Comparative Сharacterization of the Сommunities of Small rodents in the Kuznetsky Alatau Mountains
V. V. Vinogradov
V. P. Astafyev Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University
vlad-vin@yandex.ru
Keywords: small rodents, communities, the structure of domination, high-altitude zones, environmental factors
Pages: 577-585
Abstract
Composition, structure and functioning of the communities of small rodents in the Kuznetsky Alatau mountains are studied and their comparative characterization is made. It is demonstrated that the complicated differentiation of the mountain range into altitudinal belts leads to the formation of several types of small rodent communities: forest-steppe, dark coniferous forest, chern forest, high mountain tundra. The communities differ from each other in species composition, structure, and total domination number. Communities are formed under the influence of environmental parameters such as the level of wetting, the composition of vegetation and the degree of anthropogenic transformation of the territory.
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