Original title: Heterotrophic succession of dung insect communities of the warmer part of European temperate region
Authors: SLÁDEČEK, František
Document type: Master’s theses
Year: 2012
Language: eng
Abstract: The mechanisms of dung inhabiting insects' heterotrophic succession were studied by preventing the colonisation of early successional insect. The early successional insect, predominantly the large larvae of Calyptratae Diptera, both facilitated and inhibited the later establishing insect. Whereas the removal of early successional species affected negatively the late successional Coleoptera (facilitation), the small late successional larvae of Acalyptratae Diptera were affected positively (inhibition). The patterns retrieved from the heterotrophic succession strongly resemble the patterns retrieved from the autotrophic, mostly plant, succession Therefore it is possible to suggest, that similar mechanisms are behind both the autotrophic and the heterotrophic succession.
Keywords: coprophilous community; Diptera; dung beetles; ephemeral habitat; heterotrophic succession; inhibition
Citation: SLÁDEČEK, František. Heterotrophic succession of dung insect communities of the warmer part of European temperate region. České Budějovice, 2012. diplomová práce (Mgr.). JIHOČESKÁ UNIVERZITA V ČESKÝCH BUDĚJOVICÍCH. Přírodovědecká fakulta

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