Характеристика популяцій звичайного вужа лісових біогеоценозів присамар’я
Grass snake populations’ features of the forest biogeocoenoses in the Samara river area
Author(s): V. Y. GassoSubject(s): Political Ecology
Published by: Дніпропетровський національний університет імені Олеся Гончара
Keywords: Samara River area; forest ecosystems; Grass snake populations;
Summary/Abstract: Results of 7-years research of the grass snake population in forest ecosystems of the Samara River area (Dnipropetrovsk province, Ukraine) are presented. The population is of high abundance but have a tendency to decrease. Population’s sex ratio, spatial structure, snakes’ morphometric parameters and pholidosis are described. Those characteristics reflect the population specificity, which was formed by microevolutional processes.
Journal: Biosystems Diversity
- Issue Year: 19/2011
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 136-142
- Page Count: 7
- Language: Ukrainian