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The ground beetle genus Cymindis is the most species rich amongst genera in the carabid subtribe Cymindidina (tribe Lebiini). Four subgenera are often recognized, i.e. Cymindis (sensu stricto) Latreille, Afrotarus Jeannel, Taridius Chaudoir and Pinacodera Schaum. Cymindis (sensu stricto) has a predominately Holarctic distribution (Hunting 2013) and includes Cymindis alutacea Wollaston, C. dohrnii Wollaston and C. anchomenoides Wollaston (the last one sometimes placed in Tarulus Bedel, either ranked as a genus or a subgenus), all three endemic to the Cape Verde Islands (Geisthardt 1988, 1996).
The abundance of humpback whales occurring around Boa Vista, Cape Verde Islands, was estimated by markrecapture modelling. Photographs of markings on tail flukes of individual whales were collected during the breeding season. Sighting histories were constructed for each individual and an abundance of 171 animals was estimated using a Jolly-Seber mark-recapture model. Correcting for known biases arising due to sex-specific behaviour and temporary emigration insofar as possible, an estimate of 260 whales was obtained. This is significantly higher than the previous estimate of 99 humpback whales from this region. Due to limited survey effort it is not known how representative the study area is of the entire Cape Verde archipelago and this estimate may be considered to be biased low and serves as a minimum estimate. The high recapture probability (0.37) coupled with the low abundance is consistent with a small local population. The low survival rate (0.86) suggests possible emigration and further studies are needed to assess connectivity between humpback whales breeding in Cape Verde and other breeding locations. The amount of exchange between groups of whales breeding in Cape Verde and adjacent areas remains unknown. It is unclear whether the abundance estimate herein applies to part of an isolated population or part of a larger and continuous one.
Black-winged stilt Himantopus himantopus (Linnaeus, 1758) has a wide geographical distribution, including France and southern Iberia to sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar, and east to central Asia and northern central China, India, Sri Lanka, Indochina and Taiwan (Pierce 1996). On the African mainland, breeding sites nearest to the Cape Verde Islands are in Mauritania and Senegal (Isenmann et al. 2010, Borrow & Demey 2014).
Recent data on status and distribution of resident and migrant birds in the Cape Verde Islands are presented, including records of nine taxa new to the archipelago, viz. Ciconia nigra, Ciconia ciconia, Circus macrourus, Falco naumanni, Chlidonias hybrida, Chlidonias leucopterus, Apus affinis, Ptyonoprogne fuligula and Phylloscopus inornatus. Also presented are data on a number of breeding taxa, including the first record of the endemic Cape Verde purple heron Ardea bournei outside Santiago island. The alarming situation of the magnificent frigatebird Fregata magnificens, of which only three individuals remain in Cape Verde, constituting the entire population in the East Atlantic, remains of great concern. Several species of birds of prey are also highly threatened and have already become extinct in some islands. Following its expansion through Northwest Africa and the Canary Islands, Eurasian collared dove Streptopelia decaocto has now also become established in at least three of the Cape Verde Islands.
The zoogeographic composition of the coastal ichthyofauna of the Cape Verde archipelago shows a predominance of Guinean species, followed by tropical-subtropical (amphi-Atlantic) fishes and several endemic species. Recent taxonomic revisions, new species descriptions, new fish records in the area and recent ecological surveys of intra-specific fish interaction as well as emergent research on seamounts in national waters warrant an up-to-date review of research on the ichthyofauna of Cape Verde. An updated percentage of endemic coastal reef fish of 10.2% attest significant speciation in Cape Verde waters. Almost half of the total cryptobenthic fish species richness in Cape Verde comprises endemic species, some of them newly discovered. Examples of endemism are discussed, notably white seabream Diplodus sargus lineatus, bulldog dentex Dentex (Virididentex) acromegalus, blackfish drummer Girella stuebeli, Lubbock's chromis Chromis lubbocki, Cape Verde damselfish Similiparma hermani and Guinean parrotfish Scarus hoefleri. Cape Verde diverges considerably from the other Macaronesian island groups in terms of its ichthyofauna and its uniqueness warrants special attention by governmental agencies and conservation organizations.
