DOCSLIB.ORG

Biological and Landscape Diversity in Slovenia

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Biological and Landscape Diversity in Slovenia MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA Biological and Landscape Diversity in Slovenia An overview CBD Ljubljana, 2001 MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SPATIAL PLANNING ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA Published by: Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning - Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia Editors in chief and executive editors: Branka Hlad and Peter Skoberne Technical editor: Darja Jeglič Reviewers of the draft text: Kazimir Tarman Ph.D., Andrej Martinčič Ph.D., Fedor Černe Ph.D. English translation: Andreja Naraks Gordana Beltram Ph.D. (chapter on Invasive Species, ......., comments on the figures), Andrej Golob (chapter on Communication, Education and Public Awareness) Revision of the English text: Alan McConnell-Duff Ian Mitchell (chapter on Communication, Education and Public Awareness) Gordana Beltram Ph.D. Designed and printed by: Littera Picta d.o.o. Photographs were contributed by: Milan Orožen Adamič (2), Matjaž Bedjanič (12), Gordana Beltram (3), Andrej Bibič (2), Janez Božič (1), Robert Bolješič (1), Branka Hlad (15), Andrej Hudoklin (10), Hojka Kraigher (1), Valika Kuštor (1), Bojan Marčeta (1), Ciril Mlinar (3), Marko Simić (91), Peter Skoberne (57), Baldomir Svetličič (1), Martin Šolar (1), Dorotea Verša (1) and Jana Vidic (2). Edition: 700 copies CIP - Kataložni zapis o publikaciji Narodna in univerzitetna knjižnica, Ljubljana 502.3(497.4)(082) 574(497.4)(082) BIOLOGICAL and landscape diversity in Slovenia : an overview / (editors in chief Branka Hlad and Peter Skoberne ; English translation Andreja Naraks, Gordana Beltram, Andrej Golob; photographs were contributed by Milan Orožen Adamič... et. al.). - Ljubljana : Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning, Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia, 2001 ISBN 961-6324-17-9 I. Hlad, Branka 119431680 Copyright: Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia, 2001: Biological and Landscape Diversity of Slovenia, Ljubljana. The document before us is one of the outputs of the project on preparation of the Biodiversity Strategy of Slovenia. It was financed by the World Bank, Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning. Our gratitude for professional assistance goes to all experts, scientific organizations, ministries and all other govern- mental organizations, inspection services, police, customs, enterprises and non-governmental organizations for their contributions. Special thanks are extended to the authors of the photographs who offered their work free of charge and thus provided for the better esthetical value and attractiveness of the document. iii CONTENTS FOREWORD ............................................................................. vii Bogs, fens and marshes ....................................................................... 40 Bogs and fens ................................................................................. 40 SUMMARY .................................................................................. ix Marshes ............................................................................................ 41 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................... xii Rocky habitats, screes and dunes ...................................................... 41 Organisation and data compilation ...................................................... xii Rural and urban landscapes ................................................................ 41 Working groups .................................................................................... xii Rural habitats (except grasslands) .......................................... 42 Additional expertise ........................................................................... xii Urban habitats .............................................................................. 43 Aims and objectives of the document .................................................. xv Specific ecosystems ................................................................................. 44 Problems, constraints and limitations in preparation of the Soil ecosystem ....................................................................................... 44 document ................................................................................................... xvi Mountain ecosystems .......................................................................... 46 Karst and subterranean habitats ........................................................ 48 ‘Mrazišča’ ................................................................................................. 50 PART 1: BIODIVERSITY ..............................................1 Wetlands .................................................................................................. 51 BIODIVERSITY ........................................................................... 3 SPECIES ..................................................................................... 57 Levels of biodiversity ................................................................................. 3 General characteristics ........................................................................... 57 Genetic diversity .................................................................................... 3 Threatened species .................................................................................. 58 Species diversity .................................................................................... 