SPATIO-TEMPORAL ASPECTS OF STOAT ( MUSTELA ERMINE A LINNAEUS, 1758) EXCRETORY SCENT MARKING IN FOREST ECOSYSTEMS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UKRAINE |
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| 2013 |
| scientific article | 599+591.52 | ||
| 145-150 | excretory scent marks, marking activity, signs, spatial distribution, dynamics, behavioral ecology, mammals, forest ecosystems. |
| The spatial-temporal parameters of stoat excretory scent marking in extrazonal forest habitats of the southeastern Ukraine have been studied. The peculiarities of mark spatial distribution (aggregation pattern, spatial ordination degree) have been analyzed. The long-term dynamics of marking activity (trend direction, autocorrelation pattern, cyclic recurrence) have been estimated. The interrelation of spatial and temporal aspects of excretory marking activity has been considered by the example of the 10-year dynamics of scent mark aggregation indices. |
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