title

Structural changes in family areas of the steppe marmot (Marmota bobak) under succession in reserve areas

author(s)

Borovyk, E.

affiliation

Luhansk Natural Reserve, NAS of Ukraine (Stanytsia Luhanska, Ukraine)

bibliography

Proceedings of the Theriological School. 2014. Vol. 12: 81–88.

DOI

language

Russian, with English summary, titles of tables, captures to figs

abstract

The structure and development of marmot family areas were studied in conditions of the long-term decline in animal abundance caused by the succession of vegetation in the Striltsivsky Steppe (Luhansk Oblast) after the area has been protected from human use. The size of family area, effective area, average length of the paths and burrow number were used as assessment criteria. The majority of family areas in the reserve belongs to unstable type with low animal abundance, unstable structure, small area and burrow numbers. Development stages of the family areas were distinguished as follows: steady decline of the family group size, changes in the area structure, fragmentation and disappearance.

keywords

Marmota bobak, structure of family area, length of the path, effective area.

references

Abaturov, B. D. 2006. Grassland type of functioning of steppe and desert ecosystems. Uspekhi Sovremennoi Biologii, 126 (5): 435–447. (In Russian)
Bibikov, D. I. 1989. Marmots. Agropromizdat, Moskva, 1–255. (In Russian)
Borovyk, Ye. 2006. Dynamics of number of the marmot (Marmota bobak Muller, 1776) at the territory of "Striltsivsky steppe" Natural Reserve. Proceedings of the Theriological School,8: (Faunain Anthropogenic Environments), 212–216. (In Russian)
Mashkin, V. I. 1997. European Marmot: Ecology Conservation and Use. Kirov, 1–160. (In Russian)
Seredneva, T. A. 1985. Population density of steppe marmots and factors affecting it. Vestnik Zoologii, No. 5: 68–72. (In Russian)
Seredneva, T. A. 1986. Estimation of the absolute density of the population and the number of marmots (Marmota). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 65 (10): 1559–1566. (In Russian)
Tkachenko, V. S. 1993. Reserved successions and protection regime in steppe reserves of Ukraine. The Steppes of Eurasia: Problems of Conservation and Restoration. St. Petersburg, Moscow, 77–88. (In Russian)
Tkachenko, V. S. 1996. Forecast of vegetation development and conservation of biodiversity of "Striltsuvsky Steppe". Ukrainian Botanical Journal, 53 (6): 645–652. (In Ukrainian)
Tokarskii, V. A. 1997. Baibak and Other Species of the Marmot Genus. Kharkiv, 1–304. (In Russian)
Zagorodniuk, I. V. 1999. Steppe fauna core of Eastern Europe: its structure and prospects of protection. Reports of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, No. 5: 203–210. (In Ukrainian)