3 Degree of research ................................................................................... 59 Ecosystem diversity ............................................................................... 3 Invasive species ........................................................................................ 59 Landscape diversity ............................................................................... 4 Presentation by taxonomic groups ....................................................... 60 Biodiversity through time ........................................................................ 4 Micro-organisms ................................................................................... 60 Global and European framework ............................................................ 6 Viruses .............................................................................................. 61 Values of biodiversity ................................................................................. 6 Bacteria ............................................................................................ 61 Importance of biodiversity for human use ....................................... 7 Fungi ........................................................................................................ 62 Direct-use values of biodiversity ......................................................... 7 Micromycetes ................................................................................. 62 Indirect-use or ecological values ........................................................ 8 Macromycetes ................................................................................ 63 Aesthetic, intrinsic and cultural values ............................................ 9 Fungi symbioses (Lichens and mycorrhizae) ........................ 66 Plant species .......................................................................................... 69 Freshwater algae .......................................................................... 70 PART 2: THE STATUS OF BIOLOGICAL AND Mosses, liveworts and hornworts (bryophyta) ....................... 72 LANDSCAPE DIVERSITY ......................................... 11 Ferns and angiosperms and gymnosperms ........................... 73 Animal species ...................................................................................... 75 BIODIVERSITY IN SLOVENIA .................................................. 13 Molluscs - terrestrial and freshawater (Mollusca) ................ 77 Some main characteristics of Slovenia ................................................ 13 Leeches (Hirudinea) ..................................................................... 78 Characteristics of biological and landscape diversity in Slovenia 15 Spiders (Araneae) ......................................................................... 78 Daddy-longlegs (Opiliones) ........................................................ 79 HABITATS - BIODIVERSITY AT THE ECOSYSTEM LEVEL ....... 17 Entomostracans (Entomostraca) ............................................. 80 General characteristics ........................................................................... 17 Freshwater and brackish water malacostracans Habitat typology ........................................................................................ 17 (Malacostraca) ............................................................................. 80 Habitats and threatened plant and animal species ........................... 18 Chilopods (Chilopoda) .................................................................. 81 Criteria for the assessment of habitats ................................................. 20 Dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) ................................ 82 Threats ......................................................................................................... 20 Stoneflies (Plecoptera)
Load more

Recommended publications
  • From Slovenian Farms Learn About Slovenian Cuisine with Dishes Made by Slovenian Housewives
    TOURISM ON FARMS IN SLOVENIA MY WAY OF COUNTRYSIDE HOLIDAYS. #ifeelsLOVEnia #myway www.slovenia.info www.farmtourism.si Welcome to our home Imagine the embrace of green 2.095.861 surroundings, the smell of freshly cut PEOPLE LIVE grass, genuine Slovenian dialects, IN SLOVENIA (1 JANUARY 2020) traditional architecture and old farming customs and you’ll start to get some idea of the appeal of our countryside. Farm 900 TOURIST tourism, usually family-owned, open their FARMS doors and serve their guests the best 325 excursion farms, 129 wineries, produce from their gardens, fields, cellars, 31 “Eights” (Osmice), smokehouses, pantries and kitchens. 8 camping sites, and 391 tourist farms with Housewives upgrade their grandmothers’ accommodation. recipes with the elements of modern cuisine, while farm owners show off their wine cellars or accompany their guests to the sauna or a swimming pool, and their MORE THAN children show their peers from the city 200.000 how to spend a day without a tablet or a BEE FAMILIES smartphone. Slovenia is the home of the indigenous Carniolan honeybee. Farm tourism owners are sincerely looking Based on Slovenia’s initiative, forward to your visit. They will help you 20 May has become World Bee Day. slow down your everyday rhythm and make sure that you experience the authenticity of the Slovenian countryside. You are welcome in all seasons. MORE THAN 400 DISTINCTIVE LOCAL AND REGIONAL FOODSTUFFS, DISHES AND DRINKS Matija Vimpolšek Chairman of the Association MORE THAN of Tourist Farms of Slovenia 30.000 WINE PRODUCERS cultivate grapevines on almost 16,000 hectares of vineyards.
