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Folia Oecologica
Editor-in-Chief: Milan Barna
Deputy Editor: Miroslav Saniga
Executive Editor: Katarína Sládeková
Folia Oecologica, an international scientific journal, is a continuation of the journal Folia dendrologica published within the years 1974–1997. It publishes peer rewied articles covering all aspects of both theoretical and applied ecology and related interdisciplinary fields (nature conservation, forestry, agriculture, ecological economics etc.). The Journal publishes full-text papers, short communications and review articles.
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Shulman, M V; Pakhomov, O Y; Brygadyrenko, V V Effect of lead and cadmium ions upon the pupariation and morphological changes in Calliphora vicina (Diptera, Calliphoridae) Journal Article Folia Oecologica, 44 (1), pp. 28-37, 2017, ISSN: 1336-5266. @article{Shulman2017, title = {Effect of lead and cadmium ions upon the pupariation and morphological changes in Calliphora vicina (Diptera, Calliphoridae)}, author = {M.V. Shulman and O.Y. Pakhomov and V.V. Brygadyrenko}, url = {http://ife.sk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/foecol-2017-0004.pdf}, doi = {10.1515/foecol-2017-0004}, issn = {1336-5266}, year = {2017}, date = {2017-01-01}, journal = {Folia Oecologica}, volume = {44}, number = {1}, pages = {28-37}, abstract = {Modelling the influence of different concentrations of lead and cadmium ions upon a laboratory culture of insects has not been adequately studied. In our research, we assessed the influence of cadmium and lead nitrates at different concentrations (10–2–10–9 М) upon the development of larvae, pupae and imagines of Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera: Calliphoridae). We found an acceleration in the development of larvae and an increase in mass of puparia when lead ions were added to the food of the larvae, and decrease in the mass of puparia when cadmium ions were added. We registered nanism and malformation of the fly imagines in experiments with lead and cadmium in the food substrate. We observed that under the influence of the studied heavy metal ions there was a reduced motor activity of the fly larvae at all stages of development, a delay in formation of puparia and a delay in the emergence of imagines in comparison with the control group.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } Modelling the influence of different concentrations of lead and cadmium ions upon a laboratory culture of insects has not been adequately studied. In our research, we assessed the influence of cadmium and lead nitrates at different concentrations (10–2–10–9 М) upon the development of larvae, pupae and imagines of Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera: Calliphoridae). We found an acceleration in the development of larvae and an increase in mass of puparia when lead ions were added to the food of the larvae, and decrease in the mass of puparia when cadmium ions were added. We registered nanism and malformation of the fly imagines in experiments with lead and cadmium in the food substrate. We observed that under the influence of the studied heavy metal ions there was a reduced motor activity of the fly larvae at all stages of development, a delay in formation of puparia and a delay in the emergence of imagines in comparison with the control group. |
Hlôška, L; Chovancová, B; Chovancová, G; Fleischer, P Folia Oecologica, 43 (1), pp. 12-20, 2016, ISSN: 1336-5266. @article{Hlôška2016, title = {Influence of climatic factors on the population dynamics of small mammals (Rodentia, Soricomorpha) on the sites affected by windthrow in the High Tatra Mts}, author = {L. Hlôška and B. Chovancová and G. Chovancová and P. Fleischer}, url = {http://ife.sk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/FO_v43_iss1_12to20.pdf}, issn = {1336-5266}, year = {2016}, date = {2016-01-01}, journal = {Folia Oecologica}, volume = {43}, number = {1}, pages = {12-20}, abstract = {Climatic factors and related changes of the temperature, humidity and sunshine demonstrably affect the population dynamics of small mammals. This complex influence gets more intense in the case of natural and anthropic disturbances which occurred in the forest ecosystems of the High Tatra Mts in 2014 (wind calamity) and in 2015 (forest fire). During the period of research in 2005–2015, we were observing successive changes in the species composition, abundance and spatio-temporal distribution of small mammals on the seven permanent research areas by using the CMR method. Besides the changes of selected habitat variables, we were also continually measuring values of meteorological elements (such