The Role of Microhabitat and Water Level in Regulating the Small-Scale Distribution, Seasonal Abundance and Overwintering Success of the Protected Snail Vertigo moulinsiana in a Natural Wetland

• Autorzy: Lipińska Anna M. , Ćmiel Adam M. , Kwaśna Dorota , Myzyk Stanisław , Zając Katarzyna , Zając Tadeusz

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.3161/15052249PJE2020.68.3.004

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Despite the high taxonomic diversity, wide distribution and important ecosystem functions of snails, their ecology remains obscure, and this can hamper their conservation. Overwintering in the studied population of Vertigo moulinsiana is effective enough to allow the majority of it to survive. The population dynamics of V. moulinsiana is specific, where the summer boom in a suboptimal habitat covering a small area (wet patches of sweet grass) can determine the snail's range over much larger areas. Our results suggest that humidity could have been the major factor governing population increase. The summer boom is caused by juveniles appearing in very large numbers during this period, thus the peak height is mostly influenced by the considerable susceptibility of juveniles and eggs to desiccation. The limiting influence of humidity is evident in the unequal spatial distribution of individuals: the wetter the substrate, the greater the abundance of snails. As a consequence, the boom may be spatially regulated and only occurs in wet habitats, even though the snail actually occupies a much larger area. Our results indicate that this V. moulinsiana population does not follow typical models constructed for vertebrates or other animals with high dispersal abilities, like the Ideal Free Distribution (IFD) model, and requires a specific approach. Its specific spatiotemporal pattern should be taken into account during monitoring surveys and conservation actions.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Desmoulin's whorl snail; overwintering; population dynamic; population peak

PL

ślimak okółek Desmoulin; zimowanie; dynamika populacji; szczyt populacji

• Wydawca: Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Ecology
• Rocznik: 2020
• Tom: Vol. 68, nr 3
• Strony: 229--241
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 52 poz., fot., rys., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Lipińska Anna M.

• Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Mickiewicza 33, 31-120 Kraków, Poland

autor

Ćmiel Adam M.

• Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Mickiewicza 33, 31-120 Kraków, Poland

autor

Kwaśna Dorota

• Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Mickiewicza 33, 31-120 Kraków, Poland

autor

Myzyk Stanisław

• The Association of Polish Malacologists, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland

autor

Zając Katarzyna

• Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Mickiewicza 33, 31-120 Kraków, Poland

autor

Zając Tadeusz

• Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Mickiewicza 33, 31-120 Kraków, Poland

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