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Preliminarni rezultati istraživanja faune pauka Nacionalnog parka Kornati (Hrvatska)
As is the case for the whole of Croatia, most of the data on the spider faunamof Dalmatia dates back to the early 20th century. However, some recent works on the spider fauna of Dalmatia have been published by Rucner & Rucner (1995), Dobroruka (2004) and Majer et al. (2008). Recently, a considerable contribution to the knowledge on spider fauna of Dalmatia was made by the Association for Biological Research ā BIOM through their research into central Dalmatian nature-protected areas. In order to increase the knowledge on the spider fauna of Dalmatia, the Spider Section of the Biology Students Association BIUS, conducted research into the spider fauna of Kornati National Park in 2009. The research was performed as part of the biology research camp āKornati 2009ā,
organized by BIUS. The Spider Section spent a total of 12 days in the field, from 14th to 21st of May and from 26th of September to 1st of October 2009. The research covered Kornat Island and several neighbouring islands, which are a part of the National Park: Gustac, PiŔkera, Lavsa, Levernaka, Mana and Velika Smokvica. Sampling sites were selected according to habitat types, i.e. olive groves, rocky pastures, dry meadows and pine forests. The aim was to include as many different habitats as possible, in order to collect the maximum possible spider taxa. Forty-two different taxa were identified: 31 to the species level and 11 to the genus, divided into 19 families. The remaining 6 taxa were represented with juvenile specimens, which could not be identified to the species level, but
probably belong to the identified species. The families Araneidae, Lycosidae, Salticidae, Theridiidae were represented with the highest number of species. We found 2 new species for the Croatia araneofauna.Kao i za cijelu Hrvatsku, veÄina podataka o fauni pauka srednje Dalmacije potjeÄe s poÄetka 20. stoljeÄa, dok u novije vrijeme radove o fauni pauka Dalmacije objavljuju Rucner & Rucner (1995.), Dobroruka (2004.), Majer i sur. (2008.). Doprinos poznavanju pauka Dalmacije daje i Udruga za bioloÅ”ka istraživanja BIOM istraživanjem zaÅ”tiÄenih prirodnih podruÄja srediÅ”nje Dalmacije. Radi daljnjeg prikupljanja podataka o raznolikosti faune pauka Dalmacije, Sekcija za pauke Udruge studenata biologije BIUS provela je 2009. godine inventarizaciju pauka Nacionalnog parka Kornati. Istraživanje je provedeno 2009. godine u sklopu bioloÅ”kog kampa Kornati u organizaciji Udruge studenata biologije - BIUS. Sekcija za pauke provela je na terenu 12 dana, i to u razdoblju od 14. do 21. svibnja te od 26. rujna do 1. listopada 2009. godine. Istraživanje je obuhvatilo otok Kornat i nekoliko susjednih otoka unutar Nacionalnog parka, a to su: Gustac, PiÅ”kera, LavÅ”a, Levernaka, Mana i Velika Smokvica. Lokaliteti na kojima je provedeno uzorkovanje pauka odabrani su prema tipu staniÅ”ta, odnosno cilj je bio obuhvatiti
Å”to viÅ”e razliÄitih staniÅ”ta kako bi se uzorkovala i Å”to raznolikija fauna pauka. StaniÅ”ta obuhvaÄena istraživanjem bili su maslinici, kamenjarski paÅ”njaci, suhe livade te borove Å”ume. Uzorkovanje se provodilo metodom sakupljanja rukom te pomoÄu ekshaustora (engl. pooter). Do sada su uspjeÅ”no odreÄene 42 takse rasporeÄene u 19 porodica.Od toga je 31 taksa odreÄena do vrste, a 11 do roda.Njih 6 predstavljene su s juvenilnim oblicima, ali najvjerojatnije pripadaju veÄ odreÄenim vrstama. Porodice Araneidae, Lycosidae Salticidae,
Theridiidae zastupljene s najviÅ”e vrsta. PronaÄene su 2 nove vrste za Hrvatsku araneofaunu
Preliminarni rezultati istraživanja faune pauka Nacionalnog parka Kornati (Hrvatska)
