Will refaunation by feral horse affect five checkerspot butterfly species (Melitaea Fabricius, 1807) coexisting at xeric grasslands of Podyji National Park, Czech Republic?

0510742 - BC 2020 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
Vodičková, V. - Vrba, Pavel - Grill, S. - Bartoňová, Alena - Kollross, Jan - Potocký, Pavel - Konvička, Martin
Will refaunation by feral horse affect five checkerspot butterfly species (Melitaea Fabricius, 1807) coexisting at xeric grasslands of Podyji National Park, Czech Republic?
Journal for Nature Conservation. Roč. 52, DEC 01 (2019), č. článku 125755. ISSN 1617-1381. E-ISSN 1618-1093
Grant - others:GA JU(CZ) 152/2016/P
Institutional support: RVO:60077344
Keywords : butterfly conservation * grassland management * Lepidoptera
OECD category: Biodiversity conservation
Impact factor: 2.482, year: 2019
Method of publishing: Limited access
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In connection with the broad refaunation/rewilding movement, free-range grazing by native ungulates is being increasingly used as a management option for diverse habitat types, including xeric grasslands of temperate Europe. Prior to the establishment of such grazing by Exmoor ponies, an analogue of the wild horse for European grasslands, we surveyed the
demography, mobility and habitat use of five species of checkerspot butterflies (Melitaeini) co-occurring at two grasslands of the Podyjí National Park, Czech Republic: Melitaea athalia, M. aurelia, M. britomartis, M. cinxia, and M. didyma. We combined mark-recapture, adults distribution models and larval nests surveys to describe co-occurrence patterns of the five butterflies and to predict impacts of the horses on their populations.
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