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Department of Animal Monitoring and
Conservation
The history of the Department
The Department of animal monitoring and conservation
was established as an independent division in 1989. But the studies
devoted to nature conservation at the Zoological Institute were carried
out since 1974, when the Laboratory of terrestrial vertebrates was founded
as a part of the Department of vertebrate fauna (under direction of
the outstanding ornithologist and environmentalist M. A. Voinstvensky).
The head of the Laboratory was A. P. Fedorenko.
The Laboratory conducted investigations in ecotoxicology
(the influence of pesticides on birds and mammals) as well as in ecology
and conservation of terrestrial vertebrates. At the same time there
was initiated a new direction of high priority - biodiversity conservation.
In 1977 the Department of Experimental Population Ecology
and the Laboratory of terrestrial vertebrates conservation were fused
into the new Department of Population Ecology and terrestrial vertebrates
conservation. The head of the Department was A. P. Fedorenko. The main
scientific directions of the Department were the development of fundamental
basis of rational use of animal resources in national economy in conditions
of increasing influence of anthropogenic factors, studying of influence
of contamination on natural environment, population ecology of rodent
pests and development of their density regulation.
In 1981 the Laboratory of terrestrial vertebrates’ conservation
got the status of an independent unit. The main directions of its researches
dealt with fauna and ecology of terrestrial vertebrates, ecotoxicology,
development of natural protected areas and recreational influence on
bird fauna.
In 1989 the Laboratory of terrestrial vertebrates’ conservation
was included to the new Department of animal monitoring and conservation
(the head of the Department was V. A. Gaichenko). In 2000 the Department
of Animal Monitoring and Conservation was reorganized and divided into
two units. One of them was the Center of Animal Monitoring and Conservation
(under direction of V. A. Kostushin). In 2002 the Center got the status
of the department.
The main research directions:
- nature conservation (direct collaboration in preparation
of materials for the Red Data Book of Ukraine, foundation of natural
protected territories, scientific consultations, participation in bill’s
elaboration);
- monitoring of rare, threatened and endangered species
(in particular amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals);
- study of anthropogenic influence on species communities;
- develoðment of national ecological network and Emerald
network in Ukraine.
Nowdays, the Department includes the Laboratory
of Population Ecology and Laboratory of monitoring of the
Azov-Black Sea wetlands.
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Kostushin Vasyl
head of the department, candidate of biological
sciences
Ornithology, Red Data Book of Ukraine, develoðment
of National econet
kost@izan.kiev.ua |
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Mishta Alina
senior researcher, candidate of biological
sciences
Theriology; systematics, distribution, karyological
and morphological variation of insectivorous mammals; rare species
of mammals; diversity of mammals on protected areas
amishta@izan.kiev.ua
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Nekrasova Oksana
senior researcher, candidate of biological
sciences
Ecology of amphibians and reptiles on the territories
under different anthropogenic press; the state of populations
of rare amphibians and reptiles; hybridization of frogs of Pelophylax
esculentus complex; alien animals; GIS modeling; Red Data Book
of Ukraine
oneks22@gmail.com
192 articles and abstracts
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Vasyliuk Oleksij
junior researcher
Biodiversity assessment; nature conservation
vasyliuk@gmail.com |
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Kolomytsev Grygory
junior researcher
Ornithology, biodiversity assessment; GIS in zoology
kolomytsev@gmail.com |
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Yanish Yevgenija
researcher
Ornithology, ecology of Corvidae, paleonthology
and zooarcheology
tinel@ukr.net
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Marushchak Oleksiy
post-graduate student
batrachology, herpetology, nature protection, Emerald
Network
E-mail: vse_okei (at) bigmir.net
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Laboratory of monitoring of the
Azov-Black Sea wetlands
On the basis of the I.I. Schmalhausen
Institute of Zoology and Bohdan Khmelnitsky Melitopol State Pedagogical
University since 1985 the interdepartmental Azov-Black Sea Ornithological
Station works. Based on the fact that in recent years in the activities
of the ornithological station of significant development acquired
monitoring research, in August 2012 on the basis of the Department
of animal monitoring and conservation the Laboratory of monitoring
of the Azov-Black Sea wetlands was established, which became also
interdepartmental as a part of the ornithological station.
The main activities of the laboratory
are:
— Monitoring studies of wetlands
in the Azov-black sea region and development of recommendations
for their protection.
— Control of avifauna, assessment
of ornithological situation in the lands of the South of Ukraine
and changes in the location and number of birds.
— The study flyways of birds, their
structure and stability, stopovers in wetlands, in order to preserve
migratory species of birds in Eurasia.
— Study and monitoring of rare
and endangered bird species
— Development of practical recommendations
for monitoring the number of individual species of birds, their
settlements, places of mass concentration
— Scientific substantiation of
creation of national natural parks and other nature protection
objects
— The establishment and improvement
of ecological network
— Wetland management
— Development and implementation
of ornithological and environmental expertise, environmental projects
in the South of Ukraine.
An important activity of the laboratory is also
the coordination of activities within the program of regional
ornithological monitoring ROM (www.rom.org.ua). As part of this
program regularly (2004, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018) synchronous
large-scale accounting of birds is carried out in the areas of
most regions of Ukraine, as well as in some wetlands of Russia,
Moldova, Belarus, in some years of Italy. According to the results,
a periodical publication - ROM Bulletin (ISSN 2415-7481 - Online,
ISSN 2415-7473 – printed edition) is published. |
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Chernychko Yosyp
senior researcher, doctor of biological sciences
Ornithology, migration
azov.black.station@gmail.com
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Vynokurova Svitlana
research assistant
Spatial distribution of birds, assessment of the
status of bird habitats and impact on their location; monitoring
and management of wetlands; the use of GIS in ornithology.
svetlana.vinokurova@gmail.com
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