Publication at Faculty of Science, First Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics |
2012
Abstract
Large amounts of abandoned limestone quarries in the Bohemian Karst provide a great opportunity to study different stages of spontaneous succession simulta-neously. Molluscs are a suitable model group for this study - many land snail species including the rare ones occur in these quarries.
Because of the large variability of habitats, quarries abandoned for around 60 years have higher species diversity.