Analysis of vertebrate predator-prey community
Analysis of vertebrate predator-prey community

Author: Vadim Sidorovich

Publisher: Tesey

Published: 2011-09-01

Total Pages: 730

ISBN-13: 9854634566

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This monograph is about predation in vertebrate animal community. The studies were done in the seminatural terrains with transitional mixed forest within the European forest zone in Belarus. The result part was organised as a top-down flow: First, the community characteristics related to predators were estimated. I presented data on predator species richness, population density and biomass with special attention paid to the changes in predator species diversity occurred during the last two centuries and particularly in connection with the American mink and raccoon dog naturalization. Then, the main features of predator food niches were given, and the structure of various predator guilds and size structure in predators were analysed. The next part of the monograph was devoted to examining of community-important factors acting in semi-natural terrains. Such factors affected either the whole community or its marked fragment. The last quite a large part of the monograph consisted of many chapters which present more or less essential results on different predator species, and stresses hot questions of their population ecology.

Predation in Vertebrate Communities
Predation in Vertebrate Communities

Author: Bogumila Jedrzejewska

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-11-11

Total Pages: 463

ISBN-13: 3662353644

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Predation, one of the most dramatic interactions in animals' lives, has long fascinated ecologists. This volume presents carnivores, raptors and their prey in the complicated net of interrelationships, and shows them against the background of their biotic and abiotic settings. It is based on long-term research conducted in the best preserved woodland of Europe's temperate zone. The role of predation, whether limiting or regulating prey (ungulate, rodent, shrew, bird, and amphibian) populations, is quantified and compared to parts played by other factors: climate, food resources for prey, and availability of other potential resources for predators.

Naliboki Forest: Land, Wildlife and Human. 2nd edition
Naliboki Forest: Land, Wildlife and Human. 2nd edition

Author: Vadim Sidorovich

Publisher: FOUR QUARTERS

Published: 2020-11-01

Total Pages: 597

ISBN-13: 9855814096

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This scientific-popular book gives a detailed information about the terrain of Naliboki Forest, which include the relief forming, climate, geobotanic data, analysis of flora and description of the plant communities, maps and geographical names, invertebrate animal species list and the gained knowledges on population ecology of vertebrate animal species as well as historical outline and ethnographical sketch. It is a second edition of the Naliboki Forest book that was firstly published in 2016. In the new edition of the book some new text and a lot of new photo information about the forest massif have been added as well some improvements of its first edition have been done.

Behaviour and ecology of the Eurasian lynx
Behaviour and ecology of the Eurasian lynx

Author: Vadim Sidorovich

Publisher: PUBLISHING HOUSE "FOUR QUARTERS"

Published: 2022-03-01

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 9855815157

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This scientific book gives the results of the long-term studies on the Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx in Belarus, mainly in Naliboki Forest and Paazierre Forest. Population structure, breeding, diet and prey supply as well as the variety of behavioural traits were considered. Among behavioural questions there were investigated sociality, hunting modes, mating and denning behaviour, territorial marking, sheltering and interspecific interference. The monograph presents not only the regional aspects of lynx biology, but also includes many new findings for the Eurasian lynx overall.

Reproduction biology in grey wolves Canis lupus in Belarus: Common beliefs versus reality
Reproduction biology in grey wolves Canis lupus in Belarus: Common beliefs versus reality

Author: Vadim Sidorovich

Publisher: CHATYRY CHVERCI

Published: 2019-08-01

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 9855813278

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This scientific monograph gives a detailed information about reproduction biology in the grey wolf Canis lupus in Belarus. This topic includes the wolf breeding (mating and denning) behavior, fertility of the species and mortality of its pups. The initial material was not collected occasionally from wolf hunters and wolf pup searchers, but mainly gained by authors first-hand according to a well-set research design and long-term. By analyzing the gathered data, we became convinced that in the wolf reproduction biology there are more exceptions than rules. Therefore, the standard patterns of reproduction biology in wolves that are wide-spread in the published literature about the species we call as common beliefs that are given versus the wolf reality that we have found in Belarus. Concerning the non-standard features in the wolf reproduction biology, we revealed that multiple breeding in wolf pack is a common phenomenon, breeding of yearling females and wolf-dog hybridization were found to be irrespective the food base and strongly depending on the species population density i.e. they are reproduction regulations. Wolf pup mortality was investigated and the crucial role of deliberate predation of lynxes on wolf pups was revealed.

Encyclopedia of Ecology
Encyclopedia of Ecology

Author: Brian D. Fath

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2018-08-23

Total Pages: 2786

ISBN-13: 0444641300

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Encyclopedia of Ecology, Second Edition, Four Volume Set continues the acclaimed work of the previous edition published in 2008. It covers all scales of biological organization, from organisms, to populations, to communities and ecosystems. Laboratory, field, simulation modelling, and theoretical approaches are presented to show how living systems sustain structure and function in space and time. New areas of focus include micro- and macro scales, molecular and genetic ecology, and global ecology (e.g., climate change, earth transformations, ecosystem services, and the food-water-energy nexus) are included. In addition, new, international experts in ecology contribute on a variety of topics. Offers the most broad-ranging and comprehensive resource available in the field of ecology Provides foundational content and suggests further reading Incorporates the expertise of over 500 outstanding investigators in the field of ecology, including top young scientists with both research and teaching experience Includes multimedia resources, such as an Interactive Map Viewer and links to a CSDMS (Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System), an open-source platform for modelers to share and link models dealing with earth system processes

Size-Structured Populations
Size-Structured Populations

Author: Bo Ebenman

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 3642740014

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At last both ecology and evolution are covered in this study on the dynamics of size-structured populations. How does natural selection shape growth patterns and life cycles of individuals, and hence the size-structure of populations? This book will stimulate biologists to look into some important and interesting biological problems from a new angle of approach, concerning: - life history evolution, - intraspecific competition and niche theory, - structure and dynamics of ecological communities.