On some Oniscidea and Diplopoda from Bucharest, Romania

Giurginca, Andrei

doi:10.2298/abs0601031g

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“…The survey revealed high species richness compared to other studies in Central and Eastern European urban habitats e.g. Bucharest, Romania: 14 species (Giurginca 2006); Olomouc, Czech Republic: 17 species (Riedel et al 2009). The great differences between Budapest and Bucharest in species numbers can be explained by the dissimilar sampling methods (manual sampling vs. pitfall trapping) and differences in habitat types sampled (parks in Bucharest).…”

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confidence: 48%

Urban areas as hot-spots for introduced and shelters for native isopod species

Vilisics

Hornung

2009

Urban Ecosyst

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Isopod assemblages were studied in Budapest, capital of Hungary. The analyses of literary and field data revealed a high species richness (28 species), compared to the total species number (57) in Hungary. Habitats characteristics for the city were categorized as native forests, urban forests, gardens of Buda, gardens of Pest, public parks, densely builtup areas and botanical gardens. We hypothesized that isolated and diverse habitat patches in the city matrix of Budapest support the introduction and establishment of exotic species and the survival of native ones. The composition of assemblages varied among sampling sites, but were characteristic for the biotope categories. We concluded that forests, parks and gardens play an important role in the survival of native isopod populations. Species numbers were highest in the gardens of Buda and in the botanical gardens (both 17 species). The overall presence of cosmopolitan and disturbance-tolerant species indicates an ongoing homogenization process.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 48%

Urban areas as hot-spots for introduced and shelters for native isopod species

Vilisics

Hornung

2009

Urban Ecosyst

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“…Moreover, numerous reports highlight the successful establishment of outdoor populations in several western and central European countries (e.g. the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Romania, Slovenia) (Berg et al 2008, Giurginca 2006, Navrátil 2007, Vilisics and Lapanje 2005.…”

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Alien terrestrial crustaceans (Isopods and Amphipods). Chapter 7.1

Cochard¹,

Vilisics²,

Séchet³

2010

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A total of 17 terrestrial crustacean species aliens to Europe of which 13 isopods (woodlice) and 4 amphipods (lawn shrimps) have established on the continent. In addition, 21 species native to Europe were introduced in a European region to which they are not native. Th e establishment of alien crustacean species in Europe slowly increased during the 20 th century without any marked changes during the recent decades. Almost all species alien to Europe originate from sub-tropical or tropical areas. Most of the initial introductions were recorded in greenhouses, botanical gardens and urban parks, probably associated with passive transport of soil, plants or compost. Alien woodlice are still confi ned to urban habitats. Natural habitats have only been colonized by three amphipod species in the family Talitridae.

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“…The species Trachelipus arcuatus, Porcellio scaber and Armadillidium vulgare are very common and widespread in Romania, so finding them was not a surprise (Giurginca 2006;Giurginca and Šurčiš 2003;Giurginca and Vănoaica 2007;Radu 1985).…”

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“…Ferenţi et al 2012;Ferenţi et al 2013), Blahniţa Plain (Ferenţi and Covaciu-Marcov 2014). Even fewer data are available from the eastern part of the Romanian Plain (Negrea 2006;Giurginca 2006). As a consequence, there are still virtually unknown regions from the eastern part of the Romanian Plain (Bărăganului Plain).…”

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Edaphic Oniscidea, Diplopoda and Chilopoda From Pădurea Călugărească (South-Eastern Romania)

Giurginca

Baba

2016

Ecol. Mont

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Our study is a brief biodiversity evaluation of a less investigated community of Oniscidea, Diplopoda and Chilopoda from a plains location situated in South-Eastern Romania (Bărăganului Plain). The study targeted three types of habitat (two natural habitats and one semi-natural habitat) from Pădurea Călugărească: we can record the presence of 7 families of Oniscidea, 4 families of Diplopoda and 6 families of Chilopoda. Our study confirms the presence in Romania of Propolyxenus trivittatus and Lophoproctus lucidus, also, we can record new distribution data for Schendyla mediterranea (second location from Romania), Lithobius burzenlandicus euxinicus and Lithobius aeruginosus luciae (first record in the Romanian Plain). Although using only qualitative collecting methods, our data underline the significance of forest plains in one of the most arid regions in Romania in supporting the biodiversity of soil-dwelling arthropods and, also, show the potential of this region of Romania for subsequent, more complex studies.

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On some Oniscidea and Diplopoda from Bucharest, Romania

Abstract: This paper presents 14 species of Oniscidea and four species of Diplopoda - among them a species new to science belonging to the genus Bulgardicus Strasser, 1966 - collected exclusively in parks of Bucharest

Cited by 9 publications

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Urban areas as hot-spots for introduced and shelters for native isopod species

Urban areas as hot-spots for introduced and shelters for native isopod species

Alien terrestrial crustaceans (Isopods and Amphipods). Chapter 7.1

Edaphic Oniscidea, Diplopoda and Chilopoda From Pădurea Călugărească (South-Eastern Romania)

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