Preliminary assessment of changes in the structure of small mammal communities caused by industrial pollution in the North Kazakhstan Region
| Autor: | Yu. N. Litvinov, T. A. Dupal, Z. M. Sergazinova, N. T. Erzhanov |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Pollution 021110 strategic defence & security studies 030102 biochemistry & molecular biology Ecology media_common.quotation_subject 0211 other engineering and technologies Fragmentation (computing) Species diversity Small mammal 02 engineering and technology Industrial pollution 03 medical and health sciences Geography Habitat Disturbance (ecology) Abundance (ecology) General Environmental Science media_common |
| Zdroj: | Contemporary Problems of Ecology. 10:700-706 |
| ISSN: | 1995-4263 1995-4255 |
| Popis: | This paper presents new data on small mammal communities in the industrial area of Pavlodar (Kazakhstan) for the first time. We have analyzed and compared diversity characteristics of small mammal communities found in a reference area and in an area of anthropogenic disturbance. The total abundance has been shown to increase with distance to the sources of pollution. A depauperate composition and single-dominance structure of species characterize the communities of small mammals in significantly disturbed areas. With a moderately intense level of anthropogenic stressors, species diversity increases, but the number of individual species decreases due to the fragmentation of habitats. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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