Vestnik of Orenburg State Pedagogical University. Electronic Scientific Journal.2016. № 2(18). P. 10—18
03.00.00 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
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Elina Elena Evgenyevna, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Assistant Professor
Orenburg State Pedagogical University
COMPARATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF SMALL MAMMAL COMMUNITIES OF ORENBURG NATURE RESERVE
Abstract
The paper presents the results of long-term research of species composition of small mammals at the state nature reserve “Orenburg”. The author processed the data collected in the reserve during 2004—2015, as well as the information from the Chronicles of Orenburg Nature Reserve from 1993 till 2014. The period of 1993—2015 accounts for 46014 trap-days at the reserve with 42860 cone traps and 3154 crush traps. The total number of the caught and studied animals is 5123. During the study 17 species belonging mainly to two orders of Rodents and Insectivores were caught at four sites of the reserve (Talovskaya, Burtinskaya, Aytuarskaya and Ashchisayskaya steppe). The comparative analysis of the small mammal communities of the reserve was made. The common vole is recognized to be the dominant species in all sites. The co-dominant species are the southern birch mouse and the common shrew. The high species diversity was observed in the steppe Talovskaya area while the lowest in Aschisayskaya steppe zone. Aytuarskaya steppe zone was remarked by the diversity balance in the small mammals community. The greatest similarity of species composition of small mammal communities was found typical for Talovskaya and Aschisayskaya steppes, due to the similarity of habitats and plant associations.
Key words
Small mammals, communities, species diversity, indices of similarity.
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