as air and soil temperature, relative air and soil humidity, thickness and duration of snow cover). Statistical testing of the thickness and duration of snow cover proved significant influence of these factors on the population dynamics of small rodents (Rodentia) and shrews (Soricomorpha). Winters with a thicker snow cover and longer snow periods had a positive effect on the reproduction and surviving of both taxonomic groups in the subsequent vegetation season. We have discovered the positive correlation between the temperature and the quantity dynamics of dominant small rodents while shrews responded to higher temperatures with less spatio-temporal activity. Gradient analysis of the complex influence of measured meteorological elements proved species-specific differences in the responses of small mammals to the current and conditions of weather indicated by ecological requirements of plant species within a specific habitat.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } Climatic factors and related changes of the temperature, humidity and sunshine demonstrably affect the population dynamics of small mammals. This complex influence gets more intense in the case of natural and anthropic disturbances which occurred in the forest ecosystems of the High Tatra Mts in 2014 (wind calamity) and in 2015 (forest fire). During the period of research in 2005–2015, we were observing successive changes in the species composition, abundance and spatio-temporal distribution of small mammals on the seven permanent research areas by using the CMR method. Besides the changes of selected habitat variables, we were also continually measuring values of meteorological elements (such as air and soil temperature, relative air and soil humidity, thickness and duration of snow cover). Statistical testing of the thickness and duration of snow cover proved significant influence of these factors on the population dynamics of small rodents (Rodentia) and shrews (Soricomorpha). Winters with a thicker snow cover and longer snow periods had a positive effect on the reproduction and surviving of both taxonomic groups in the subsequent vegetation season. We have discovered the positive correlation between the temperature and the quantity dynamics of dominant small rodents while shrews responded to higher temperatures with less spatio-temporal activity. Gradient analysis of the complex influence of measured meteorological elements proved species-specific differences in the responses of small mammals to the current and conditions of weather indicated by ecological requirements of plant species within a specific habitat. |
Tulis, F; Ambros, M; Baláž, I; Žiak, D; Hulejová-Sládkovičová, V; Miklós, P; Dudich, A; Stollmann, A; Klimant, P; Somogyi, B; Horváth, G Expansion of the Striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius) in the south-western Slovakia during 2010–2015 Journal Article Folia Oecologica, 43 (1), pp. 64-73, 2016, ISSN: 1336-5266. @article{Tulis2016, title = {Expansion of the Striped field mouse (\textit{Apodemus agrarius}) in the south-western Slovakia during 2010–2015}, author = {F. Tulis and M. Ambros and I. Baláž and D. Žiak and V. Hulejová-Sládkovičová and P. Miklós and A. Dudich and A. Stollmann and P. Klimant and B. Somogyi and G. Horváth}, url = {http://ife.sk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/FO_v43_iss1_64to73.pdf}, issn = {1336-5266}, year = {2016}, date = {2016-01-01}, journal = {Folia Oecologica}, volume = {43}, number = {1}, pages = {64-73}, abstract = {Population of the Striped field mouse spread out into unoccupied territories leading to the rapid enlargement of their range of distribution is defined as an expansion. In 2010, the presence of the species in south-western Slovakia was recorded for the first time. During monitoring of this expansion (from 2010 to 2015) 59 new localities in south-western Slovakia were recorded, representing confirmation of the presence of A. agrarius in 18 new quadrates of Databank of Slovak fauna. Thus in 2015, marginal points of the distribution area were the Danube River in south-western Slovakia, the Šur National Nature Reserve in the west, the wetland near Tešmak in the east and the Jasová water reservoir in the north. The impact of this expansion on the quantitative composition of the small mammal’s community has been evaluated for three sites (Čiližská mokraď wetland, Okoličianska mokraď wetland, Martovská mokraď wetland) and one larger area (south-western corner of Danubian lowland). In all the observed sites the expansion of A. agrarius was related to rapid increase of its abundance. However its representation in the small mammal’s community was significantly growing only in the site Čiližská mokraď wetland and Martovská mokraď wetland. In general, the rapid increase of the abundance of Apodemus agrarius in the small mammal’s community in the observed sites led to the significant decrease of the abundance of several species of small mammals, mainly Apodemus sylvaticus, Clethrionomys glareolus and Sorex araneus.