Deliverable No. 189 Indicator value database for Ephemeroptera ...

Italian
6%
Russian
5%
French
14%
Language distributions
German
15%
Spanish
4%
8
Others
3%
English
53%
Figure 3. Language distribution of bibliographic entries.
Furthermore, in the bibliographic database the working country of the main author(s) was recorded
in order to have an easy characterisation of the geographic area of interest of the specific papers,
even if some inexactness are expected. Looking at the European authors, the best represented
countries are Germany, France and Italy. Nonetheless, authors from the United Kingdom, Russia,
Spain and Switzerland resulted present with an important contribution (Figure 4).
Austria
4%
Poland
4%
Belgium
5%
First author working country distributions
Czech
Republic
4%
Switzerland
7%
Spain
7%
Other
15%
Russia
9%
Germany
14%
France
12%
Italy
10%
United
Kingdom
9%
Figure 4. First author working country distribution of the bibliographic entries.
Once the bibliographic reference database have been created, the succeeding step is to review the
information contained in the papers in order to compile the autoecological matrix focused on
potential effects of climate change on biological traits and distribution of Ephemeroptera. This
matrix will be a useful tool to evaluate if future climate change will modify the biological structure
and composition of freshwater ecosystems.