During an entomological survey in Santiago Island, Cape Verde Islands, in November-December 2011 in order to study the bio-ecology and susceptibility to insecticides of Anopheles arabiensis Patton, 1905, Culex tritaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901 was found to be present in the Santa Cruz District. Both adult and immature specimens were collected and a description of both is given. Further confirmation of the taxonomic identity of the specimens was obtained from studying the male genitalia. This is the first known occurrence of Culex tritaeniorhynchus (a primary vector of Japanese encephalitis in eastern and southern Asia and a potential vector of West Nile Virus, Sindbis and Rift Valley Fever Virus) in the Cape Verde Islands.
Fernerkundung und GPS, Massenspektrometrie und Röntgenfluoreszenzanalyse: In der Archäologie gehören diese naturwissenschaftlichen Methoden inzwischen zum Standard-Repertoire. Was macht dies mit einem Fach, das sich selbst als eine der wichtigsten Kulturwissenschaften sieht? Lassen sich Fragen zum Leben unserer Vorfahren heute aus anderen Blickwinkeln beantworten?
"Ach!" würde Goethe vermutlich ausrufen, sähe er die Kleinteiligkeit der heutigen Forschung – und auch sein Faust verzweifelt am gestaltlosen "Wissensqualm". Goethe wehrt sich vehement gegen eine Zersplitterung der Wissenschaft in unzählige Einzelphänomene. Er schätzt die Universalisten, "die das Allgemeine im Auge haben und gern das Besondere an- und einfügen möchten".
Ohne Drittmittel für seine Forschung kommt kaum noch ein Wissenschaftler aus. Immer mehr kostbarer Zeit verbringen Forscher damit, endlose Anträge auszufüllen. Antragsprosa ist längst eine Wissenschaft für sich. Der Jurist Rainer Maria Kiesow hat seine Form des "exzellenten Anschreibens" gefunden – eine Glosse mit spitzer Feder geschrieben.
Die Erfolgsquote von rund 10 Prozent ist gering, der Arbeitseinsatz hoch. Doch weil die Europäische Union Fördersummen in Millionenhöhe ausschüttet, ermutigt die Universität ihre Wissenschaftler, Anträge zu stellen und unterstützt sie dabei. Der Wirtschaftsjournalist Dr. Michael Braun hat die Beteiligten nach den Schlüsseln zum Erfolg gefragt.
Die Nationalsozialisten zerstörten seine Kindheit, raubten ihm die Jugend: Josef Buchmann überlebte die Konzentrationslager. Er gab nie auf, wurde ein erfolgreicher Unternehmer. Nachwuchsforscher und die Wissenschaft zu unterstützen, das sieht er – der selbst nicht studieren konnte – als "sein Lebenswerk" an.
Von den hart umkämpften Anfängen des Frauenstudiums bis heute hat sich viel verändert. Doch Familienplanung und Mobilität sind weiterhin kritische Punkte für weibliche Karrieren in der Forschung. Deswegen sind Wissenschaftlerinnen auch heute noch häufiger kinderlos als ihre männlichen Kollegen. Erst allmählich schärfen Genderprogramme das Bewusstsein für die nicht fachlichen Aspekte der Nachwuchsförderung beider Geschlechter. Und Mentoringprogramme helfen Frauen bei den letzten Schritten zur Professur wie Networking, Auftreten, Bewerben und Verhandeln.
Jetzt, nach Beendigung vieler Jahre der Lehre und Forschung an der Goethe-Universität, kann ich diese Zeit mit einem Abstand überdenken. Der Freiraum für solch nicht zweckgerichtetes Verhalten ist während der praktischen Tätigkeit an der Universität äußerst gering und muss hart erkämpft werden, wie jedes Stück Freiheit. Rückblickend sehe ich, dass der Wunsch, über das Detailwissen hinaus ganzheitliche Zusammenhänge zu betrachten und über die eigene Fachgrenze hinauszugehen, meinen Weg geprägt hat.
Seit 50 Jahren ist Eckhard Henscheid schon Mitglied der "Neuen Frankfurter Schule" – Deutschlands "erfolgreichster Boygroup" (Oliver Maria Schmitt). Doch in welchem Verhältnis steht die "Neue" eigentlich zur "Alten" Frankfurter Schule von Horkheimer, Adorno & Co? Impliziert die Namensgebung (heimlichen) Respekt oder (ironische) Distanz? Hat die "Spaßgesellschaft" der Kritischen Theorie endgültig den Garaus gemacht?