    [Show full text]
  • Ekonomski Tehnik in Poklicnega Ter Maturitetnega Tečaja
    2014/2015 1 LETOPIS EKONOMSKE ŠOLE CELJE 2014/2015 Gimnazija in srednja šola 1 LETNO POROČILO EKONOMSKE ŠOLE CELJE Šolsko leto 2014/2015 Uredniški odbor: Bernarda Marčeta Marija Kolenc Tjaša Veber Stajnko Branka Vidmar Primožič Fotografije: Arhiv šole Tisk: Graf iD, Žalec Naklada: 500 izvodov Celje, junij 2015 2 BESEDA RAVNATELJICE-DIREKTORICE Za nami je šolsko leto 2014/2015 in hkrati drugo leto skupnega dela na pedagoškem področju združene Ekonomske šole Celje, Gimnazije in srednje šole. Zagotovo nam dve leti skupnega pedagoškega dela še ne dopuščata, da bi lahko govorili o tradiciji združene šole, kljub vsemu pa je bilo minulo leto dobro leto z vsem, kar mu pripada: s kvalitetnim delom v razredih, medpredmetnim povezovanjem, timskim delom, uspehi dijakov na tekmovanjih, sodelovanjem v projektih, delovno prakso v tujini, šolskimi prireditvami, organizacijo državnega tekmovanja, organizacijo delavnic za osnovnošolce, predstavitvami šole in še s celo vrsto drugih aktivnosti. Včasih je bilo morda vsega celo malo preveč. Preveč zaradi razpršenosti naših učiteljev po srednjih in osnovnih šolah v bližnji in širši okolici Celja. Kljub vsem dodatnim aktivnostim pa so nam bili in nam vedno bodo glavna skrb dijaki in njihov uspeh. Pri delu z dijaki je bilo veliko zadovoljstva in veselja, veliko dogovarjanja in tudi pregovarjanja, pridobivanja in borbe za ocene. Bil je smeh, bilo je tudi razočaranje, tu in tam sta se pojavili tudi jeza in nezadovoljstvo, a vedno smo se trudili poiskati skupno pot in dobro rešitev. In na koncu lahko z zadovoljstvom zapišem: »Bili smo uspešni.« V življenju vsakega človeka in v razvoju šole se pojavljajo vzponi in padci. Vsi smo veseli in zadovoljni, ko se šola razvija in raste.
    [Show full text]
  • Maritime Museums and the Representation of Cultural Boundaries in the Upper Adriatic
    Nar. umjet. 43/1, 2006, pp. 15-39, P. Ballinger, Lines in the Water, Peoples on the Map… Original scientific paper Received: 10th Jan. 2006 Accepted: 13th March 2006 UDK 341.222:556.1(497.5-3) PAMELA BALLINGER Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Bowdoin College, Brunswick LINES IN THE WATER, PEOPLES ON THE MAP: MARITIME MUSEUMS AND THE REPRESENTATION OF CULTURAL BOUNDARIES IN THE UPPER ADRIATIC This article explores the relationship between political and symbolic borders in the Gulf of Trieste. The author inquires into the persistence of understandings that map peoples onto specific territories and terrains, such as the stereotypical association of Italians with the coast and Slavic peoples (Slovenes and Croats) with the rural interior. Focusing on representations of maritime culture along two contentious political borders – that between Italy and Slovenia and that between Slovenia and Croatia – the analysis demonstrates that museums become powerful sites for the reproduction of the coast/interior cultural boundary, even when the specific ethnic groups it maps onto change. Keywords: Adriatic, Istria, borders, maritime culture, museums, representations, stereotypes In The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II, Fernand Braudel famously argued that, at least into the 17th century, "The Adriatic is perhaps the most unified of all the regions of the sea" (Braudel 1972:125).1 In the succeeding centuries, however, the Adriatic has often been imagined as constituting a border zone between culture areas, languages, religions, and environments. In the 19th century, distinctions between peoples living along the coast and in the interior of the Eastern Adriatic increasingly became mapped onto ethno-national divisions even as the Habsburg Empire fostered a multi-ethnic maritime culture centered on Trieste/Trst and 1 The research for this article was made possible by monies from the Rusack Fund at the Coastal Studies Center at Bowdoin College.