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } Population of the Striped field mouse spread out into unoccupied territories leading to the rapid enlargement of their range of distribution is defined as an expansion. In 2010, the presence of the species in south-western Slovakia was recorded for the first time. During monitoring of this expansion (from 2010 to 2015) 59 new localities in south-western Slovakia were recorded, representing confirmation of the presence of A. agrarius in 18 new quadrates of Databank of Slovak fauna. Thus in 2015, marginal points of the distribution area were the Danube River in south-western Slovakia, the Šur National Nature Reserve in the west, the wetland near Tešmak in the east and the Jasová water reservoir in the north. The impact of this expansion on the quantitative composition of the small mammal’s community has been evaluated for three sites (Čiližská mokraď wetland, Okoličianska mokraď wetland, Martovská mokraď wetland) and one larger area (south-western corner of Danubian lowland). In all the observed sites the expansion of A. agrarius was related to rapid increase of its abundance. However its representation in the small mammal’s community was significantly growing only in the site Čiližská mokraď wetland and Martovská mokraď wetland. In general, the rapid increase of the abundance of Apodemus agrarius in the small mammal’s community in the observed sites led to the significant decrease of the abundance of several species of small mammals, mainly Apodemus sylvaticus, Clethrionomys glareolus and Sorex araneus. |
Lazorík, M; Kula, E Impact of weather and habitat on the occurrence of centipedes, millipedes and terrestrial isopods in mountain spruce forests Journal Article Folia Oecologica, 42 (2), pp. 103-112, 2015, ISSN: 1336-5266. @article{Lazorík2015, title = {Impact of weather and habitat on the occurrence of centipedes, millipedes and terrestrial isopods in mountain spruce forests}, author = {M. Lazorík and E. Kula}, url = {http://ife.sk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/FO_v42_iss2_103to112.pdf}, issn = {1336-5266}, year = {2015}, date = {2015-01-01}, journal = {Folia Oecologica}, volume = {42}, number = {2}, pages = {103-112}, abstract = {Microclimatic factors (air temperature, soil temperature and moisture in the Ah and B horizons) were determined using AMET weather stations and VIRRIB sensors on four sites in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids (Czech Republic) in 2007–2014. Simultaneously, pitfall traps were installed to monitor epigeic activity of myriapoda (Diplopoda and Chilopoda) and terrestrial isopods (Oniscidea). No statistically significant relationship was found between the occurrence of epigeic macrofauna and the microclimate of the studied forest stands. A linear curve was fitted to the data, demonstrating an increase in air temperature by 2.9 °C and a decrease in moisture by 4.49% over the eight years of monitoring. In this period, the catch of the studied groups of macrofauna decreased while the diversity of the monitored communities increased. Increasing temperature led to the occurrence of synanthropic species Porcellio scaber and the decline of montane centipede species such as Lithobius tenebrosus and Lithobius borealis.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } Microclimatic factors (air temperature, soil temperature and moisture in the Ah and B horizons) were determined using AMET weather stations and VIRRIB sensors on four sites in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids (Czech Republic) in 2007–2014. Simultaneously, pitfall traps were installed to monitor epigeic activity of myriapoda (Diplopoda and Chilopoda) and terrestrial isopods (Oniscidea). No statistically significant relationship was found between the occurrence of epigeic macrofauna and the microclimate of the studied forest stands. A linear curve was fitted to the data, demonstrating an increase in air temperature by 2.9 °C and a decrease in moisture by 4.49% over the eight years of monitoring. In this period, the catch of the studied groups of macrofauna decreased while the diversity of the monitored communities increased. Increasing temperature led to the occurrence of synanthropic species Porcellio scaber and the decline of montane centipede species such as Lithobius tenebrosus and Lithobius borealis. |