Βιογεωγραφία και στοιχεία οικολογίας των εδαφικών κολεοπτέρων σε βουνά της Πελοποννήσου

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Unit:
Τομέας Ζωολογίας - Θαλάσσιας Βιολογίας
Library of the School of Science
Deposit date:
2011-12-02
Year:
2011
Author:
Αναστασίου Ιωάννης
Dissertation committee:
Αναπ. Καθηγητής Α. Λεγάκις Επιβλέπων, Καθηγητής Μ. Μυλωνάς, Καθηγήτρια Α. Νικολαΐδου
Original Title:
Βιογεωγραφία και στοιχεία οικολογίας των εδαφικών κολεοπτέρων σε βουνά της Πελοποννήσου
Languages:
Greek
Summary:
This dissertation concerns the study of the response of edaphic coleopteran
communities (families Carabidae and Tenebrionidae) to changes of abiotic and
biotic parameters that are produced along changes in altitude. The study was
carried out in 5 representative mountains of the Peloponnese, namely Chelmos,
Erymanthos, Mainalo, Parnonas and Taygetos.
Sampling took place in 3 consecutive years in Chelmos, 2 in Mainalo and 1 in
the remaining mountains. A total of 22 sampling stations were surveyed using
pitfall traps in three linear transects that belonged to 7 different types of
biotope (subalpine, fir forests, mixed coniferous forests, pine forests,
deciduous forests, maquis and phrygana).
Coleopteran assemblage structure, species richness and abundance were
measured using one way ANOVA and ordination techniques.
The gradient of climatic conditions in conjunction with the ecological
parameters that are produced by the composition and the structure of the
vegetation, are the main factors that affect the distribution of species along
the altitudinal gradients. However, the way that they affect abundance,
richness, and the composition and structure of communities differs from group
to group, as a result of the interaction of the environmental parameters with
the ecological requirements and the natural history of the group under study.
Keywords:
Biogeography, Ecology, Coleoptera, Altitudinal gradient, Peloponnese
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Number of index pages:
0
Contains images:
Yes
Number of references:
282
Number of pages:
292
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