Naslov
Vertical Distribution And Habitat Preferences Of Carabids On The South Velebit Mount In Croatia

Autori
Vujčić-Karlo, Snježana ; Lukač, Gordan ; Brigić, A.

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

ISBN
978-954-642-307-8

Skup
Međunarodnom simpoziju karabidologa

Mjesto i datum
Bugarska, 19.08.2007. - 25.08.2007

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
habitats; diversity and richness of ground beetles; Velebit Nature Park

Sažetak
According to the great endemism and natural landscapes the Velebit mount is protected like a Nature Park and, in part, as a National Park. This mount is situated on the east side of Adriatic coast with great influence of the Mediterranean climate from one side, and the continental from the other. Natural vegetation are woods, differ according to the climate, altitude, exposition and the soil type. Thanks to the intensive forestation, sheep-breeding and land cultivation, the vegetation was changed and the primaveral forests were replaced with the limestone pasture ground with sparse vegetation or grassland. The woods are still present on a higher altitude and on the bottom of the mount. In the last 50 years the influence of the forestation and sheeping was low and limited on a smaller area. This management has resulted in a fragmented landscape. The aim of our investigation was to find out how the past changes influenced the carabids fauna. We have chosen 17 sites along the vertical gradient in a different kind of plant communities from the primaveral forests to meadows, and collected the ground beetles for one year. The results have shown that the endemic fauna still exist in the primaveral forests, but that some forest species can also be found on the limestone fields with sparse vegetation. The population size in this area was very small. The fauna of a rocky ground differ from the fauna on the meadows and was more similar to the forest fauna.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija

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