Local and landscape factors affecting communities of plants and diurnal Lepidoptera in black coal spoil heaps: Implications for restoration management

0422297 - BÚ 2014 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Tropek, Robert - Hejda, Martin - Kadlec, T. - Spitzer, Lukáš
Local and landscape factors affecting communities of plants and diurnal Lepidoptera in black coal spoil heaps: Implications for restoration management.
Ecological Engineering. Roč. 57, aug. 2013 (2013), s. 252-260. ISSN 0925-8574. E-ISSN 1872-6992
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GAP505/11/1112; GA ČR GAP504/12/2525; GA ČR GAP505/10/2167
Institutional support: RVO:67985939 ; RVO:60077344
Keywords : diversity conservation * disturbance * habitat heterogenity
Subject RIV: EF - Botanics; EH - Ecology, Behaviour (BC-A)
Impact factor: 3.041, year: 2013

The relation between the diversity of vascular plants, diurnal butterflies and several land-use, habitat and surrounding landscape factors was tested on 11 black coal soil heaps. The diversity of both vascular plants and diurnal lepidoptera was related to land-use and habitat factors representing early stages of succession, dry habitats and moderate disturbance. On the contrary, factors like covering with a fertile topsoil were associated with low diversity of both target groups of organisms. Factors associated with surrounding landscape did not reveal any effect. The results confirm the high conservation value of black coal heaps and management should be aimed at preserving open, dry and-or stress moderated habitat patches and promoting overal habitat heterogeneity.
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