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Červený seznam ohrožených druhů České republiky. Bezobratlí. Red List of Threatened Species of the Czech Republic. Invertebrates.

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Red List of wide spectrum of invertebrate groups in the Czech Republic according to the IUCN criteria.
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... We collected and identified 6165 individuals belonging to 279 species of saproxylic beetles; 64 species (401 individuals) were threatened according to the local red list (Hejda et al., 2017). See Table 1 Table S1. ...
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... V rámci jednotlivých lokalit jsou nálezy řazeny chronologicky. U druhů zařazených do červeného seznamu bezobratlých (Hejda et al. 2017) je také za jejich jménem a pomlčkou uvedena tučně zkratka kategorie, do které jsou zařazeny (CR, EN, VU, NT). Botanické názvosloví bylo upraveno podle seznamu cévnatých rostlin květeny České republiky (Danihelka et al. 2012). ...
... Nejstarší nález pochází z roku 1993, naprostá většina dat však spadá do období po roce 2000 a jde tedy o doklady recentního výskytu těchto druhů ve sledované oblasti. Vesměs se jedná o teplomilné prvky naší fauny, řada z nich figuruje v aktuálním Červeném seznamu bezobratlých (Hejda et al. 2017). Za povšimnutí stojí skutečnost, že poměrně velký počet nálezů pochází ze zahrady domu autora příspěvku (Pekařská č. p. 172, Kunovice). ...
... Due to its position at range margins and association with wetlands, N. rivularis is considered threatened in the Czech Republic (Hejda et al. 2017). However, the recent expansion of the species is apparent from observations of new localities beyond its twentieth-century range (Fig. 1). ...
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