover of cattails and the pool placed in the forest, but with fewer trees on the pool banks, whilst T. cristatus preferred narrower zone of littoral vegetation, more trees on the pool banks, smaller water bodies and absence of fish. Such habitat preferences fully corroborate with natural habitats. The technical reclamation still prevails in restoration of post-mining sites in many regions. We reveal it is an unsuitable practice for amphibians, if not combined with natural succession processes.n

Název v anglickém jazyce

Effect of different restoration approaches on two species of newts (Amphibia: Caudata) in Central European lignite spoil heaps

Popis výsledku anglicky

Post-mining sites often offer secondary habitats for various amphibians endangered in common agricultural landscapes. On the other hand, there is a general lack of quantitative studies on the effects of the common restoration practices on colonisation of such artificial freshwater habitats by amphibians. Here, we focus on two newts decreasing in Central Europe, Lissotriton vulgaris and Triturus cristatus, in pools within lignite (brown coal) spoil heaps in the western Czech Republic.nWe compared their abundances in pools established by technical reclamation, spontaneous succession, and their combination. In spring 2016, we sampled 29 freshwater pools in five spoil heaps and 10 fishponds in the surrounding agricultural landscape by funnel trapping. We captured 52 L. vulgaris and 138 T. cristatus in all the studied habitats together. As only two L. vulgaris and no T. cristatus were caught in fishponds, the high potential of pools in post-mining landscapes was confirmed. Both newt species generally avoided the artificially established pools, but the spontaneously established pools were equally suitable for them in both technically reclaimed and spontaneously developed heaps. L. vulgaris preferred more transparent water, higher cover of cattails and the pool placed in the forest, but with fewer trees on the pool banks, whilst T. cristatus preferred narrower zone of littoral vegetation, more trees on the pool banks, smaller water bodies and absence of fish. Such habitat preferences fully corroborate with natural habitats. The technical reclamation still prevails in restoration of post-mining sites in many regions. We reveal it is an unsuitable practice for amphibians, if not combined with natural succession processes.n

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10618 - Ecology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GAP504%2F12%2F2525" target="_blank" >GAP504/12/2525: Bezobratlí živočichové antropogenních stanovišť s jemným substrátem: složení společenstev, ochranářský potenciál a vlastnosti druhů</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Ecological Engineering

ISSN

0925-8574

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

99

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

FEB 05

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

6

Strana od-do

310-315

Kód UT WoS článku

000391838600034

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-84997216888