<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In last decades, the number of non-native land snails increased up to 15 percentages; they create more than eight percent of all the Slovakian species. Trend of newly established snail species corresponds with increases in the average temperatures as well as the intensity of foreign trade, suggesting a synergistic effect of both climatic conditions and socioeconomic factors. The research of the open-air garden centres in Slovakia confirmed both factors. We report here some of the newly established populations of sixteen mollusc species. In the old garden centres, the number of species as well as the number of individuals decreased slightly. Area of the garden centre has a very high impact on both abundance and species diversity. The size and age of garden centre proportionally influences the composition of mollusc assemblages. Two new species <italic>Cornu aspersum</italic> and <italic>Cepaea nemoralis</italic> were noticed for the first time in Slovakia. The recent findings of the introduced populations demonstrate the potential of this snail to colonise new areas.</p></abstract>

In last decades, the number of non-native land snails increased up to 15 percentages; they create more than eight percent of all the Slovakian species. Trend of newly established snail species corresponds with increases in the average temperatures as well as the intensity of foreign trade, suggesting a synergistic effect of both climatic conditions and socioeconomic factors. The research of the open-air garden centres in Slovakia confirmed both factors. We report here some of the newly established populations of sixteen mollusc species. In the old garden centres, the number of species as well as the number of individuals decreased slightly. Area of the garden centre has a very high impact on both abundance and species diversity. The size and age of garden centre proportionally influences the composition of mollusc assemblages. Two new species Cornu aspersum and Cepaea nemoralis were noticed for the first time in Slovakia. The recent findings of the introduced populations demonstrate the potential of this snail to colonise new areas.

Land Snails in the Slovak Open-Air Garden Centres

Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences

Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra

Ekológia (Bratislava)

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In last decades, the number of non-native land snails increased up to 15 percentages; they create more than eight percent of all the Slovakian species. Trend...

Land Snails in the Slovak Open-Air Garden Centres

Published Online: Dec 07, 2018

Page range: 369 - 379

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eko-2018-0028

Keywords
Garden centres, mollusc, urban area, Slovakia

© 2018 Zuzana Krumpálová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Land Snails in the Slovak Open-Air Garden Centres

Published Online: Dec 07, 2018

Page range: 369 - 379

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eko-2018-0028

KeywordsGarden centres, mollusc, urban area, Slovakia

© 2018 Zuzana Krumpálová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Garden centres, mollusc, urban area, Slovakia