Seit 2010 wetteifern Naturwissenschaftler bei den Science Slams des Physikalischen Vereins darum, wer seine Forschung am unterhaltsamsten erklären kann.
Im Jubiläumsjahr beteiligten sich erstmals auch die Geisteswissenschaftler an dem Format. Jeder Referent hat höchstens zehn Minuten für zündende Ideen, witzige Einlagen und überraschende Pointen. Zum Schluss entscheidet das Publikum, wer Slam-Champion ist.
Im November traten die drei besten Slammer der beiden Vorrunden vom Juli zum großen Finale gegeneinander an. 1.200 Besucher im Audimax des Campus Westend wählten den Informatiker Johannes Schildgen in einem knappen Kopf-an-Kopf-Rennen mit Kai Jäger zum Sieger.
Background: In primary care, patients with multiple chronic conditions are the rule rather than the exception. The Chronic Care Model (CCM) is an evidence-based framework for improving chronic illness care, but little is known about the extent to which it has been implemented in routine primary care. The aim of this study was to describe how multimorbid older patients assess the routine chronic care they receive in primary care practices in Germany, and to explore the extent to which factors at both the practice and patient level determine their views.
Methods: This cross-sectional study used baseline data from an observational cohort study involving 158 general practitioners (GP) and 3189 multimorbid patients. Standardized questionnaires were employed to collect data, and the Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (PACIC) questionnaire used to assess the quality of care received. Multilevel hierarchical modeling was used to identify any existing association between the dependent variable, PACIC, and independent variables at the patient level (socio-economic factors, weighted count of chronic conditions, instrumental activities of daily living, health-related quality of life, graded chronic pain, no. of contacts with GP, existence of a disease management program (DMP) disease, self-efficacy, and social support) and the practice level (age and sex of GP, years in current practice, size and type of practice).
Results: The overall mean PACIC score was 2.4 (SD 0.8), with the mean subscale scores ranging from 2.0 (SD 1.0, subscale goal setting/tailoring) to 3.5 (SD 0.7, delivery system design). At the patient level, higher PACIC scores were associated with a DMP disease, more frequent GP contacts, higher social support, and higher autonomy of past occupation. At the practice level, solo practices were associated with higher PACIC values than other types of practice.
Conclusions: This study shows that from the perspective of multimorbid patients receiving care in German primary care practices, the implementation of structured care and counseling could be improved, particularly by helping patients set specific goals, coordinating care, and arranging follow-up contacts. Studies evaluating chronic care should take into consideration that a patient’s assessment is associated not only with practice-level factors, but also with individual, patient-level factors.
The exact pathophysiology of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is not fully clarified, yet the osmotic characteristics of contrast media (CM) have been a significant focus in many investigations of CIN. Osmotic effects of CM specific to the kidney include transient decreases in blood flow, filtration fraction, and glomerular filtration rate. Potentially significant secondary effects include an osmotically induced diuresis with a concomitant dehydrating effect. Clinical experiences that have compared the occurrence of CIN between the various classes of CM based on osmolality have suggested a much less than anticipated advantage, if any, with a lower osmolality. Recent animal experiments actually suggest that induction of a mild osmotic diuresis in association with iso-osmolar agents tends to offset potentially deleterious renal effects of high viscosity-mediated intratubular CM stagnation.
Carinostoma elegans new to the Slovakian harvestmen fauna (Opiliones, Dyspnoi, Nemastomatidae)
(2014)
A new genus and species of small harvestman was found for the first time in Slovakia – Carinostoma elegans (Sorensen, 1894). One male and two females were collected in the Mlyňany arboretum of the Slovak Academy of Science (western Slovakia). Descriptions and photographs of both sexes of C. elegans are provided. Additional comments, and a map of distribution of all species of this genus, are provided.
Sauron rayi (Simon, 1881) is recorded in Austria for the first time. Male and female specimens of this rare European spider were found in two “Austrian pine forests” in Lower Austria. Data on distribution, habitat, phenology and Red List status from the Austrian localities and from published records in other countries are presented.
