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DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-087-0-0352

THE EFFECT OF VERTICAL ZONATION ON THE COMPOSITION OF ENTOMOCOENOSES IN THE SELECTED MEADOW BIOTOPES OF THE BESKYDY PROTECTED LANDSCAPE AREA (NW SLOVAKIA)

Radoslav Kvasničák1, Monika Bestwinová2, Michal Rožek1
1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Education, Trnava University in Trnava, Priemyselná 4, 918 43 Trnava, Slovak Republic
2 Primary school, Lichardova 24, 010 01 Žilina, Slovak Republic


During the vegetation period (June – October) of 2020, we monitored the quantitative and qualitative composition of insect communities (Insecta) in a meadow biotop within the Beskydy Protected Landscape Area (NW Slovakia). The objective of the study was to determine the effect of vertical zoning on insect communities at two tourist-attractive sites with different altitudes: Trojmedzie Meadow (560 m a.s.l.) and Girová Meadow (840 m a.s.l.). Using the intact sticky trap method, we collected a total of 1212 individuals (indiv.) belonging to 73 species (spp.) from 9 orders and 35 families. The most represented orders of the class Insecta were Coleoptera (24 spp., 297 indiv.) and Lepidoptera (17 spp., 288 indiv.). At the higher altitude site (Girová, 840 m), 580 individuals were recorded, compared to 632 individuals at the lower-altitude Trojmedzie site (560 m). The research also provides data on the spectral sensitivity of individual insect orders to different color versions of sticky traps (transparent, yellow, and blue). Furthermore, the study includes results regarding the impact of tourism and human mobility restrictions during the Covid-19 period on the quantitative representation of entomocoenoses, which did not show statistically significant differences between the compared periods.

Keywords: insect, vertical zonation, color spectrum, Girová, Trojmedzie, tourism

pages: 352-357, Published: 2026, online: 2026



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