Is abundance of moth Bucculatrix ulmella affected by immissions?
2002
Kulfan, J. | Zach, P. | Suslik, V. | Zelinkova, D. (Slovak Academy of Sciences, Zvolen (Slovak Republic). Institute of Forest Ecology) | Anderson, J. (7709 N. Wall, Spokane, Washington (USA))
We studied whether the increased abundance of B. ulmella in 1997 was associated with environmental pollution from an aluminium plant. To clarify this question we selected nine study sites at a distance of 1.4-18 km (control) from the aluminium plant in Central Slovakia. We found a sigifnicant difference in the moth numbers between the third and fourth site even though these sites are distant from each other only about 200 m. Each site was exposed to pollution from different part of the plant complex producing specific emissions of different quantity. This might explain differences in the moth abundance within the polluted area
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