THE DYNAMICS OF THE ASSOCIATED BIODIVERSITY ANIMALS’ POPULATIONS SIZE AS AN INDICATOR OF THE NATURE PROTECTION EFFORTS EFFICIENCY (EXEMPLIFIED BY THE CHERNIHIV REGION)
Abstract
It has been suggested that the reactions of the size of the populations of animals belonging to the ecologically valuable species of the associated biodiversity to the dynamics of nature protection level in the administrative unit should be regarded as the ecological criterion of assessing the efficiency of nature protection measures aimed at in-situ preservation on the regional level. 2,789 thousand hectares of various biotopes of the Chernihiv Region have been researched with the purpose of identifying the interconnection between the dynamics of nature protection level and the size of the local populations of the wild boar (Sus scrofa L.) and the European brown hare (Lepus europaeus Pallas) within a many years’ span. A concise characteristics of the region’s land supply and the peculiarities of its utilization in agriculture as well as the structure of local nature protection territories is provided as the ecological basis of the research. An additional research of the major determinants of tendencies, revealed by the experiment, is recommended within the framework of increasing the efficiency of nature protection efforts aimed at in-situ preservation in the region
Keywords
in-situ preservation, associated biodiversity, nature reserve fund, ecological network, nature protection level, population size, wild boar (Sus scrofa L.), European brown hare (Lepus europaeus Pallas)