Original title: Community ecology of insects inhabiting ephemeral habitats.
Authors: SLÁDEČEK, František
Document type: Doctoral theses
Year: 2017
Language: cze
Abstract: The aim of this thesis was to investigate community assembly mechanisms driving the temporal patterns, succession and seasonality, in dung-inhabiting insects as a model community of insects inhabiting ephemeral habitats. I have shown that the succession of dung-inhabiting beetle and fly species follows the mechanisms of habitat filtering. This was reflected in species successional aggregation in adult dung-visiting flies, aggregation of beetle and fly functional groups in succession, sized-based successional patterns of dung-inhabiting beetle predators and, finally, by reflection of successional patterns of dung-emitted volatiles by beetle and fly species' succession. Seasonality follows the mechanisms of niche differentiation among adult flies and beetle predators, while it should rather follow principles of habitat filtering between all beetles and flies.
Citation: SLÁDEČEK, František. Community ecology of insects inhabiting ephemeral habitats.. České Budějovice, 2017. disertační práce (Ph.D.). JIHOČESKÁ UNIVERZITA V ČESKÝCH BUDĚJOVICÍCH. Přírodovědecká fakulta

Institution: University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice (web)
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