Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
11. International European Congress on Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, Rome, İtalya, 11 - 13 Kasım 2024, ss.336-337
Butterflies are remarkable for their ability to specialize in specific habitat types, characterize their environments, and respond rapidly to changes within ecosystems driven by factors such as agricultural activities, urbanization, and environmental pollution. The assessment of butterflies’ dependence on habitat types is crucial for the conservation of these organisms and the plants they rely upon, given their numerous biological and ecological roles within ecosystems. In this context, butterflies, which have rapidly increased in threat categories for various reasons in recent years, were first studied in Çamlıdere district of Ankara. Two different areas, classified as ‘Natural grasslands’ and ‘Sparsely vegetated areas’ according to the CORINE Land Cover (CLC) system, were compared in terms of butterfly communities. Field studies were conducted in Çamkoru Nature Park and Pelitçik Fossil Forest, both located in Çamlıdere. In the CLC system, Çamkoru Nature Park, corresponding to natural grasslands, is dominated by heathlands, marshes, and other herbaceous plants. The area also includes dense forests and forest clearings, primarily formed by pine species. Pelitçik Fossil Forest, corresponding to sparsely vegetated areas, features steppe vegetation dominated by shrubs and drought-tolerant herbaceous plants. The area, designated as a ‘Strictly Protected Sensitive Area’, preserves fossilized tree remains of the plant cover that existed in the region approximately 16 million years ago. As a result of field studies conducted between April and September 2022-2024, 597 individuals were evaluated, and a total of 60 species from 5 families were identified. It was observed that Pelitçik Fossil Forest exhibited a greater butterfly diversity. The biodiversity analysis of the two habitats was performed using the Jaccard similarity index and Bray-Curtis dissimilarity, with the results showing very low species similarity.