Author/Editor		Urbanič, Gorazd
Title		Zoogeographic division of Slovenia based on caddisfly distribution
Type		članek
Source		Ferrantia
Vol. and No.		Letnik 55
Publication year		2008
Volume		str. 125-32
Language		eng
Abstract		Distribution of caddisflies, collected at more than 800 sites, was used to make a zoogeographic division of Slovenia. Four natural geographic units - Alps, Dinarids, Pannonian lowland and Po lowland - were selected a priori as zoogeographic regions. The method of zoogeographic indicative species (species occurring in only one region according to the literature data and distribution in Slovenia) was used for allocation of sampling sites to one of the regions. This method was followed by nonmeric multidimensional scaling (NMS) of sampling sites containing at least five species. NMS method confirmed that sites of each of the selected four regions are grouped together. This method was also used for allocating the sampling sites where no indicative species were found. In addition to four regions, two subregions in the Alpine region and Dinaric region, respectively, were determined.
Descriptors		FRESH WATER INSECTS ECOSYSTEM SLOVENIA