As is the case for the whole of Croatia, most of the data on the spider faunamof Dalmatia dates back to the early 20th century. However, some recent works on the spider fauna of Dalmatia have been published by Rucner & Rucner (1995), Dobroruka (2004) and Majer et al. (2008). Recently, a considerable contribution to the knowledge on spider fauna of Dalmatia was made by the Association for Biological Research ā BIOM through their research into central Dalmatian nature-protected areas. In order to increase the knowledge on the spider fauna of Dalmatia, the Spider Section of the Biology Students Association BIUS, conducted research into the spider fauna of Kornati National Park in 2009. The research was performed as part of the biology research camp āKornati 2009ā,
organized by BIUS. The Spider Section spent a total of 12 days in the field, from 14th to 21st of May and from 26th of September to 1st of October 2009. The research covered Kornat Island and several neighbouring islands, which are a part of the National Park: Gustac, PiŔkera, Lavsa, Levernaka, Mana and Velika Smokvica. Sampling sites were selected according to habitat types, i.e. olive groves, rocky pastures, dry meadows and pine forests. The aim was to include as many different habitats as possible, in order to collect the maximum possible spider taxa. Forty-two different taxa were identified: 31 to the species level and 11 to the genus, divided into 19 families. The remaining 6 taxa were represented with juvenile specimens, which could not be identified to the species level, but
probably belong to the identified species. The families Araneidae, Lycosidae, Salticidae, Theridiidae were represented with the highest number of species. We found 2 new species for the Croatia araneofauna.Kao i za cijelu Hrvatsku, veÄina podataka o fauni pauka srednje Dalmacije potjeÄe s poÄetka 20. stoljeÄa, dok u novije vrijeme radove o fauni pauka Dalmacije objavljuju Rucner & Rucner (1995.), Dobroruka (2004.), Majer i sur. (2008.). Doprinos poznavanju pauka Dalmacije daje i Udruga za bioloÅ”ka istraživanja BIOM istraživanjem zaÅ”tiÄenih prirodnih podruÄja srediÅ”nje Dalmacije. Radi daljnjeg prikupljanja podataka o raznolikosti faune pauka Dalmacije, Sekcija za pauke Udruge studenata biologije BIUS provela je 2009. godine inventarizaciju pauka Nacionalnog parka Kornati. Istraživanje je provedeno 2009. godine u sklopu bioloÅ”kog kampa Kornati u organizaciji Udruge studenata biologije - BIUS. Sekcija za pauke provela je na terenu 12 dana, i to u razdoblju od 14. do 21. svibnja te od 26. rujna do 1. listopada 2009. godine. Istraživanje je obuhvatilo otok Kornat i nekoliko susjednih otoka unutar Nacionalnog parka, a to su: Gustac, PiÅ”kera, LavÅ”a, Levernaka, Mana i Velika Smokvica. Lokaliteti na kojima je provedeno uzorkovanje pauka odabrani su prema tipu staniÅ”ta, odnosno cilj je bio obuhvatiti
Å”to viÅ”e razliÄitih staniÅ”ta kako bi se uzorkovala i Å”to raznolikija fauna pauka. StaniÅ”ta obuhvaÄena istraživanjem bili su maslinici, kamenjarski paÅ”njaci, suhe livade te borove Å”ume. Uzorkovanje se provodilo metodom sakupljanja rukom te pomoÄu ekshaustora (engl. pooter). Do sada su uspjeÅ”no odreÄene 42 takse rasporeÄene u 19 porodica.Od toga je 31 taksa odreÄena do vrste, a 11 do roda.Njih 6 predstavljene su s juvenilnim oblicima, ali najvjerojatnije pripadaju veÄ odreÄenim vrstama. Porodice Araneidae, Lycosidae Salticidae,
Theridiidae zastupljene s najviÅ”e vrsta. PronaÄene su 2 nove vrste za Hrvatsku araneofaunu
Koliko znamo o paucima Hrvatske? - povijesni pregled literature
As is the case with most groups of invertebrates, the spider fauna of Croatia is still poorly known, as seen by the scarcity of relevant publications. Since the first written record by Alberto Fortis in the year 1774 only around 300 papers concerning this fauna have been published. Here we present a review of this literature to the present, and show the interest in this subject through recent history and determine the share of manuscripts published by Croatian authors.
