2020
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-34197/v1
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Restoring a butterfly hot spot by large ungulates refaunation: The case of the Milovice military training range, Czech Republic

Abstract: Background: Refaunation by large ungulates represents a cost-efficient approach to managing natural biotopes. We studied butterflies inhabiting grasslands of the former Milovice military training range in the Czech Republic, grazed since 2015 by a combination of Exmoor pony (“wild” horse), Tauros cattle (“aurochs”) and European wisent. Methods: We compared presence-absence patterns from two surveys preceding the refaunation, one immediately after military use termination (early 1990s), the other prior to the r… Show more

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“…A series of studies showed that hibernating larvae of high elevation Erebia species are less tolerant to cold (freeze‐avoidant) because they are adapted to survive the winter under a snow cover, while low elevation species exposed to unpredictable snow cover are freeze‐tolerant (Vrba et al ., 2012, 2017; Konvicka et al ., 2021). Erebia pandrose can be considered as a high elevation Erebia species since it tends to occur above 2000 m (Fig.…”
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“…A series of studies showed that hibernating larvae of high elevation Erebia species are less tolerant to cold (freeze‐avoidant) because they are adapted to survive the winter under a snow cover, while low elevation species exposed to unpredictable snow cover are freeze‐tolerant (Vrba et al ., 2012, 2017; Konvicka et al ., 2021). Erebia pandrose can be considered as a high elevation Erebia species since it tends to occur above 2000 m (Fig.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Erebia populations living in high elevation areas are considered at risk because they rely on snow cover to resist the extremely cold mountain winter (Vrba et al, 2012(Vrba et al, , 2017Konvic ˇka et al, 2021). Thus, according to the typical orophilous and chionophilous character of Erebia, we selected the following variables: temperature annual range between the coldest and the warmest month, mean temperature of the coldest quarter, annual precipitation, and precipitation of the coldest quarter.…”
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