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Millipedes (Diplopoda), centipedes (Chilopoda), terrestrial isopods (Oniscidea), and earthworms (Lumbricidae) of the Pálava Biosphere Reserve
Tajovský, Karel ; Pižl, Václav
The earliest records of millipedes, centipedes, terrestrial isopods, and earthworms from the territory of the Pálava Biosphere Reserve (BR) come from the thirties to fifties of the past century. However, the research on these invertebrates was carried out mainly in the adjacent floodplain of the Dyje River downstream to its confluence with the Morava River, covering only partially the territory of the present BR. An important milestone was the project aimed at the survey of terrestrial invertebrates within the extended BR, as recently under consideration (Rozkošný a Vaňhara 1995), in which all available faunistic records were summarised. Intensive soil zoological research carried out in the scope of the Global Environment Facility project as well as activities connected with biomonitoring in protected areas of the Czech Republic improved importantly the knowledge of the distribution of these invertebrates in the study area. At present, 23 species of millipedes (30% of species known in the Czech Republic) , 21 species of centipedes (29%), 16 species of terrestrial isopods (36%), and 19 species and subspecies of earthworms (36%) are known from the Pálava BR. The thermophilous character of many localities is manifested in the occurrence of the millipede Megaphyllum unilineatum, the centipedes Scutigera coleoptrata, Dignathodon microcephalus, and Henia illyrica, the isopod Trachelipus nodulosus, as well as of the earthworms Dendrobaena mrazeki and Kritodrilus auriculatus. The records of the millipedes Julus scanicus and Leptoiulus cibdellus in the wetland biotopes of the Křivé jezero National Nature Reserve, those of the terrestrial isopods Armadillidium versicolor in the Pavlov Hills, and that of Armadillidium zenckeri in the Slanisko u Nesytu National Nature Reserve, as well as the occurrence of the earthworms Allolobophora hrabei and Fitzingeria platyura in the Milovice Forest and Pavlov Hills are particularly important.
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Investigations of diseases with natural focality in Biospheric Protection Area Pálava
Hubálek, Zdeněk ; Halouzka, Jiří ; Juřicová, Zina
Long-term studies of the Medical Zoology Laboratory at the Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic concentrate on natural foci of diseases transmitted by haematophagous arthropods in this area, e.g., Valtice fever (the etiologic agent is mosquito-borne ahyňa virus), Lyme borreliosis (the agent is tick-borne Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato) or tularemia (the agent is Francisella tularensis that is occasionally transmitted also by ixodid ticks). We detected newly the activity of mosquito-borne West Nile virus in this area, and additional tick-borne pathogens might be expected (Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia microti). In addition, our laboratory has investigated the ecology of some non-tramissible diseases, e.g. avian botulism, salmonellosis in gulls and emmonsiosis in rodents; the latter two diseases also occur in humans.
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Foraging strategy of ungulates on Pavlovske vrchy hills
Heroldová, Marta
Study on foraging strategy of three ungulate species (Capreolus capreolus, Capra aegagrus, Ovis musimon) elucidates the problem of mutual coexistence and competition. High impact on unique flora of Palava Hills leaded to decision to lower the number of ungulates and eliminate Capra aegagrus from this locality.
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