2022 Ecosystem Transformation 5 (3), 29–44
Features of the fauna and summer bird population of the Ashinsky natural biological reserve (Chelyabinsk region)
Valeria A. Gashek , Valeriy D. Zakharov , Boris V. Krasutskiy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.23859/estr-220316Volume: 5
Number: 3
Pages: 29–44
Received: 16.03.2022
Accepted: 11.08.2022
Available online: 19.08.2022
Published: 15.09.2022
ISSN 2619-094X Print
ISSN 2619-0931 Online
Based on the results of ornithological research conducted in the Ashinsky State Biological Reserve during several nesting seasons during the period 1990–2021, a preliminary list of bird species was compiled. It includes 107 species, the vast majority of which nest or are expected to nest. To study the bird population, the main types of habitats in the southeastern and southwestern parts of the reserve were examined. The highest indicators of species diversity (42 species) and population density (568.0 ind./km²) were found in avian associations of dark coniferousdeciduous forests. The communities of upland meadows were found to be the most impoverished (16 species and 227.5 ind./km²). Based on these indices, avian associations of floodplain habitats of the Biyanka River occupied an intermediate position (34 species and 385.5 ind./km²).). In the communities of the forest
biotopes of the reserve, the chaffinch, redwing, tree pipit, willow tit, white wagtail, garden warbler, common rosefinch and greenish warbler prevailed. In the associations of upland meadows, the skylark, tree pipit, whinchat and yellowhammer dominated. Almost half (43 %) of the nesting species were representatives of the European fauna; the proportions of species of the Euro-Chinese, Siberian and Nomadic types are 19, 15 and 10 %, respectively
Valeria A. Gashek
Chelyabinsk international airport
Chelyabinsk, 454133 Russia
gashek_va@mail.ru
Valeriy D. Zakharov
Ilmen State Reserve
Miass, Chelyabinsk Region, 456317 Russia
zakharov50@mail.ru
Boris V. Krasutskiy
Chelyabinsk State University
ul. Brothers Kashirinykh 129, Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Region, 454001 Russia
boris_k.63@mail.ru
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Keywords: avifauna, avian associations, nesting, dominant, Red Data Book
For citation: Gashek, V.A. et al., 2022. Features of the fauna and summer bird population of the Ashinsky natural biological reserve (Chelyabinsk region). Ecosystem Transformation 5 (3), 29–44. https://doi.org/10.23859/estr-220316