Grass snake populations’ features of the forest biogeocoenoses in the Samara river area
Results of 7-years research of the grass snake population in forest ecosystems of the Samara River area (Dnipropetrovsk province, Ukraine) are presented. The population is of high abundance but have a tendency to decrease. Population’s sex ratio, spatial structure, snakes’ morphometric parameters an...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oles Honchar Dnipropetrovsk National University
2011-10-01
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| Series: | Vìsnik Dnìpropetrovsʹkogo Unìversitetu: Serìâ Bìologìâ, Ekologìâ |
| Online Access: | http://ecology.dp.ua/index.php/ECO/article/view/296 |
| Summary: | Results of 7-years research of the grass snake population in forest ecosystems of the Samara River area (Dnipropetrovsk province, Ukraine) are presented. The population is of high abundance but have a tendency to decrease. Population’s sex ratio, spatial structure, snakes’ morphometric parameters and pholidosis are described. Those characteristics reflect the population specificity, which was formed by microevolutional processes. |
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| ISSN: | 2310-0842 2312-301X |