    [Show full text]
  • A.2. L'environnement Et Le Patrimoine Naturel
    A.2. L’ENVIRONNEMENT ET LE PATRIMOINE NATUREL A.2.1. LE CLIMAT Le climat du Vermandois, situé à l’ouest de l’Aisne, est de type continental sous influence océanique. Ceci contribue à rendre le climat modéré, avec des températures moyennes des mois les plus chauds inférieures à 20°C et des précipitations régulièrement réparties tout au long de l'année ( cf. figure 3 ). En hiver, la région est très peu soumise au gel et à la neige. Les températures moyennes des mois les plus froids sont souvent supérieures à 0°C. La rose des vents établie d'après les données enregistrées à Fontaine-les-Clercs, à cinq kilomètres au sud de l'agglomération Saint-Quentinoise, met en évidence une dominance des vents en provenance du N-NE. Des flux d'ouest (N-NO et O-SO) apportent souvent une douceur et une humidité très océanique. L'ensoleillement total, nettement inférieur à 2 000 h/an, est un des plus faibles de France. Figure 3 : Diagramme ombrothermique de Saint-Quentin (moyenne 2005-2010) 100,0 50,0 90,0 45,0 80,0 40,0 Température(en °C) 70,0 35,0 60,0 30,0 50,0 25,0 40,0 20,0 30,0 15,0 Précipitationsmm) (en 20,0 10,0 10,0 5,0 0,0 0,0 21 Réserve Naturelle Nationale des Marais d’Isle (Saint-Quentin, 02) - 4ème plan de gestion 2013-2017 Conservatoire d’espaces naturels de Picardie / Communauté d’Agglomération de Saint-Quentin, août 2013 A.2.2. L’ EAU L'agencement des unités écologiques et l'organisation des activités humaines dans les marais sont très largement conditionnés par un élément : l'eau.
    [Show full text]
  • Insekt-Nytt • 38 (3) 2013
    Insekt-Nytt • 38 (3) 2013 Insekt-Nytt presenterer populærvitenskape lige Insekt-Nytt • 38 (3) 2013 oversikts- og tema-artikler om insekters (inkl. edder koppdyr og andre landleddyr) økologi, Medlemsblad for Norsk entomologisk systematikk, fysiologi, atferd, dyregeografi etc. forening Likeledes trykkes artslister fra ulike områder og habitater, ekskursjons rap por ter, naturvern-, Redaktør: nytte- og skadedyrstoff, bibliografier, biografier, Anders Endrestøl his to rikk, «anek do ter», innsamlings- og prepa re- rings tek nikk, utstyrstips, bokanmeldelser m.m. Redaksjon: Vi trykker også alle typer stoff som er relatert Lars Ove Hansen til Norsk entomologisk forening og dets lokal- Jan Arne Stenløkk av de linger: årsrapporter, regnskap, møte- og Leif Aarvik ekskur sjons-rapporter,­­ debattstoff etc. Opprop og Halvard Hatlen kon taktannonser er gratis for foreningens med lem- Hallvard Elven mer. Språket er norsk (svensk eller dansk) gjerne med et kort engelsk abstract for større artik ler. Nett-redaktør: Våre artikler refereres i Zoological record. Hallvard Elven Insekt-Nytt vil prøve å finne sin nisje der vi Adresse: ikke overlapper med vår forenings fagtidsskrift Insekt-Nytt, v/ Anders Endrestøl, Norwegian­­ Journal of Entomology. Origi na le NINA Oslo, vitenskapelige undersøkelser, nye arter for ulike Gaustadalléen 21, faunaregioner og Norge går fortsatt til dette. 0349 Oslo Derimot tar vi gjerne artikler som omhandler Tlf.: 99 45 09 17 «interessante og sjeldne funn», notater om arters [Besøksadr.: Gaustadalléen 21, 0349 Oslo] habitatvalg og levevis etc., selv om det nødven- E-mail: [email protected] digvis ikke er «nytt». Sats, lay-out, paste-up: Redaksjonen Annonsepriser: 1/2 side kr. 1000,– Trykk: Gamlebyen Grafiske AS, Oslo 1/1 side kr.
