Lepidopteran species richness of alpine sites in the High Sudetes Mts.: effect of area and isolation

摘要: Alpine sites in the High Sudetes Mts. host—due to their history and special climatic conditions—unique assemblages of lepidopteran species. We used data from ten these study species richness fauna test effect site area, distance nearest connectivity. For this, we cluster analyses, species–area relationship incidence function model, followed by canonical analysis importance individual factors. The list was compiled available literature sources with regard recent findings. Species depended significantly on all geographic factors—area, Large alpine were more species-rich than smaller ones remote differed composition others. conclude that any decrease area will drastically affect unique living