scholarly journals Terrestrial isopods (Oniscidea) of the White Carpathians (Czech Republic and Slovakia)

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 801 ◽  
pp. 305-321
Author(s):  
Karel Tajovský ◽  
Jana Štrichelová ◽  
Ivan H. Tuf
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Terrestrial Isopods ◽  
White Carpathians

scholarly journals Časně eneolitické depozitum v Bílých Karpatech na moravsko-slovenském pomezí

2021 ◽  
pp. 69-77
Author(s):  
Jaroslav Peška
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Pure Copper ◽  
Carpathian Basin ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Unique Form ◽  
Metal Detector ◽  
Copper Strip ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
White Carpathians

In 2017, a relatively small copper artefact hoard was found using a metal detector just a few metres from the border between the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. This was on a distinctive slope on the Moravian side of the White Carpathians, at a relatively high altitude (746 m) in the cadastral area of the municipality of Lopeník. The hoard was lent for documenting by the finder and then returned to them. It contained three flat Jordanów type axes, a Şiria type hammer axe (only the second find in Moravia) and, most probably, raw material in a unique form of two discs of flat copper strip coiled into the shape of a pyramidal spiral. Some of the items were made of pure copper (with the presumed source in the southern part of the Carpathian Basin), some of a material similar to Nógrádmarcal antimony copper, forwhich a Slovak origin is considered. Based on the presence of several Jordanów type axes, we date the hoard to the Early Eneolithic and link it to the bearers of the Jordanów culture. Due to its location, the hoard is further distinctive evidence of transport corridors passing from the Carpathian Basin via the White Carpathians, where most parallels to the artefacts under study have been found. The presence of the two “strip material” discs is completely atypical.

scholarly journals New records of Vertigo moulinsiana (Gastropoda: Vertiginidae) and notes on its distribution and habitats in the Czech Republic

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 14-17
Author(s):  
Luboš Beran
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
River Basin ◽  
New Records ◽  
Large Area ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Spring Fens ◽  
Southern Moravia ◽  
Bohemian Cretaceous Basin ◽  
White Carpathians

Vertigo moulinsiana (Dupuy, 1849) was found in 2003–2005 in Northern Bohemia (Czech Republic) at 11 sites. All these sites are situated on floodplains of smaller streams in a sandstone area. The known occurrence of this endangered relict in the Czech Republic is concentrated in three areas – a large area of Bohemian Cretaceous Basin, a floodplain near villages Břežany and Božice (Dyje River Basin) in Southern Moravia and small, isolated, treeless fens in the White Carpathians (Bílé Karpaty Mts.). The principal habitats where V. moulinsiana lives in the Czech Republic are sedge marshes, Typha swamps, reed swamps (with Carex spp.), alder carrs (also with Carex spp.) and tufa-forming spring fens.

Floristic diversity patterns in the White Carpathians biosphere reserve, Czech Republic

Biologia ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zdenka Otýpková ◽  
Milan Chytrý ◽  
Lubomír Tichý ◽  
Vilém Pechanec ◽  
Jan Jongepier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Species Richness ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Environmental Data ◽  
Floristic Diversity ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
North Eastern Part ◽  
White Carpathians

AbstractThe flora of the White Carpathians, a mountain range in the south-east of the Czech Republic, is documented by about 485,000 records of vascular plant occurrences collected since the mid-19th century. A total of 1299 species recorded in 93 grid cells of 2.8 × 3.1 km were used for an analysis of spatial patterns of floristic diversity in the White Carpathians. Multivariate statistical techniques such as ordination and classification were used to reveal the main gradients in floristic composition and species richness, and measured environmental data and Ellenberg indicator values were used to assess underlying environmental factors. There is a striking floristic contrast between the western and eastern part of the study area, which is associated with differences in climate, mean altitude, topographic heterogeneity measured as altitudinal range, and land use. The western part is characterised by thermophilous, continental and calcicolous species of open habitats. In contrast, the more forested eastern part along the state border with Slovakia and the north-eastern part of the area are characterised by acidophilous species with higher moisture requirements. This pattern is consistent with the established phytogeographical division of the Czech Republic into the phytogeographical regions of Thermophyticum and Mesophyticum. The further division of the area into four regions, based on classified grid data, is also similar to the current division into phytogeographical districts, except for the Javorníky district. There are two distinct hot spots of species richness, in the western and the extreme north-eastern part. A poorer flora was found in landscapes with intensive agriculture. Species richness is associated with different environmental factors than species composition, namely with soil types and land-use categories. Alien species are more common in areas with a higher incidence of arable land and built-up areas, and less common in areas dominated by grasslands and forests.

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