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With the use of the above cited monographic works
we counted the species numbers and the
diversity-profiles (Tóthmérész, 1997) of the studied
regions.
Habitat-diversities of the regions were determined
based on the geographic information of
CORINE
maps at the landscape scale: cover values and
diversity-profiles of the natural habitats and within
that cover values and diversity-profiles of the humid
habitats. Following diversity indices of the regional
mosquito faunas and regional landscape-structures
were quantified: dominance diversity, Shannon-
diversity, Simpson-diversity, Evenness, Menhinick-
index, Margalef-index, Equitability, Fisher alpha-
index and Berger-Parker-index. Relations among
diversity indices were examined with Pearson’s
correlation and linear regression analysis (PAST 1.95,
Hammer et al., 2001).
Diversity ordering of the regional faunas showed
(
Figure 6) that diversities of the three mountainous
regions (Bakony Region, Mátra Region and Mecsek
Mts.) exceed from the studied areas. Further, within
these regions the mosquito diversity in the Mátra
Region is especially outstanding. Diversities of
mosquito faunas occurring around Lake Tisza and
Lake Balaton lower than in the mountainous regions,
but these two faunas could not ordered related to each
other. The flooded area of the Danube River has the
lowest mosquito diversity from the studied ones.
Analyses of the life-form diversity of the local
mosquito faunas did not show the above mentioned
differences. Mosquito life-form diversities of four
regions (Bakony Region, Mátra Region, Lake Balaton,
Mecsek Mts.) are very similar, they cannot be ordered
based on this community parameter. During this
examination just Lake Tisza and Danube characterized
by flooded areas separated from the other studied sites.
Their life-form diversities are low and can be ordered
(
Lake Tisza >> Danube River).
High diversity of humid habitats of the Mátra Region
is unequivocal at all the indices of the diversity
profiles. Related to the other regions can be seen that
some indices demonstrate higher habitat-diversity of
Figure 6 Diversity profiles of the studied regions: mosquito
species diversity (top), mosquito life-form diversity (middle)
and diversity of humid habitats at landscape scale (bottom)