Spontaneous succession in limestone quarries as an effective restoration tool for endangered arthropods and plants

Tropek, R.; Kadlec, T.; Karešová, P.; Spitzer, L.; Kočárek, P.; Malenovský, I.; Baňař, P.; Tuf, I.H.; Hejda, Martin; Konvička, Martin

doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01746.x

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Spontaneous succession in limestone quarries as an effective restoration tool for endangered arthropods and plants

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SYSNO ASEP	0355710
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Spontaneous succession in limestone quarries as an effective restoration tool for endangered arthropods and plants
Author(s)	Tropek, R. (CZ) Kadlec, T. (CZ) Karešová, P. (CZ) Spitzer, L. (CZ) Kočárek, P. (CZ) Malenovský, I. (CZ) Baňař, P. (CZ) Tuf, I.H. (CZ) Hejda, Martin (BU-J)_{RID, ORCID} Konvička, Martin (BC-A)_{RID, ORCID}
Number of authors	10
Source Title	Journal of Applied Ecology. - : Wiley - ISSN 0021-8901 Roč. 47, č. 1 (2010), s. 139-147
Number of pages	9 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	US - United States
Keywords	artificial biotopes ; biodiversity conservation ; landscape restoration
Subject RIV	EH - Ecology, Behaviour
R&D Projects	GD206/08/H044 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
	GD206/08/H049 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
	LC06073 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
CEZ	AV0Z50070508 - ENTU-I, BC-A (2005-2011)
	AV0Z60050516 - BU-J (2005-2011)
UT WOS	000274191300016
DOI	10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01746.x
Annotation	1. The view of post-mining sites is rapidly changing among ecologists and conservationists, as sensitive restoration using spontaneous succession may turn such sites into biodiversity refuges in human-exploited regions. However, technical reclamation, consisting of covering the sites by topsoil, sowing fast-growing herb mixtures and planting trees, is still commonly adopted. Until now, no multi-taxa study has compared technically reclaimed sites and sites left with spontaneous succes.2. We sampled communities of vascular plants and 10 arthropod groups in technically reclaimed and spontaneously restored plots in limestone quarries in the Bohem. Karst, Czech Republic. For comparison, we used paired t-tests and multivariate methods, emphasizing red-list status and habitat specialization of individual species.3. We recorded 692 species of target taxa, with a high proportion of red-listed (10%) and xeric special. (14%) species, corroborating the great conservation potential of the quarries.
Workplace	Biology Centre (since 2006)
Contact	Dana Hypšová, eje@eje.cz, Tel.: 387 775 214
Year of Publishing	2011

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