    [Show full text]
  • Naslednja Stran
    LAND DEGRADATION IN A COMPLEX ENVIRONMENT: CHALLENGES OF LAND MANAGEMENT AT THE CONTACT OF FOUR MAJOR EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHICAL UNITS BOOK OF ABSTRACTS AND FIELD GUIDE Commission on Land Degradation and Desertification (COMLAND) of the International Geographical Union (IGU) Meeting and Field Trip in Slovenia June 23rd–June 27th, 2016 LJUBLJANA 2016 LAND DEGRADATION IN A COMPLEX ENVIRONMENT: CHALLENGES OF LAND MANAGEMENT AT THE CONTACT OF FOUR MAJOR EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHICAL UNITS BOOK OF ABSTRACTS AND FIELD GUIDE Commission on Land Degradation and Desertification (COMLAND) of the International Geographical Union (IGU) Meeting and Field Trip in Slovenia June 23rd–June 27th, 2016 Edited by: MATIJA ZORN MATEJA FERK JURE TIČAR PRIMOŽ GAŠPERIČ LJUBLJANA 2016 LAND DEGRADATION IN A COMPLEX ENVIRONMENT: CHALLENGES OF LAND MANAGEMENT AT THE CONTACT OF FOUR MAJOR EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHICAL UNITS: BOOK OF ABSTRACTS AND FIELD GUIDE © 2016, Geografski inštitut Antona Melika ZRC SAZU Edited by: Matija Zorn, Mateja Ferk, Jure Tičar, Primož Gašperič Issued by: Geografski inštitut Antona Melika ZRC SAZU Published by: Založba ZRC Represented by: Drago Perko, Oto Luthar DTP: Matija Zorn Printed by: Megacop First edition, print run: 40 issues Ljubljana, 2016 Front cover photography: Land degradation in the Julian Alps is either human induced, e.g. as a result of mining activity (on the left), or induced by natural processes, e.g. landslide (on the right) (photograph: Matija Zorn). CIP - Kataložni zapis o publikaciji Narodna in univerzitetna knjižnica, Ljubljana 911.2:631.459(082)
    [Show full text]
  • Download Preprint
    Epigenetics and the success of invasive plants Jeannie Mounger1, Malika Ainouche2, Oliver Bossdorf3, Armand Cavé- Radet4, Bo Li5, Madalin Parepa6, Armel Salmon7, Ji Yang8, Christina Richards9* 1Department of Integrative Biology, University of South Florida, 4202 E Fowler Ave., Tampa, FL 33617 USA 2UMR CNRS 6553 ECOBIO, OSUR, Université de Rennes 1, Campus Scientifique de Beaulieu, Rennes, France 3Plant Evolutionary Ecology, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany, ORCID 0000-0001-7504- 6511 4UMR CNRS 6553 ECOBIO, OSUR, Université de Rennes 1, Campus Scientifique de Beaulieu, Rennes, France; Plant Evolutionary Ecology, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany 5Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, Institute of Biodiversity Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438 China 6Plant Evolutionary Ecology, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany, ORCID 0000-0002-3567- 3884 7UMR CNRS 6553 ECOBIO, OSUR, Université de Rennes 1, Campus Scientifique de Beaulieu, Rennes, France, ORCID 0000-0003-4479-0801 8Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, Institute of Biodiversity Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438 China 9Department of Integrative Biology, University of South Florida, 4202 E Fowler Ave., Tampa, FL 33617 USA; Plant Evolutionary Ecology, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany, ORCID 0000-0001- 7848-5165 Keywords: adaptation, biological invasion, biotic interactions, clonal reproduction, metabolomics, polyploidy
    [Show full text]
  • The Role of Predation in the Diet of Niphargus (Amphipoda: Niphargidae)
    Fišer et al. The role of predation in the diet of Niphargus (Amphipoda: Niphargidae) Cene Fišer, Žana Kovačec, Mateja Pustovrh, and Peter Trontelj Oddelek za biologijo, Biotehniška fakulteta, Univerza v Ljubljani, Večna pot 111, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Emails: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]; [email protected] Key Words: Niphargus balcanicus, Niphargus timavi, Dinaric Karst, Vjetrenica, feeding, foraging. Niphargus (Amphipoda: Niphargidae) is the largest genus of freshwater amphipods1, with over 300 described species. Recently, it was identified as important for addressing ecological and evolutionary questions2. Nevertheless, the exploration of these issues critically depends on understanding the biology of individual species, which is mostly unknown. For instance, utilization of food sources has rarely been studied. Laboratory observations3,4 acknowledged a broad spectrum of foraging behaviors in N. virei Chevreux 1896 and N. fontanus Bate 1859, ranging from limnivory, detritivory, predation on oligochaetes and arthropods, feeding on decayed leaves and carrion, and fish flakes. Sket5 briefly mentioned how N. krameri Schellenberg 1935 fed on dead conspecifics. Finally, Mathieu et al. speculated that adult N. rhenorhodanesis Schellenberg 1937 could prey upon their own conspecifics6. Here we report on dietary data of two species from the Dinarc Karst. In 2001, we held several individuals of the troglobiotic Niphargus balcanicus Absolon 1927 in an aquarium. Unlike many other amphipods, this large (about 30 mm) species retains an upright position during activity (swimming, walking on ground) and rest. The animals were kept in the speleological laboratory in permanent darkness at 8 ºC. After a few days, we dropped a live isopod Asellus aquaticus (about 10 mm long) into the tank.
