Somogyi Múzeumok Közleményei 17/B. - Természettudományi tanulmányok (2006)

Farkas, Sándor: The terrestrial Isopod Fauna of South Transdanubia (Hungary) - Dél-Dunántúl szárazföldi ászkarák (Isopoda: Oniscidea) faunája

160 FARKAS SÁNDOR Material and methods Investigated area South Transdanubia is situated in the southern part of Hungary, west from the River Danube. (Fig.1). The Croatian territory called „Baranya triangle" is situated between the Rivers Drava and Danube, and also part of South Transdanubia from a geomorphological point of view. The macroclimate of the area is influenced by atlantic, continental and mediterranean effects (PÉCSI 1989). The moderate atlantic effects bring relatively high annual precipitation (650 - 800 mm) to the western border of the region. Average mean temperature is Fig. 1. Map of Hungary (top) and map of South Transdanubia, showing the sample sites (dots) in a UTM grid square (10 * 10 km

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). Overlapping sites are represented by one dot.