Changes in butterfly species richness (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) over two decades in the Koroška region, Northern Slovenia
Changes in butterfly fauna in the Koroška region in northeastern Slovenia have been compared over a period of 22 years. Records from 12 sampling sites from late July 2016 are compared with the same sites from late July/early August 1994. On average, 30% of species richness was lost per site, with a...
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Changes in butterfly fauna in the Koroška region in northeastern Slovenia have been compared over a period of 22 years. Records from 12 sampling sites from late July 2016 are compared with the same sites from late July/early August 1994. On average, 30% of species richness was lost per site, with a maximum loss of 80% at one site with complete habitat degradation. Records from 35 sampling sites from July 2016 are presented, including records of several rare habitat specialist species, such as Lycaena dispar, Plebejus optilete, Boloria titania, and Phengaris arion, the latter being of particular importance for conservation. All in all, habitat degradation has been confirmed to be the main driver of the loss of butterfly richness in the Koroška region.
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| spelling | doaj-art-e7df92a4e216477080cafc55406549e52025-01-29T20:48:29ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Natura Sloveniae1580-08141854-30812018-06-0120110.14720/ns.20.1.19-32Changes in butterfly species richness (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) over two decades in the Koroška region, Northern SloveniaVid Švara0Rudi Verovnik1Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department Effect Directed Analysis, Permoserstraße 15, DE-04318 LeipzigUniversity of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Biology, Jamnikarjeva 101, SI-1000 Ljubljana Changes in butterfly fauna in the Koroška region in northeastern Slovenia have been compared over a period of 22 years. Records from 12 sampling sites from late July 2016 are compared with the same sites from late July/early August 1994. On average, 30% of species richness was lost per site, with a maximum loss of 80% at one site with complete habitat degradation. Records from 35 sampling sites from July 2016 are presented, including records of several rare habitat specialist species, such as Lycaena dispar, Plebejus optilete, Boloria titania, and Phengaris arion, the latter being of particular importance for conservation. All in all, habitat degradation has been confirmed to be the main driver of the loss of butterfly richness in the Koroška region. https://journals.uni-lj.si/NaturaSloveniae/article/view/16682species distributionspecies richnessthreatened specieshabitat degradation |
| spellingShingle | Vid Švara Rudi Verovnik Changes in butterfly species richness (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) over two decades in the Koroška region, Northern Slovenia Natura Sloveniae species distribution species richness threatened species habitat degradation |
| title | Changes in butterfly species richness (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) over two decades in the Koroška region, Northern Slovenia |
| title_full | Changes in butterfly species richness (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) over two decades in the Koroška region, Northern Slovenia |
| title_fullStr | Changes in butterfly species richness (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) over two decades in the Koroška region, Northern Slovenia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Changes in butterfly species richness (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) over two decades in the Koroška region, Northern Slovenia |
| title_short | Changes in butterfly species richness (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) over two decades in the Koroška region, Northern Slovenia |
| title_sort | changes in butterfly species richness lepidoptera papilionoidea over two decades in the koroska region northern slovenia |
| topic | species distribution species richness threatened species habitat degradation |
| url | https://journals.uni-lj.si/NaturaSloveniae/article/view/16682 |
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