    [Show full text]
  • Portrait of the Regions – Slovenia Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities 2000 – VIII, 80 Pp
    PORTRAIT OF THE REGIONS 13 17 KS-29-00-779-EN-C PORTRAIT OF THE REGIONS VOLUME 9 SLOVENIA VOLUME 9 SLOVENIA Price (excluding VAT) in Luxembourg: ECU 25,00 ISBN 92-828-9403-7 OFFICE FOR OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES EUROPEAN COMMISSION L-2985 Luxembourg ࢞ eurostat Statistical Office of the European Communities PORTRAIT OF THE REGIONS VOLUME 9 SLOVENIA EUROPEAN COMMISSION ࢞ I eurostat Statistical Office of the European Communities A great deal of additional information on the European Union is available on the Internet. It can be accessed through the Europa server (http://europa.eu.int). Cataloguing data can be found at the end of this publication Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2000 ISBN 92-828-9404-5 © European Communities, 2000 Reproduction is authorised, provided the source is acknowledged. Printed in Belgium II PORTRAIT OF THE REGIONS eurostat Foreword The accession discussions already underway with all ten of the Phare countries of Central and Eastern Europe have further boosted the demand for statistical data concerning them. At the same time, a growing appreciation of regional issues has raised interest in regional differences in each of these countries. This volume of the “Portrait of the Regions” series responds to this need and follows on in a tradition which has seen four volumes devoted to the current Member States, a fifth to Hungary, a sixth volume dedicated to the Czech Republic and Poland, a seventh to the Slovak Republic and the most recent volume covering the Baltic States, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Examining the 12 statistical regions of Slovenia, this ninth volume in the series has an almost identical structure to Volume 8, itself very similar to earlier publications.
    [Show full text]
  • Fifty Years of Cave Arthropod Sampling: Techniques and Best Practices J
    International Journal of Speleology 48 (1) 33-48 Tampa, FL (USA) January 2019 Available online at scholarcommons.usf.edu/ijs International Journal of Speleology Off icial Journal of Union Internationale de Spéléologie Fifty years of cave arthropod sampling: techniques and best practices J. Judson Wynne1*, Francis G. Howarth2, Stefan Sommer1, and Brett G. Dickson3 1Department of Biological Sciences, Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research, Northern Arizona University, Box 5640, Flagstaff, Arizona 86011, USA 2Department of Natural Sciences, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice St., Honolulu, Hawaii, 96817, USA 3Conservation Science Partners, 11050 Pioneer Trail, Suite 202, Truckee, CA 96161 and Lab of Landscape Ecology and Conservation Biology, Landscape Conservation Initiative, Northern Arizona University, Box 5694, Flagstaff, Arizona 86011, USA Abstract: Ever-increasing human pressures on cave biodiversity have amplified the need for systematic, repeatable, and intensive surveys of cave-dwelling arthropods to formulate evidence-based management decisions. We examined 110 papers (from 1967 to 2018) to: (i) understand how cave-dwelling invertebrates have been sampled; (ii) provide a summary of techniques most commonly applied and appropriateness of these techniques, and; (iii) make recommendations for sampling design improvement. Of the studies reviewed, over half (56) were biological inventories, 43 ecologically focused, seven were techniques papers, and four were conservation studies. Nearly one-half (48) of the papers applied systematic techniques. Few papers (24) provided enough information to repeat the study; of these, only 11 studies included cave maps. Most studies (56) used two or more techniques for sampling cave-dwelling invertebrates. Ten studies conducted ≥10 site visits per cave. The use of quantitative techniques was applied in 43 of the studies assessed.
