Terrestrial gastropods of the nature reserve Stary Zagaj and the town of skępe (dobrzyńskie Lakeland). The malacocoenosis structure as an indicator of anthropogenic influence in north-central Poland

Elżbieta Kuźnik-Kowalska,Marta Frasunkiewicz,Beata M Pokryszko

doi:10.12657/folmal.028.011

Abstract

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Highlights

The gastropod fauna of northern Europe is a result of post-glacial colonisation from the south
The aim of the inventory was to fill the gaps in the distribution knowledge and to identify symptoms of anthropogenic influence on the malacocoenoses
Thirty nine species were found in the studied area (Table 3): 27 species in the town of Skępe, and 30 in the nature reserve Stary Zagaj

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Introduction

The gastropod fauna of northern Europe is a result of post-glacial colonisation from the south. The gastropod distribution in Poland is rather well recognised and the list of species is generally complete (Riedel 1988, Wiktor 2004). Pieńkowska et al 2018) whose number has increased in the last years, and records of previously unrecorded native species (Horsák & Hájek 2005, Schenková et al 2012, Zając et al 2012, Książkiewicz et al 2015, Pokryszko et al 2016). For a long time it was believed that the northern malacocoenoses were species-poor. It was the potentially rich fauna from the south of the country, with its many preserved natural habitats, partly calcium-rich substratum and its varied topography, that attracted attention.

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