SOME CONSIDERATIONS ON MODERN APPROACHES TO STUDY AND CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY

• Main Author: J. Tsaryk
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Львівський національний університет імені Івана Франка 2013-01-01
• Series: Біологічні студії
• Subjects: biodiversity; populations; metapopulations; habitats; degradation
• Online Access: http://publications.lnu.edu.ua/journals/index.php/biology/article/view/238/236

On the basis of analysis of modern ecological data and our population investiga­tions an attempt is made to focus researchers attention on the necessity of fundamental investigations of population habitats, metapopulations and communities, causes of their degradation, role of microhabitats in conservation of population and coenotic di­versity. The need of microhabitats research as component parts of large habitats is pointed out. Various role of partial populations within the metapopulation in its conti­nuitu support is discussed. Three variants of metapopulation habitat destruction are described. They are as follows: quality loss, area decrease, loss of connection between the habitats and their continuity. Incorrect use of such terms as species biodiversity, taxonomic biodiversity, biodiversity of certain territory is pointed out.