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Demography and dispersal ability of a threatened saproxylic beetle: A mark-recapture study of the rosalia longicorn (Rosalia alpina)

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    0368303 - BC 2012 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
    Drag, Lukáš - Hauck, David - Pokluda, Pavel - Zimmermann, Kamil - Čížek, Lukáš
    Demography and dispersal ability of a threatened saproxylic beetle: A mark-recapture study of the rosalia longicorn (Rosalia alpina).
    PLoS ONE. Roč. 6, č. 6 (2011), e21345. ISSN 1932-6203. E-ISSN 1932-6203
    R&D Projects: GA MŠMT LC06073
    Grant - others:Ministerstvo životního prostředí(CZ) VaV/SP/2d3/153/08
    Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z50070508
    Keywords : Rosalia alpina
    Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour
    Impact factor: 4.092, year: 2011

    The Rosalia longicorn or Alpine longhorn (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) is an endangered and strictly protected icon of European saproxylic biodiversity. Despite its popularity, lack of information on its demography and mobility may compromise adoption of suitable conservation strategies. The beetle experienced marked retreat from NW part of its range; its single population survives N of the Alps and W of the Carpathians. The population inhabits several small patches of old beech forest on hill-tops of the Ralska Upland, Czech Republic. We performed mark-recapture study of the population and assessed its distribution pattern. Our results demonstrate the high mobility of the beetle, including dispersal between hills (up to 1.6 km). The system is thus interconnected; it contained similar to 2000 adult beetles in 2008. Estimated population densities were high, ranging between 42 and 84 adult beetles/hectare a year.
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