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      Preferences of common Central European millipedes for different biotope types (Myriapoda, Diplopoda) in Saxony-Anhalt (Germany)

      International Journal of Myriapodology
      Pensoft Publishers

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          Knowledge of habitat preferences of myriapod species is essential for their optimal use in bioindication and biological soil assessment. To increase our knowledge a sampling project was started in Saxony-Anhalt (Eastern Germany) more than 20 years ago. The narrowly defined geographic area was selected for the study because the fauna of this Central European German region represents to a high degree the whole of the Central European fauna. The millipede fauna at 175 sites belonging to 12 biotope types was sampled by pitfall trapping and identified to species. According to plant associations, these sites could be divided into four groups differing in moisture and into two groups differing in the level of vegetation cover. Considering the distribution pattern of 28 selected millipede species in each of these groups (weighted percentage), ecological categories of these species could roughly be distinguished. “Main Preferences” separated open land or woodland species and hygrobiont or xerobiont species. The number (and quality) of the occupied biotope types allowed assessment as stenotopic or eurytopic species (“General Preferences”). If available, a “Special Preference” for a preferred biotope type was recognised. For several species, the results are compared with those in the literature.

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            Distribution and species grouping of millipedes (Myriapoda, Diplopoda) in dry biotopes in Saxony-Anhalt/Eastern Germany

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              Die Diplopoden Der Mark Brandenburg Eine okologische Studie

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                Journal
                International Journal of Myriapodology
                IJM
                Pensoft Publishers
                1875-2543
                1875-2535
                December 20 2011
                December 20 2011
                : 6
                : 61-83
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                10.3897/ijm.6.2172
                ea2f89b0-002b-453c-a7de-48daee0f183d
                © 2011

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