Taxa Richness Differences in European Zoos between 1959 and 2016: Establishment Period and the Iron Curtain Matter
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Taxa Richness (TR)
3.2. Mammalian Taxa Richness (MTR)
3.3. Area Size (AS)
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Effects and Their Interactions | Log TR | Log MTR | Log AS | |||
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F (1,63) | p | F (1,63) | p | F (1,63) | p | |
Opened | 10.65 | <0.05 | 8.71 | <0.05 | 2.34 | 0.13 |
Region | 0.01 | 0.91 | 1.4 | 0.24 | 3.33 | 0.07 |
Time | 6.67 | <0.05 | 1.13 | 0.29 | 31.59 | <0.001 |
Opened:Region | 1.38 | 0.25 | 0.21 | 0.65 | 0.2 | 0.66 |
Opened:Time | 1.18 | 0.28 | 5.24 | <0.05 | 0.87 | 0.35 |
Region:Time | 20.79 | <0.001 | 13 | <0.001 | 6.86 | <0.05 |
Opened:Region:Time | 0.34 | 0.56 | 0.16 | 0.69 | 0.61 | 0.44 |
Time | n | Taxa Richness (TR) | Mammalian Taxa Richness (MTR) | Area Size (ha) | ||||
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MD | MAD | MD | MAD | MD | MAD | |||
All zoos | 1959 | 67 | 282.0 | 228.0 | 83.0 | 50.4 | 15.0 | 7.4 |
2016 | 67 | 287.0 | 181.0 | 71.0 | 22.2 | 24.0 | 16.3 | |
Opened | ||||||||
Before 1900 | 1959 | 26 | 448.0 | 317.0 | 102.0 | 54.1 | 13.8 | 6.2 |
2016 | 26 | 440.0 | 386.0 | 68.5 | 20.0 | 17.1 | 9.6 | |
Period 1900–1960 | 1959 | 41 | 246.0 | 187.0 | 65.0 | 38.5 | 15.4 | 12.4 |
2016 | 41 | 263.0 | 187.0 | 71.0 | 22.2 | 28.0 | 17.8 | |
Region | ||||||||
Western Bloc | 1959 | 43 | 188.0 | 131.0 | 64.0 | 36.3 | 14.6 | 6.6 |
2016 | 43 | 338.0 | 185.0 | 84.0 | 23.7 | 20.0 | 11.9 | |
Eastern Bloc | 1959 | 24 | 372.0 | 243.0 | 88.0 | 48.9 | 15.8 | 11.3 |
2016 | 24 | 267.0 | 166.0 | 62.0 | 20.8 | 37.2 | 30.1 |
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Nekolný, L.; Schneiderová, I. Taxa Richness Differences in European Zoos between 1959 and 2016: Establishment Period and the Iron Curtain Matter. J. Zool. Bot. Gard. 2023, 4, 751-762. https://doi.org/10.3390/jzbg4040053
Nekolný L, Schneiderová I. Taxa Richness Differences in European Zoos between 1959 and 2016: Establishment Period and the Iron Curtain Matter. Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens. 2023; 4(4):751-762. https://doi.org/10.3390/jzbg4040053
Chicago/Turabian StyleNekolný, Lukáš, and Irena Schneiderová. 2023. "Taxa Richness Differences in European Zoos between 1959 and 2016: Establishment Period and the Iron Curtain Matter" Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens 4, no. 4: 751-762. https://doi.org/10.3390/jzbg4040053