Jörg Wunderlich wurde am 19. Dezember 1939 in Berlin geboren. Nach dem zweiten Weltkrieg befand sich seine Familie im Osten des Landes, es gelang ihr aber 1951 nach West-Berlin zu ziehen. Aufgrund der mangelnden schulischen Ausbildung in der Nachkriegszeit und der unterschiedlichen Schulprogramme im Osten (Russisch) und Westen (Latein und Englisch) schloss Jörg die Schule im Alter von 20 Jahren ab.
Danach begann er an der Freien Universität Berlin zunächst Mathematik zu studieren, wechselte aber bald zu Biologie, Geographie, Politikwissenschaften und Philosophie. Insgesamt verbrachte er acht Jahre an der Universität. Währenddessen übernahm er Jobs um sich seinen Lebensunterhalt zu finanzieren. Seine Staatsexamensarbeit an der Freien Universität war eine ökologische Studie über die Zwergspinnenfauna der Pfaueninsel in Berlin, einem Naturschutzgebiet, in dem er über 300 Webspinnenarten in verschiedenen Habitaten nachwies, zwei davon neu für die Wissenschaft (Glyphesis taoplesius, Moebelia berolinensis).
Die Springspinne Evarcha michailovi Logunov, 1992 wird erstmalig für Deutschland von einem ehemaligen Truppenübungsplatz im Süden Mecklenburg-Vorpommerns gemeldet. Gleichzeitig werden Erstnachweise der Springspinnen Evarcha laetabunda (C. L. Koch, 1846), Philaeus chrysops (Poda, 1761) und Sitticus inexpectus Logunov & Kronestedt, 1997, der Haubennetzspinne Crustulina sticta (O. P.-Cambridge, 1861) sowie der Krabbenspinne Heriaeus graminicola (Doleschall, 1852) erbracht.
Examination of the type material of the forgotten species Liocranum ochraceum Simon, 1867 reveals this species has to be transferred to the genus Anagraphis comb. nov. and that Anagraphis pallida (Hadjissarantos, 1940) is its junior synonym (syn. nov.). Furthermore, the monotypic genus Macedoniella Drensky, 1935 is a junior synonym of Anagraphis and M. karamani a junior synonym of Anagraphis ochraceum (L. Koch, 1867) (syn. nov.).
A survey of spiders of the genus Scytodes Latreille, 1804 in Iran resulted in six species occurring in this country: Scytodes fusca Walckenaer, 1837, S. strandi Spassky, 1941, S. thoracica (Latreille, 1802), S. univittata Simon, 1882 and – recorded for the first time – S. arwa Rheims, Brescovit & van Harten, 2006 and S. makeda Rheims, Brescovit & van Harten, 2006. Illustrations of the newly recorded species and a key to all known Iranian species are presented.
Carniella brignolii Thaler & Steinberger, 1988 was first described based on a male from Austria and still belongs to the rare, scarcely studied species. Based on material from Germany and Switzerland the hitherto unknown female now can be assigned and presented. In this context a new synonymy is also proposed: The cave-dwelling, troglomorphic C. mihaili (Georgescu, 1989) from Romania, originally established as new genus Marianana, is synonymised with C. brignolii.
Schreibt man etwas über einen bedeutenden Forscher, so stehen im allgemeinen seine wissenschaftlichen Verdienste im Mittelpunkt; lange Publikationslisten, besondere Beiträge, die zu einem bedeutenden Fortschritt im entsprechenden Wissensgebiet geführt haben, werden „abgearbeitet“. Wer den wissenschaftlichen Verdienst von Joachim Haupt (* 13. Januar 1942, † 30. April 2013) bemessen will, der schaue nur in so bedeutende Bücher wie „den Foelix“ (Biologie der Spinnen), die „Neurobiology of arachnids“ oder die „Ecophysiology of spiders“ (Foelix 1992, Barth 1985, Nentwig 1987) – in allen ist Joachim Haupt zitiert, im Überblickswerk über unsere – und seine! – Lieblingstiere ebenso wie in den Spezialwerken.
The spitting spider Scytodes fusca Walckenaer, 1837 is recorded for the first time in Central Europe from both Germany and Slovakia. The species was found in two localities, within the Botanical Garden in Bratislava (Slovakia), specifically from a heated greenhouse with high humidity, and the "Tropical Islands", a tropical holiday resort in Krausnick (Germany). It seems that this Pantropical species has probably been introduced here along with imported plants. A description of diagnostic characters, as well as figures, is given.
