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Contrasting needs of grassland dwellers: habitat preferences of endangered steppe beetles (Coleoptera)
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SYSNO ASEP 0375807 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Contrasting needs of grassland dwellers: habitat preferences of endangered steppe beetles (Coleoptera) Author(s) Čížek, Lukáš (BC-A) RID, ORCID
Hauck, David (BC-A) ORCID
Pokluda, Pavel (BC-A)Number of authors 3 Source Title Journal of Insect Conservation - ISSN 1366-638X
Roč. 16, č. 2 (2012), s. 281-293Number of pages 13 s. Language eng - English Country NL - Netherlands Keywords blister beetle ; carpathian basin ; darkling beetle Subject RIV EH - Ecology, Behaviour R&D Projects LC06073 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) CEZ AV0Z50070508 - ENTU-I, BC-A (2005-2011) UT WOS 000301588900012 DOI 10.1007/s10841-011-9415-6 Annotation Knowledge on requirements of dry-grassland inhabitants is vital to slow down decline of grassland biodiversity. We studied habitat requirements of eight flightless steppe beetles, including some of the most endangered dry-grassland specialists of the continent. The beetles were sampled using 167 pitfall traps at a pannonian dry-grassland fragment, the Pouzdrany steppe, SE Czech Republic. Two of the studied species required relatively humid microhabitats, including tallgrass steppe with litter (Carabus hungaricus, Carabidae) and grassland of high herb cover (Meloe proscarabaeus, Meloidae). Others were associated with xeric habitats (e.g. Meloe scabriusculus) and their early-successional stages, including short-turf vegetation (Dorcadion fulvum, D. pedestre, Cerambycidae) and/or bare-ground patches (Blaps lethifera, Tenebrionidae; Meloe decorus, M. uralensis). Spatially and temporarily highly diversified patch management creating a fine scale mosaic of various seral stages from bare soil to tall-grass steppe is therefore the most appropriate approach for managing isolated grasslands. Prescribed burning and support of burrowing herbivores are recommended and discussed together with other measures for restoration of habitat diversity in dry-grassland fragments. Workplace Biology Centre (since 2006) Contact Dana Hypšová, eje@eje.cz, Tel.: 387 775 214 Year of Publishing 2013 Electronic address http://www.springerlink.com/content/h7523m513164v7l3/
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