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Zagorodniuk, I., V. Naglov. 2017. The index of habitat preference in ecological studies of species and of the structure of communities. Novitates Theriologicae, 10: 176–182. http://doi.org/10.53452/nt1021

title

The index of habitat preference in ecological studies of species and of the structure of communities

author(s)

Igor Zagorodniuk (National Museum of Natural History, NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv)
orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0523-133X
Volodymyr Naglov (Kharkiv Regional Sanitary and Epidemiological Station, Kharkiv, Ukraine)
orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5479-4657

abstract

The essence and features of calculating the degree of habitat preference of species are considered. This index is an easy-to-use statistical approach to describe and analyse the ecological characteristics of species and communities. Its value lies in the possibility of quantitative evaluation of the association level of species to habitats and allows to objectify the concept of steno- and eurytopicity. The limits of index variation (from –1 to +1) are convenient to estimate the level of habitat preference (positive values), avoidance (negative values), or indifference (0). This approach allows to form rating lists of habitats and species in habitats according to the degree of preferences. Examples of application of the index in studies of faunal complexes of small mammals are considered.

language

Ukrainian, with English summary

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date

online: 20.11.2017 print: 20.11.2017