Die europäische Spinne des Jahres 2014, Linyphia triangularis (Clerck, 1757), wird vorgestellt. Erstmals ist es eine Linyphiide, eine Baldachinspinne. Ihre Merkmale und Eigenschaften (z.B. Ökologie, Lebensraum, Netz, Phänologie) werden kurz beschrieben. Der Wahlmodus, die beteiligten Länder und zahlreiche Links zu den unterstützenden Gesellschaften und Verbreitungskarten werden genannt.
An annotated catalogue of the rare mesothele spiders (Araneae: Mesothelae: Liphistiidae) held in the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin is presented. The museum hosts non-type specimens of nine species representing all three currently recognised genera, namely: Liphistius desultor Schiödte, 1849, L. malayanus cameroni Haupt, 1983, L. cf. thaleban Schwendinger, 1990, Heptathela kikuyai Ono, 1998, H. kimurai (Kishida, 1920), H. yanbaruensis Haupt, 1983, Ryuthela ishigakiensis Haupt, 1983, R. nishihirai (Haupt, 1979) and R. tanikawai Ono, 1997 (spec. reval.). The geographical focus of this collection is Malaysia and Japan, and most of the material was collected by the Berlin-based zoologist Joachim Haupt.
Silometopus ambiguus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1905) is a species occurring in coastal habitats from northeastern to western Europe. S. curtus (Simon, 1881), occurring in southern France and north-eastern Spain, was for a long time mixed up with S. ambiguus, even though corrections have been published very early and several times. This contribution summarizes publications on this topic, discusses doubtful records of both species and proposes corrections for the World Spider Catalog; and thus tries to avoid repetitions of the mistake in the future.
The African species Cheiracanthium furculatum Karsch, 1879 was recognised as being introduced to Germany and is re-described and illustrated in the present study. C. tenuipes Roewer, 1961 is recognised as a junior synonym of C. africanum Lessert, 1921 (new synonymy); both subspecies of C. strasseni Strand, 1915, namely C. strasseni strasseni Strand, 1915 and C. strasseni aharonii Strand, 1915, are recognised as junior synonyms of C. mildei L. Koch, 1864 (new synonymies). Photographic images of the copulatory organs of the types of C. cretense Roewer, 1928, recently synonymised with C. mildei, are provided and discussed in the course of intraspecific variation in C. mildei. The female holotype of C. rehobothense Strand, 1915 is re-described and illustrated. Relations of C. rehobothense to other Cheiracanthium species are discussed.
Au Burkina Faso les études menées sur la végétation des inselbergs sont fragmentaires et insuffisantes. Il existe très peu de données sur la végétation des inselbergs et aucune étude n'a encore été menée sur cette végétation suivant un gradient climatique. L'objectif de cette étude est de décrire la végétation ligneuse des inselbergs des quatre secteurs phytogéographiques du Burkina Faso suivant un gradient climatique nord-sud. Les données ont été collectées dans des placeaux de 30 m x 30 m, suivant un échantillonnage stratifié et aléatoire. Des indices de diversité, d'équitabilité, de valeur d'importance et de similitude ont été calculés pour la végétation des inselbergs granitiques et gréseux des secteurs phytogéographiques. Un total de 188 relevés a été réalisé. 143 espèces ligneuses ont été recensées et se répartissent inégalement dans les quatre secteurs phytogéographiques. Plus de trois quarts moitié (79%) de ces espèces se retrouve dans le secteur Sud-soudanien, ce qui le rend plus riche floristiquement. Le secteur le moins riche en espèces est le secteur Nord-sahélien avec 37 espèces (26%). La richesse floristique augmente du nord au sud du gradient climatique et met en évidence la variation taxonomique suivant le gradient latitudinal de précipitation. Les 143 espèces ligneuses recensées sur les inselbergs des quatre secteurs phytogéographiques représentent 65 % des espèces ligneuses et 7 % de la flore totale du Burkina Faso. Les facteurs topographie et nature du substrat n'ont pas un effet significatif (p > 0,05) sur la composition floristique des inselbergs. La densité et la surface terrière des peuplements ligneux varient significativement suivant l'altitude (p < 0,05). Le climat, particulièrement le niveau de précipitation, reste le principal facteur qui influe sur la répartition des taxa devant la nature du substrat, la topographie et l’anthropisation. Les peuplements ligneux des inselbergs des secteurs sud-sahélien et ord-soudanien sont les moins denses. Ils subissent plus de pression anthropique par rapport aux peuplements ligneux des secteurs Nord-sahélien et Sud-soudanien. Les inselbergs les plus hauts ont une végétation ligneuse plus dense que les inselbergs les plus bas.