The analysis includes a list of 232 titles known to contain any data on the Croatian spider fauna. Our analysis shows that the most work was published in the second half of the 20th century, while the least productive period of Croatian arachnology lay between the end of World War I and the 1960s. Croatian authors are considerably less numerous than foreign researchers. It is only in the early 21st century that the number of publications by Croatian scientists matches that from the end of the 19th century. Within this analysis, a
brief overview of the work of the most important arachnologists is given.Kao i u sluÄaju veÄine drugih skupina beskraljeÅ”njaka, fauna pauka u
Hrvatskoj slabo je istražena te je broj publikacija o njoj oskudan. Pretpostavlja se da je od prvog pisanog spomena Alberta Fortisa iz 1774. do danas objavljeno oko 300 radova koji spominju nalaze pauka iz Hrvatske. Ovdje je predstavljena kratka analiza popisa literature provedena da bi se pratio interes istraživaÄa za pauke Hrvatske kroz povijest te odredila zastupljenost hrvatskih autora u
obraÄenom popisu literature. Analiza je obuhvatila popis od 232 naslova za koje nam je poznato da sadrže bilo kakav podatak o fauni pauka Hrvatske. Analiza ovog popisa pokazala je da je najveÄi broj publikacija izdan u drugoj polovici 20. stoljeÄa, dok je za hrvatsku arahnologiju najloÅ”ije razdoblje od kraja Prvog svjetskog rata do 1960. godine. U ukupnom broju objavljenih publikacija hrvatski autori su znatno manje zastupljeni.Tek poÄetkom 21. stoljeÄa broj radova hrvatskih autora o paucima dostiže onaj od kraja 19.
stoljeÄa. U okviru ove analize dan je i kratak osvrt na rad naÅ”ih najznaÄajnijih istraživaÄa svijeta pauka
Comparison of soil arthropod fauna in olive orchards maintained by mowing and plowing
Intenziviranjem maslinarstva u Hrvatskoj sve viÅ”e se tradicionalni naÄin obrade koÅ”njom i ispaÅ”om zamjenjuje oranjem. Osim smanjivanja raznolikosti prizemne vegetacije, oÄekivan je utjecaj i na raznolikost faune tla. Analizirao sam razlike u sastavu i brojnosti Älankonožaca izmeÄu 4 orana i 4 koÅ”ena maslinika na podruÄju srediÅ”nje Dalmacije. Uzorkovanje Älankonožaca proveo sam u proljeÄe 2011. pomoÄu lovnih posuda s etanolom. Cilj istraživanja bio je usporediti raznolikost Älankonožaca u razliÄito održavanim maslinicima analizom sastava i brojnosti grupa na viÅ”e taksonomskih razina: redovi Älankonožaca, porodice kornjaÅ”a i paukova te na razini vrsta za paukove. Utvrdio sam 5 razreda Älankonožaca: Arachnida, Insecta, Entognatha, Isopoda i Myriapoda. Ukupno je uzorkovano 5447 jedinki od Äega su 84% kukci. Zabilježio sam najveÄi udio kornjaÅ”a, mrava, paukova i dvokrilaca. KornjaÅ”i su viÅ”e zastupljeni brojem jedinki u oranim maslinicima te su se analizom udjela porodica utvrdile znaÄajne razlike. MraÄnjaci i trÄci su znaÄajno brojniji u oranima a kusokrilci u koÅ”enim maslinicima. Ustanovio sam da raznolikost paukova takoÄer odražava razlike u gospodarenju. Rezultati ukazuju da je koÅ”nja puno povoljnija za oÄuvanje raznolikosti Älankonožaca u maslinicima na lokalnoj razini. Usporedba udjela viÅ”ih taksonomskih razina može se koristiti za brzu analizu raznolikosti u maslinicima kako bi se dobio okvirni uvid o utjecaju razlika u gospodarenju na prisutnu faunu.The intensification of olive production methods in Croatia, has involved a widespread use of tillage resulting in progressive loss of natural vegetation in comparison with traditionally managed ones with mowing or grazing. Tillage may impact the epigeic fauna and its diversity. To quantify that difference, we have analyzed epigeal arthropod diversity in 4 tilled and 4 mowed groves in Central Dalmatia. Field survey was undertaken in spring 2011 and arthropods were collected using pitfall traps filled with ethanol. Here, we compared higher taxonomic levels as a tool for rapid biodiversity assessment, as well as spider diversity at species level to detect which method could better distinguish different management systems. Five groups of arthropods were recorded: Arachnids, Insects, Entognaths, Isopods and Myriapods. Altogether 5447 individuals have been sampled, with 84% of them being insects. Among arthropods, the highest portion of beetles were recorded, followed by ants and spiders. Although, there were similar numbers of beetle individuals in the both types of management, high differences between the families were observed. Tenebrionid and carabid beetles were more abundant in tilled, while staphylinid beetles were more abundant in the mowed groves. Diversity of spiders also reflected different types of management. Obtained results imply that mowing is much better type of management in olive groves with respect to epigeic arthropod diversity. Higher taxonomic level methodology (HTLM) could be used for rapid assessment of biodiversity in olive orchards at a local scale, in different managements regimes