Colonization of Post-mining Landscapes by Amphibians

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Colonization of post-mining landscapes by amphibians: a new opportunity for

endangered species

Ji Vojar, Jana Dolealov, Mili Solsk, Eva Mikeov, Oldich Koeck

Department of Ecology and Environment, Faculty of Forestry and Environment, Czech

University of Agriculture in Prague, Kamycka !", Prague "#$uchdol, "% &, Czech

'epu(lic) e#mail* vo+arfle-czu-cz

Abstract

Oen!cas" #inin$ oera"ions have ca%sed lar$e!scale "o"al des"r%c"ion o& "he ori$inal

ecos's"e# and chan$es in "he s%rro%ndin$ areas( )s soon as #inin$ oera"ions and

recla#a"ions are co#le"ed, "hese loca"ions are "aken over *' lan"s and ani#als in "he

rocess o& ri#ar' s%ccession( +he a""ern o& colonia"ion and secies diversi"' o& a#hi*ian

co##%ni"ies -as inves"i$a"ed in vario%s soil *anks in "he Mos" and Sokolov *ro-n coal

#inin$ dis"ric"s, var'in$ in a$e and in e.ec%"ion o& recla#a"ion( +he ini"ial s%ccession s"a$es

are charac"eried *' a lo- n%#*er o& secies and *' considera*le do#inance o& one or j%s" a

&e- secies( +he roor"ional reresen"a"ion o& secies e/%alied over a eriod o& "i#e( +he

secies co#osi"ion and diversi"' are chan$in$ d%rin$ s%ccession in connec"ion -i"h

environ#en"al condi"ions, eseciall' d%e "o "'e o& %sed recla#a"ion and /%ali"' o&

s%rro%ndin$ landscae(

Introduction

)#hi*ians are in decline -orld-ide, d%e "o "heir ecolo$ical re/%ire#en"s and "heir

sensi"ivi"' "o "he /%ali"' o& "he environ#en" 0e($(, 1ake 2332, 4i*son 5 6ree#an 2337,

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are ver' easil' iden"i&ia*le and "he' are e."ensive "erri"ories -i"h a kno-n da"e o& ori$in

0;ejek 5 as"n 23CF=( ) s"%d' o& colonia"ion on "hese "erri"ories rovides a $ood

oor"%ni"' "o achieve a *e""er %nders"andin$ o& "heir re$%lar &ea"%res, and "o %se "he

in&or#a"ion ac/%ired "o ro"ec" ha*i"a"s and "he or$anis#s livin$ in "he#(

+he &irs" $oal o& "he resen"ed research -as "o descri*e a""ern o& a#hi*ian colonia"ion o&

soil *anks di&&eren" &ro# "heir a$e and seral s"a$e in *o"h #inin$ dis"ric"s( +he second #ain

$oal -as "o inves"i$a"e "he e&&ec" o& environ#en"al charac"eris"ics on a*%ndance and

dis"ri*%"ion o& "he #odel a#hi*ian secies, "he a$ile &ro$ 0'ana dalmatina=, in selec"ed soil

*ank( )""en"ion is also aid "o "he secies diversi"' o& #oni"ored co##%ni"ies d%rin$

s%ccession, /%es"ions o& recla#a"ion o& "hese "erri"ories and a#hi*ian conserva"ion(

Material and Methods

Study area

?olonia"ion o& "he soil *anks *' a#hi*ians 0"he &irs" rojec"= -as s"%died in "he Mos" and

Sokolov #inin$ dis"ric"s &ro# 233C "o 9::


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o& recla#a"ion in "he nei$h*o%rhood, revalen" s%rro%ndin$ ha*i"a", dis"ance o& "he ond &ro#

"he ed$e o& "he *ank and "he dis"ance &ro# "he &easi*le so%rce o& "he a#hi*ian colonia"ion,

%sin$ "he $eo$rahic in&or#a"ion s's"e# 04NS= and o*serva"ion in "he &ield(

Results

irst study!Nn "o"al, 29 secies o& a#hi*ians -ere #oni"ored, 3 secies in "he Mos" dis"ric"

0"o"al 223F sec(=, C secies in Sokolov d( 029F< sec(=( ;o"h dis"ric"s have a or"ion o& "he

seci&ic secies( +he secies diversi"' *e"-een dis"ric"s is s"a"is"icall' non!si$ni&ican" as -ell

as "he e&&ec" o& s%ccession s"a$e( +he ini"ial s%ccession s"a$es -ere charac"eried *' a lo-

n%#*er o& secies and *' considera*le do#inance o& one or j%s" a &e- secies( +he &irs"

a#hi*ians coloniin$ soil heas -ere "he na""erjack "oad 0Epidalea calamita= and "he $reen

"oad 0Pseudepidalea viridis=, na#el' *e&ore < 'ears a&"er "heir ori$in( +he roor"ional

reresen"a"ion o& secies e/%alied over a eriod o& "i#e "o$e"her -i"h secies diversi"'(

Second study!Nn "o"al, 29B7 cl%"ches -ere &o%nd a" "he 2C9 #oni"ored onds in 9::B 'ear

and 2 cl%"ches a" 232 onds in &ollo-in$ 'ear( O%" o& "he "o"al n%#*er o& #oni"ored onds,

"he resence o& "he cl%"ches -as revealed a" 7: onds 0( )(, >ichards S( J( 2333 4lo*al a#hi*ian declines a ro*le# in alied ecolo$'(

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