Project information
Macroecological patterns of urban biodiversity: species richness, invasions and biotic homogenization in two taxonomic groups
- Project Identification
- IAA601630803
- Project Period
- 1/2008 - 12/2010
- Investor / Pogramme / Project type
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Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
- Grants of distinctly investigative character focused on the sphere of research pursued at present particularly in the ASCR
- MU Faculty or unit
- Faculty of Science
- Keywords
- Alien, Central Europe, city, human made habitat, molluscs, vascular plants
The project deals with biodiversity of large central European cities. It will use standardized sampling protocols in selected man-made habitats and selected cities, representing areas of central Europe with different macroclimatic and socioeconomic characteristics. The focus will be on two model taxonomic groups: vascular plants and land snails. The main questions are: (1) How does spread of alien species depend on the macroclimate of different parts of Central Europe and different types of urban habitats? (2) Does urban environment positively or negatively affect diversity of native species and overall species richness of the selected taxonomic groups? (3) Does urbanization cause biotic homogenization, and if so, is homogenization manifested both at the level of species and the level of species traits? Which habitats and species groups are most homogenized? (4) Are the patterns in urban diversity consistent between different taxonomic groups?
Publications
Total number of publications: 14
2013
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Diversity and biotic homogenization of urban land-snail faunas in relation to habitat types and macroclimate in 32 Central European cities
PLOS ONE, year: 2013, volume: 8, edition: 8, DOI
2012
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Biotic homogenization of Central European urban floras depends on residence time of alien species and habitat types
Biological Conservation, year: 2012, volume: 145, edition: 1, DOI
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Native and alien floras in urban habitats: a comparison across 32 cities of central Europe
Global Ecology and Biogeography, year: 2012, volume: 21, edition: 5, DOI
2011
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Diversity of Central European urban biota: effects of human-made habitat types on plants and land snails
Journal of Biogeography, year: 2011, volume: 38, edition: 6, DOI
2010
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Differences in trait compositions between rocky natural and artificial habitats
Journal of Vegetation Science, year: 2010, volume: 21, edition: 3
2009
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Diverzita květeny středoevropských velkoměst
Veronica, year: 2009, volume: 23, edition: 6
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Neofyty na zdech v České republice
Zprávy České botanické společnosti, year: 2009, volume: 44, edition: 44
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Occurrence of Lucilla scintilla (R. T. Lowe, 1852) and Lucilla singleyana (Pilsbry, 1890) in the Czech and Slovak Republics - with remarks how to distinguish these two non-native minute snails
Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, year: 2009, volume: 8, edition: 1
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Patterns of land snail diversity over a gradient of habitat degradation: a comparison of three Czech cities
Biodiversity and Conservation, year: 2009, volume: 18, edition: 1
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Rocks and walls: natural versus secondary habitats
Folia Geobotanica, year: 2009, volume: 44, edition: 3