Influence of tree species and soil properties on ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) communities

V Vician, M Svitok, E Michalková, I Lukáčik, S Stašiov - Acta Oecologica, 2018 - Elsevier
Although Carabidae is among the best-studied families of beetles in Europe from the
faunistic point of view, there is still a lack of available information on the ecological …

Hedgerows support rich communities of harvestmen (Opiliones) in upland agricultural landscape

S Stašiov, A Diviakova, M Svitok, M Novikmec… - Basic and applied …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hedgerows play important roles in agricultural landscapes and they increase biodiversity by
providing habitat refugia for species sensitive to agricultural disturbance. We have studied …

Characteristics of fragments of woodland and their influence on the distribution of soil fauna in agricultural landscape

O Horňák, B Šarapatka, O Machač, A Mock, IH Tuf - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fragments of woodland represent important natural and semi-natural elements that
contribute to ecological stability and biodiversity in a landscape. In the Czech Republic, they …

Harvestmen (Opiliones) community structure varies across forest-meadow ecotones in a biodiverse karst region

S Stašiov, V Kubovčík, M Čiliak, A Diviaková… - Biodiversity and …, 2021 - Springer
The positive effects of habitat heterogeneity on biodiversity are well established, but it is
unclear how the diversity of less frequently studied but ecologically important taxa such as …

[PDF][PDF] Response of ground-dwelling harvestman assemblages (Arachnida: Opiliones) to European beech forest canopy cover.

Ľ ČERNECKÁ, I Mihal, B Jarčuška - European Journal of Entomology, 2017 - ife.sk
We studied the effects of the overstory canopy cover on ground-dwelling harvestmen
communities in European beech forests in the Western Carpathian Mts. We analyzed the …

Epigean communities of harvestmen (Opiliones) in Pannonian Basin floodplain forests: an interaction with environmental parameters

J Litavský, S Stašiov, M Svitok, E Michalková… - Biologia, 2018 - Springer
Abstract During the years 2015–2016, we studied the fauna of epigeon in eight similar
habitats in Slovakia and Serbia. The study material of Opiliones was obtained by a pitfall …

Influence of meteorological factors on the moisture content of fine forest fuels: responses of fire danger class to different microclimates on the example of European …

M Ostrihoň, MK Hillayová, K Korísteková… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2024 - sciendo.com
Due to the increased number of forest fires, a detailed examination and knowledge of the
effects of the microclimatic conditions of forests is currently significant. The study carried out …

Environmental drivers of harvestmen assemblages (Arachnida: Opiliones) from Neotropical rainforest landscapes

ARS Andrade, AFA Lira, RP Salomao… - Austral …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the effects of environmental conditions on biodiversity may provide cues
regarding the resilience of ecological communities facing human activities in tropical forests …

Comparison of spatial dispersion of epigeic fauna between alluvial forests in an agrarian and Dunajské luhy protected landscape area, southern Slovakia

V Langraf, K Petrovičová, S David… - Central European …, 2023 - sciendo.com
The spatial distribution of the epigeic fauna of floodplain ecosystems (willow-poplar
floodplain forest, regenerated poplar forest), in the conditions of the natural environment of …

The influence of stand density on the structure of harvestmen communities (Opiliones) in a submountain beech forest

S Stašiov, M Svitok - Folia Oecologica, 2019 - sciendo.com
Modification of forest stand density by thinning is a common silvicultural practice
implemented in management of production forests. However, changes in the stand density …