    [Show full text]
  • Fauna Europaea: Neuropterida (Raphidioptera, Megaloptera, Neuroptera)
    Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4830 doi: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e4830 Data Paper Fauna Europaea: Neuropterida (Raphidioptera, Megaloptera, Neuroptera) Ulrike Aspöck‡§, Horst Aspöck , Agostino Letardi|, Yde de Jong ¶,# ‡ Natural History Museum Vienna, 2nd Zoological Department, Burgring 7, 1010, Vienna, Austria § Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Medical Parasitology, Medical University (MUW), Kinderspitalgasse 15, 1090, Vienna, Austria | ENEA, Technical Unit for Sustainable Development and Agro-industrial innovation, Sustainable Management of Agricultural Ecosystems Laboratory, Rome, Italy ¶ University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands # University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland Corresponding author: Ulrike Aspöck ([email protected]), Horst Aspöck (horst.aspoeck@meduni wien.ac.at), Agostino Letardi ([email protected]), Yde de Jong ([email protected]) Academic editor: Benjamin Price Received: 06 Mar 2015 | Accepted: 24 Mar 2015 | Published: 17 Apr 2015 Citation: Aspöck U, Aspöck H, Letardi A, de Jong Y (2015) Fauna Europaea: Neuropterida (Raphidioptera, Megaloptera, Neuroptera). Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4830. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e4830 Abstract Fauna Europaea provides a public web-service with an index of scientific names of all living European land and freshwater animals, their geographical distribution at country level (up to the Urals, excluding the Caucasus region), and some additional information. The Fauna Europaea project covers about 230,000 taxonomic names, including 130,000 accepted species and 14,000 accepted subspecies, which is much more than the originally projected number of 100,000 species. This represents a huge effort by more than 400 contributing specialists throughout Europe and is a unique (standard) reference suitable for many users in science, government, industry, nature conservation and education.
    [Show full text]
  • Amphipod Newsletter 33
    1 AMPHIPOD NEWSLETTER 33 Produced by Wim Vader, Tromsø Museum, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway ([email protected]) in January 2009 Introduction This newsletter mainly covers the amphipod literature for 2008, but some earlier overlooked earlier papers are included. I am more than ever dependent on the assistance of colleagues, as access to many of the journals has become more difficult. There have been no offers of takeover of the newsletter, so I’ll soldier on for the time being. As usual I am very grateful for much help with the bibliography, and Egor Vinogradov (Moskva) and Franz Krapp (Bonn) again deserve a special mention. Dr Young Hyo Kim (Cheonan) sent a very welcome bunch of reprints of recent Korean literature, and drs Ariyama and Tomikawa sent Japanese papers. The next amphipod conference will be held in September 2010 in Sevilla, Spain and will be chaired by Dr José Guerra-Garcia (Sevilla), who no doubt will be willing to give further information (email address [email protected]. Tromsø, 16 January 2009 Wim Vader Bibliography ADAM. O., P.-M. BADOT, F. DEGIORGI & G. CRINI 2008. Mixture toxicity assessment of wood preservative pesticides in the freshwater amphipod Gammarus pulex (L.). ---- Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 72, 441-449. ALONSO DE PINA, G. M., M. RAUSCHERT & C. DE BROYER 2008. A catalogue of the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Phoxocephalidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Gammaridea) with taxonomic, distribution and ecological data. ---- Zootaxa 1752, 1-40. (A most useful survey of the 35 species in this family that have been reported from this area.) ANDERSON, B. S., S.
    [Show full text]