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Spatial heterogeneity and habitat permanence affect community assembly, structure and phenology of mayflies (Ephemeroptera) in sandpit pools
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SYSNO ASEP 0466937 Document Type C - Proceedings Paper (int. conf.) R&D Document Type Conference Paper Title Spatial heterogeneity and habitat permanence affect community assembly, structure and phenology of mayflies (Ephemeroptera) in sandpit pools Author(s) Sroka, Pavel (BC-A) RID, ORCID
Klečka, Jan (BC-A) RID, ORCID
Boukal, David S. (BC-A) RID, ORCIDNumber of authors 3 Source Title Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the International Conference on Ephemeroptera /14./ and International Symposium on Plecoptera /18./. - Auckland : Magnolia Press, 2016 / Macadam C. R. ; Stockan J. A. - ISSN 1178-9913 Pages s. 205-218 Number of pages 14 s. Publication form Print - P Action Joint Meeting of the International Conference on Ephemeroptera /14./ and the International Symposium on Plecoptera /18./ Event date 31.05.2015 - 05.06.2015 VEvent location Aberdeen Country GB - United Kingdom Event type WRD Language eng - English Country NZ - New Zealand Keywords community ecology ; population dynamics ; colonization experiment Subject RIV EH - Ecology, Behaviour OECD category Entomology R&D Projects GA14-29857S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) Institutional support BC-A - RVO:60077344 UT WOS 000442068700015 DOI 10.11646/zoosymposia.11.1.20 Annotation Spatial heterogeneity is a factor generally considered to promote biodiversity of a given habitat. We studied a colonization of isolated, newly formed pools with different heterogeneity levels (with and without artificial vegetation) and permanence (temporary and permanent). Using mayflies (Ephemeroptera) as a model group, we estimated the effect of spatial heterogeneity on the mayfly community assembly. We found the vegetated pools to host higher species diversity and abundance. Only one species was more abundant in the pools without vegetation. Since the mayfly larvae could not migrate between treatments, differences must be caused either by preferences in female oviposition or different levels of mortality among the treatments. We recorded slightly faster and more synchronized larval development in the non-permanent pools, attributable to the temperature and hydrologic regime. Workplace Biology Centre (since 2006) Contact Dana Hypšová, eje@eje.cz, Tel.: 387 775 214 Year of Publishing 2020
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