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Biogeographical patterns in vertebrate assemblages of the Czech Republic: regional division in the context of species’ distributions in Europe
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SYSNO ASEP 0466465 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Biogeographical patterns in vertebrate assemblages of the Czech Republic: regional division in the context of species’ distributions in Europe Author(s) Divíšek, Jan (UGN-S) RID, ORCID
Culek, M. (CZ)
Šťastný, K. (CZ)
Anděra, M. (CZ)Number of authors 4 Source Title Folia zoologica. - : Ústav biologie obratlovců AV ČR, v. v. i. - ISSN 0139-7893
Roč. 65, č. 3 (2016), s. 169-182Number of pages 14 s. Publication form Online - E Language eng - English Country CZ - Czech Republic Keywords beta diversity ; biogeographical regions ; terrestrial vertebrates Subject RIV DE - Earth Magnetism, Geodesy, Geography Institutional support UGN-S - RVO:68145535 UT WOS 000389559600001 EID SCOPUS 84996867958 Annotation This study attempts to explore biogeographical patterns in vertebrate assemblages of the Czech Republic and to delineate faunal biogeographical regions of the country. We focused on native terrestrial species and first explored main gradients in the composition of their assemblages. The first gradient revealed by Principal Coordinate Analysis was best correlated with climatic variables, whereas the second gradient can be ascribed rather to longitude and to the associated habitat change. Using the spatially constrained clustering, the Czech Republic was divided into five cohesive regions and species above-average associated with these regions showed distinct distributions within the European continent. Delineated regions also significantly differed at least in three considered environmental variables. We provided clear evidence that species distribution data gathered by national mapping support main biogeographical patterns suggested by previously published expert-based classifications of the country. We also demonstrated that the fauna of the Czech Republic shows a biogeographical pattern very similar to that showed by natural habitats defined in terms of plant communities. This indicates that both fauna and flora of the Czech Republic yield to the same environmental forces and biogeographical processes such as spreading of faunistic and floristic elements from the adjacent Carpathian Mountains and the Pannonian Basin. Workplace Institute of Geonics Contact Lucie Gurková, lucie.gurkova@ugn.cas.cz, Tel.: 596 979 354 Year of Publishing 2017 Electronic address http://www.ivb.cz/folia-zoologica-archive.html?vol=65&no=3
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