20.500.12556/DKUM-66289 Political systems affect mobile and sessile species diversity - a legacy from the post-WWII period Political ideologies, policies and economy affect land use which in turn may affect biodiversity patterns and future conservation targets. However, few studies have investigated biodiversity in landscapes with similar physical properties but governed by different political systems. Here we investigate land use and biodiversity patterns, and number and composition of birds and plants, in the borderland of Austria, Slovenia and Hungary. It is a physically uniform landscape but managed differently during the last 70 years as a consequence of the political "map" of Europe after World War I and II. We used a historical map from 1910 and satellite data to delineate land use within three 10-kilometre transects starting from the point where the three countries meet. There was a clear difference between countries detectable in current biodiversity patterns, which relates to land use history. Mobile species richness was associated with current land use whereas diversity of sessile species was more associated with past land use. Heterogeneous landscapes were positively and forest cover was negatively correlated to bird species richness. Our results provide insights into why landscape history is important to understand present and future biodiversity patterns, which is crucial for designing policies and conservation strategies across the world. biology plants birds political systems biologija rastline ptiči politični sistemi true true true Public Library of Science (PLoS Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Znanstveno delo 2017-06-19 11:59:14 2017-06-19 12:00:11 2026-09-10 13:41:01 2019-07-11 15:42:29 2014 0 0 7 str. št. 8 Letn. 9 2014 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 2014-01-24 2014-07-01 2014-08-01 1932-6203 581:598.2 2005896 20770568 10.1371/journal.pone.0103367 1932-6203 URN:SI:UM:DK:PYCE2WNM PLoS_ONE_2014_Cousins_et_al._Political_Systems_Affect_Mobile_and_Sessile_Species_Diversity_–_A_Legacy_from_the_Post-WWII_Period.PDF PLoS_ONE_2014_Cousins_et_al._Political_Systems_Affect_Mobile_and_Sessile_Species_Diversity_–_A_Legacy_from_the_Post-WWII_Period.PDF 1 D1A3EF42DE57699808A558007020B5A3 b23d9978067589d6168a844742567ad9e59847432221173532dc2f71620835b4 43756124-7c0e-11eb-bb7a-00155d0001ca https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=112765 http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103367 1 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=112764 Fakulteta za naravoslovje in matematiko 0 0 0