Naslov
Butterflies of Croatia: status, threats and conservation

Autori
Šašić, Martina ; Mihoci, Iva

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

Izvornik
SIEEC 22 SYMPOSIUM INTERNATIONALE ENTOMOFAUNISTICUM EUROPAE CENTRALIS XXII / Prof. Dr. Božena Barić, Prof. Dr. Boris Hrašovec, Prof. Dr. Mladen Kučinić, Dipl. ing. Vlatka Mičetić Stanković, Dr. Ana Previšić - : Permanent Committee of SIEEC, Croatian Entomological Society and Varaždin City Museum, 2011, 46-47

Skup
SIEEC 22 SYMPOSIUM INTERNATIONALE ENTOMOFAUNISTICUM EUROPAE CENTRALIS XXII

Mjesto i datum
Varaždin, Hrvatska, 29.06.2011. - 03.07.2011

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Domaća recenzija

Ključne riječi
butterflies; indicators; status; threats; conservation

Sažetak
Butterflies are considered valuable biodiversity indicators because they occur in a wide range of habitats and respond rapidly to changes in environment and management. The checklist of butterflies of Croatia is a result of our recent attempts to document the butterfly diversity and create a national database. The overall picture showed a total of 194 species. The history of studying butterflies in Croatia begun in 19th century and the level of knowledge has raised considerably from that time. Still, information on distribution and trend of species are poor because the majority of studies are focused on fauna on a small region/area. Problems of categorizing a poorly-documented fauna will be pointed. Some examples of recent changes in range and species diversity will be linked with the causes of change: habitat decline, loss and fragmentation. Recently we assessed the status of butterfly fauna of Croatia. In the absence of substantial historical information on abundance changes, we used the distribution change criteria of IUCN to create a list of threatened butterflies of Croatia and the Red book of threatened butterflies of Croatia which is under preparation. About 25% of Croatia’s butterfly fauna is of conservation concern including species of national and European concern. All threatened species are legally protected. The main causes for the declines are thought to be changes in rural land use, especially land abandonment or agricultural intensification.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija

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