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The Large Blue butterfly, Phengaris [Maculinea] arion, as a conservation umbrella on a landscape scale: The case of the Czech Carpathians
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Spitzer, Lukáš Benes, Jirí Dandová, Jarmila Jašková, Veronika Konvička, Martin |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Abstract | Abstract Conservation umbrellas are charismatic species, the conservation of which also conserves the high diversity of associated plants and animals. The Large Blue butterfly, Phengaris [Maculinea] arion (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), is a textbook example of a charismatic endangered invertebrate, intensively studied throughout Europe and protected by the EU Habitat Directive. While surveying P. arion at the westernmost outskirts of the Carpathians (Javorniky and Vsetinske Mts.), within a stronghold of the species in the Czech Republic, we asked whether occupied sites differed from unoccupied ones in the composition of vascular plants and butterfly assemblages. The occupied sites ( n = 65) were small pastures, including abandoned ones, with S to W exposure, located on rugged terrain and displaying a high microtopographic heterogeneity; the unoccupied sites ( n = 101) were typically mown or intensively grazed. The vegetation of occupied sites was characteristic for non-intensive submountain pasture, butterfly assemblages were species richer, contained more specialised species, and significantly higher proportion of red-listed species. P. arion thus may act as an umbrella for a high number of species associated with traditional land use in the study area and elsewhere. Its survival will depend on the continuation of small-scale land use varying in space and time, and can be threatened by uniformisation of management, even if practised under the guise of agri-environmental payments. |
| Starting Page | 1056 |
| Ending Page | 1063 |
| Page Count | 8 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.ecolind.2008.12.006 |
| Volume Number | 9 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://media.muzeumvalassko.cz/mrv/media/data/ostatni/ostatni-spitzer-et-al-2009-2013.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2008.12.006 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
