Butterfly diversity and biogeography on the Croatian karst mountain Biokovo: Vertical distribution and preference for altitude and aspect?

Title:

Butterfly diversity and biogeography on the Croatian karst mountain Biokovo: Vertical distribution and preference for altitude and aspect?

Creator:

Mihoci, Iva, Hršak, Vladimir, Kučinić, Mladen, Mičetić Stanković, Vlatka, Delić, Antun, and Tvrtković, Nikola

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:f490c8d7-ffe5-4279-a048-c40cdcd57c05
uuid:f490c8d7-ffe5-4279-a048-c40cdcd57c05

Subject:

Zoologie, entomologie, Dinárský kras, Dinaric Karst, Lepidoptera, butterflies, aspect, altitude, indicators, 2, and 59

Type:

article, články, model:article, and TEXT

Description:

Geographic isolation, altitude, climate, landscape and habitat are significant predictors of butterfly diversity in mountain ecosystems. Their diversity and its dependence on altitude, aspect (compass bearing) and biogeographic characteristics of the butterflies were surveyed on the karst mountain Biokovo in southern Croatia. The results affirm that there is a high diversity of butterflies in the study area and the species composition and biogeographic elements are more dependent on altitude than aspect of the mountain. The present study indicates that climate, relief and habitat preferences strongly influence the biogeographic features of species and the relationship between species richness per site and altitude, aspect and the altitude-aspect interaction. and Iva Mihoci, Vladimir Hršak, Mladen Kučinić, Vlatka Mičetić Stanković, Antun Delić, Nikola Tvrtković.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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Source:

European Journal of Entomology | 2011 Volume:108 | Number:4

Harvested from:

CDK

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