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Water insects of lignite spoil heaps

Robert TropekTuesday May 17th, 2016Wednesday May 25th, 2016 Uncategorized

This week we continue with sampling of water insects in North Bohemian spoil heaps where many highly threatened species (such as Cybister lateralimarginalis and Coenagrion ornatum) found their secondary refuges. Robert and Filip helped our close collaborator Vojtěch Kolář with setting minnow traps into a few dozen freshwater pools. Besides a survey of unknown biodiversity of several insect groups, the project also aims to evaluate different approaches to the post-mining freshwater habitats.

Robert Tropek and Vojtěch Kolář during setting of minnow in a spontaneous pool in the Radovesická spoil heap. F. Tichánek

Robert Tropek and Vojtěch Kolář during setting of minnow traps in a pool at the Radovesická spoil heap. © F. Tichánek

Liang J. et al. (incl. Delabye S., Janeček Š., Klomberg Y., Maicher V., Tropek R.) (in press) Co-limitation toward lower latitudes shapes global forest diversity gradients. Nature Ecology & Evolution.

Klomberg Y., Tropek R., Mertens J.E.J., Kobe I.N., Hodeček J., Raška J., Fominka N.T., Souto-Vilarós D., Janečková P., Janeček Š. (2022) Spatiotemporal variation in the role of floral traits in shaping tropical plant-pollinator interactions. Ecology Letters 25: 839-850.

Hejda M., Čuda J., Pyšková K., Zambatis G., Foxcroft L.C., MacFadyen S., Storch D., Tropek R., Pyšek P. (2022) Water availability, bedrock, disturbance by herbivores, and climate determine plant diversity in South‑African savanna. Scientific Reports 12: 338.

Chmelová E., Kolář V., Jan J., Carreira B.M., Landeira Dabarca A., Otáhalová Š., Poláková M., Vebrová L., Borovec J., Boukal D.S., Tropek R. (2021) Valuable secondary habitats or hazardous ecological traps? Environmental risk assessment of minor and trace elements in fly ash deposits across the Czech Republic. Sustainability 13: 10385.

Kolar V., Tichanek F., Tropek R. (2021) Evidence-based restoration of freshwater biodiversity after mining: Experience from Central European spoil heaps. Journal of Applied Ecology 58: 1921-1932.

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