Desertification is a major problem in Sudano-sahelian West Africa, including the loss of biodiversity and vegetation cover. The loss of related ecosystem services is having a severe impact on human wellbeing. To facilitate assessments of these aspects of desertification, we decided to find plant species suitable as indicators. Based on a large database of vegetation plot data for Burkina Faso, we identified species associated with high or low levels of species richness and vegetation cover by calculating average values of these measures from vegetation plots on which they occur. To account for the differences between the dry Sahel and the more humid Sudan, we separated the plots of our study area in three vegetation zones (Sahel, North Sudan, South Sudan). Furthermore, herbs and woody plants were analysed separately, as they were usually represented in different plot sizes in the primary data. For each combination of species richness or vegetation cover, vegetation zone and growth form we identified ten species indicating low and another ten species indicating high values and assigned indicator values based on the average values of these species in the relevés.
Knowledge about useful plants and their various applications in West Africa is scattered over many publications and often in form of grey literature difficult to access. Several online-databases compile large scale information from these sources and provide comprehensive summarized descriptions of plant usages. Our aim is to additionally build up a database (UseDa) for primary ethnobotanical interview data. Thus, quantitative data can be extracted and synthesized and data sets can be treated according to different research questions analyzing for example uses in specific areas, of different ethnic groups or user groups, which is essential for practical applications on a local level. In this article we give an overview on the technical structure and the content of the database and discuss at the end the possible output for practical application. The database was set up in the frame of the EU-funded Project UNDESERT.
Dynamics of juvenile woody plant communities on termite mounds in a West African savanna landscape
(2014)
Termites are keystone species in savanna ecology, and their mounds are thought to be an important source of habitat heterogeneity and structural complexity of the savanna. Macrotermes termitaria have been shown to allow woody plant colonisation of landscapes otherwise dominated by C4 grasses. In this study, we assess how resource-rich Macrotermes mounds affect juvenile woody plant and non-woody plant species diversity, community composition, biomass and population dynamics. We repeatedly sampled paired termite mound and savanna plots in Pendjari National Park (Sudanian vegetation zone, North Benin, West Africa) over the course of two years. Despite considerable overlap in their species pools, plant communities of mound and savanna plots were clearly separated in ordinations. Species richness and diversity of juvenile woody plants was consistently higher on termite mounds, while no differences could be detected for non-woody plants. Evenness of juvenile woody plants was generally lower on mounds, whereas density and basal area were higher on mounds. In contrast, we did not detect any influence of the mound microhabitat on colonisation, mortality and turnover of woody juveniles. Therefore, we suggest that differences in the communities on and off mounds should be strongly influenced by directed diaspore dispersal through zoochory.
Bei der Lorbeerkirsche handelt es sich um eine giftige Pflanze, deren toxische Wirkung durchaus nicht zu unterschätzen ist. Das Pflanzenporträt der Lorbeerkirsche dazu beitragen, die Art richtig ansprechen zu können, um mögliche Vergiftungen zu vermeiden. Darüber hinaus wird im Folgenden darüber informiert, welche positive Wirkung das beliebte Hecken- und Sichtschutzgehölz hat, wo die Art ursprünglich wächst und dass sie mittlerweile in milden Gebieten in Deutschland auch außerhalb der Gärten und Parks wild wachsend angetroffen werden kann.
Die Grube 7 ist ein ehemaliger Kalksteinbruch mit zugehörigem Schlammteich. Bis 1966 wurde hier dolomitischer Massenkalk abgebaut. Heute werden die alten Strukturen aus naturschutzfachlicher Sicht erhalten und gepflegt. Besonders in den offenen Bereichen wachsen eine Reihe von für die Region seltenen Pflanzenarten, die basenreiche und trockenwarme Standorte bevorzugen. Auch charakteristische Arten des Kalkbuchenwaldes soswie stehender Gewässer kommen im Gebiet vor.