Biologia
Volume 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 384-389

The spread of non-native Cepaea nemoralis and Monacha cartusiana (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) in the Czech Republic with comments on other land snail immigrants (Article) (Open Access)

Peltanová A.* , Dvořák L. , Juřičková L.
  • a Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic, Nuselská 39, CZ-14000 Praha 4-Nusle, Czech Republic
  • b Municipal Museum Mariánské Lázně, Goethovo náměstí 11, CZ-35301 Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic
  • c Department of Zoology, Charles University, Viničná 7, CZ-12844 Praha 2, Czech Republic

Abstract

The aim of our study is to describe and visualise the spread of two non-indigenous land snail species Cepaea nemoralis and Monacha cartusiana in the Czech Republic during more than 100 years period. Several factors play an important role in changes of the distribution of these species: ecological (climate change), ethological (passive dispersal potencial) and economic (increasing traffic as a vector of spreading). The spreading of M. cartusiana has a rapidly increasing trend. More than half sites in the Czech Republic were colonised by this species in 2000-2010. While the spread of C. nemoralis has been continuous during the last century, the rapid range extension was recorded in the last two decades. © 2012 Versita Warsaw and Springer-Verlag Wien.

Author Keywords

distribution trends Cepaea nemoralis Monacha cartusiana passive dispersal grid map range extension

Index Keywords

Gastropoda Pulmonata Cepaea nemoralis Monacha cartusiana Stylommatophora
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84857401882&doi=10.2478%2fs11756-012-0020-2&partnerID=40&md5=ac5f5538c6082b637445253e5c47b392
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-012-0020-2
ISSN: 00063088
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English