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How universal are reserve design rules? A test using butterflies and their life history traits
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SYSNO ASEP 0459095 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title How universal are reserve design rules? A test using butterflies and their life history traits Author(s) Bartoňová, Alena (BC-A) ORCID
Beneš, Jiří (BC-A) ORCID
Faltýnek Fric, Zdeněk (BC-A) RID, ORCID
Chobot, K. (CZ)
Konvička, Martin (BC-A) RID, ORCIDNumber of authors 5 Source Title Ecography. - : Wiley - ISSN 0906-7590
Roč. 39, č. 5 (2016), s. 456-464Number of pages 9 s. Language eng - English Country US - United States Keywords life history traits ; butterflies ; heterogeneity Subject RIV EH - Ecology, Behaviour R&D Projects GAP505/10/2167 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) Institutional support BC-A - RVO:60077344 UT WOS 000375601700006 EID SCOPUS 84936980903 DOI 10.1111/ecog.01642 Annotation We used butterfly species lists available for a set of 125 Czech Republic National Nature Reserves and Monuments, the highest small-sized conservation category in the country encompassing practically all biotope types existing in central Europe, to test the validity of generally agreed ‘reserve design rules’ using multivariate ordination analyses. Further, we used ordination analysis of butterfly life history traits to seek for biological mechanisms responsible for butterfly community responses to essentially geometric reserves characteristics. Reserve area, relative perimeter, within reserve habitat heterogeneity, and surrounding landscape compositional and configurational heterogeneity all affected the composition of butterfly assemblages after controlling for effects of geographical position and prevailing biotope type. Species inclining towards large reserves displayed low mobility and high local population density, probably because they require large habitat areas to maintain self-sustaining populations; such species tend to have restricted distribution in the country and threatened status. Reserves with relatively long boundaries hosted species with high mobility, broad trophic range and long adult period; faunas of such reserves contain high proportions of widespread generalists. Species with narrow trophic ranges inclined towards reserves containing diverse habitats, probably due to requirements for high floristic diversity. Species with short adult flight, low generations number and overwintering in early stages inclined towards reserves situated amidst diverse landscapes, perhaps because such species require finely-grained mosaics for metapopulation dynamics. Commonly agreed reserve design rules thus hold for Central European butterflies, but different design characteristics are important for individual species, depending on their life histories. Workplace Biology Centre (since 2006) Contact Dana Hypšová, eje@eje.cz, Tel.: 387 775 214 Year of Publishing 2017 Electronic address http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecog.01642/abstract
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