Features of Quasi-Natural Ecosystems and Their Role in the Conservation of Biodiversity

Yuriy Dubrovsky

doi:doi:10.11648/j.eeb.20180304.11

| Peer-Reviewed

Features of Quasi-Natural Ecosystems and Their Role in the Conservation of Biodiversity

Yuriy Dubrovsky

Published in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Volume 3, Issue 4)

Received: 6 November 2018 Accepted: 18 December 2018 Published: 10 January 2019

Views: Downloads:

Download PDF

Share This Article

Twitter
Linked In
Facebook

Abstract

This work aims to justify the potential for biodiversity conservation in moderately exploited lands that are characterized by a low degree of technogenic transformation and occupy an intermediate position between natural and artificial ecosystems due to their ecological features. Ecosystems of such kind can be referred to as quasi-natural. In this study focus is made on the most typical objects in this respect - multipurpose ponds and protective forest belts in Ukraine. Conventional ecological methods were used for accounting for the composition of the communities and assessing their productivity. The general species richness and diversity of groups in communities of quasi-natural ecosystems, as a rule, reach high values, than in their surroundings. In the survey of 30 pond-fish farming areas in the forest-steppe zone of Ukraine, 150 species of vertebrate animals (except fish) were found there, of which more than 90 are listed as protected. Forest shelterbelts of the steppe zone of Ukraine are the habitat of 584 species of beetles, and in forest-steppe protective forest belts there can be found up to 30 protected plant and animal species per hectare of stand. Arable land, pastures and haymaking steppe areas of southern Ukraine support rare bird species, of which 10 are listed in the Red Data Book of Ukraine. Therefore the considered quasi-natural ecosystems undoubtedly play a significant role in the conservation of wildlife and there is a need to provide opportunities for comprehensive implementation and enhancement of their conservation potential.

Published in	Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Volume 3, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.eeb.20180304.11
Page(s)	27-32
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2019. Published by Science Publishing Group

Keywords

Quasi-Natural Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Species Richness, Econet, Agrolandscape

References

[1]	Isakov Yu. А., Kazanskaya N. S., Panfilov D. V. Klassifikatsiya, geografiya i antropogennaya transformatsiya ekosistem. Nauka, Moskwa; 1980:148pp.
[2]	Dubrovsky Yu. V. Kvaziprirodnye ehkosistemy i ikh prirodookhrannoe znachenie. Zhivye ob’ekty v usloviyakh antropogennogo pressa. Materialy X mezhdunarodnoj nauchno-prakticheskoj ehkologicheskoj konferentsii. g. Belgorod, 15-18 sentyabrya 2008. IPTS ,,POLITERRА”, Belgorod; 2008:65.
[3]	Dubrovsky Yu. V. Semi-Natural Ecosystems as Biodiversity Reserves in Areas of Intensive Agriculture. Conservation and Biodiversity in Ukraine. A National Conference, Kaniv, 21-24 October 1997. Egham-Kiev; 1997:66.
[4]	Dubrovsky Yu. V. O znachenii vodoyomov kompleksnogo ispol'zovaniya v sokhranenii bioraznoobraziya lesostepnykh landshaftov. Problemy ratsional'nogo ispol'zovaniya bioresursov vodokhranilishh (Materialy mezhdunarodnoj nauchnoj konferentsii, Kiev, 6–8 sentyabrya 1995). Kiev; 1995:122-3.
[5]	Paliyenko L. P., Dubrovsky Yu. V. Novyj dlya fauny Ukrainy vid mokrits Philoscia muscorum (Isopoda: Oniscoidea). Biodiversity and Role of Zoocenosis in Natural and Anthropogenic Ecosystems: Extended Abstracts of the III International Conference International Conference, 4-5 October 2005 (Zoocenosis – 2005). DNU, Dnpropetrovsk; 2005:207-8.
[6]	Dubrovsky Yu. V. O prirodookhrannom potentsiale beregovykh zon sel'skokhozyajstvennykh vodoemov. Rol' okhoronyuvanikh prirodnikh teritorіj u zberezhennі bіorіznomanіttya (Materіali konferentsії, prisvyachenoї 75-rіchchyu Kanіvs'kogo prirodnogo zapovіdnika, Kanіv, 8-10 veresnya 1998). Kanіv; 1998:13-4.
[7]	Andrews J. and Rebane M. Farming and Wildlife. A Practical Handbook for the Management, Restoration and Creation of Wildlife Habitats on Farmland. The Roal Society for the Protection of Birds. Sandy, Bedfordshire. 1994:358pp.
[8]	Pisarenko V. N., Sumarokov L. M., Kovalev А. M. Osobennosti formirovaniya karabidofauny v agrotsenozakh kukuruzy v usloviyakh monokul'tury i sevooborotov. Ekologiya i taksonomiya nasekomykh Ukrainy. Naukova dumka, Kiev; 1988:44-7.
[9]	Dubrovsky Yu. V., Yavorovskyi P. P. O povyshenii roli zashhitnykh lesopolos v sokhranenii prirodnogo bioraznoobraziya. Bioraznoobrazie i ustojchivoe razvitie: Tezisy dokladov Mezhdunarodnoj nauchno-prakticheskoj konferentsii (Simferopol', 19-22 maya 2010). Simferopol'; 2010:145-7.
[10]	Andriushchenko Yu. A. Znachenye selskokhoziaistvennыkh zemel dlia sokhranenyia redkykh vydov ptyts na yuhe Ukraynы. Naukovyi visnyk Natsionalnoho ahrarnoho universytetu. 2006;93:264-73.
[11]	Bairak O. M., Dubrovsky Yu. V. Rol' zapovidnoho lisovoho masyvu „ Feofaniia” u zberezhenni ridkisnykh ta okhoroniuvanykh vydiv roslyn i tvaryn v umovakh mehapolisu. Lisove ta myslyvske hospodarstvo: suchasnyi stan ta perspektyvy rozvytku. Zbirnyk statei uchasnykiv Mizhnarodnoi naukovo-praktychnoi konferentsii 27-29 lystopada 2007. PP Ruta, Zhytomyr; 2007;2:5-7.
[12]	Pryrodno-zapovidnyi fond Ukrainy: terytorii ta obiekty zahalnoderzhavnoho znachennia. TOV ,,Tsentr ekolohichnoi osvity ta informatsii”, Kiev; 2009:332pp.
[13]	Dubrovsky Yu. V., Titar V. M. Plotnost' populyatsij ptits na malykh vodoyomakh razlichnogo ehkologicheskogo rezhima, Sovremennye problemy populyatsionnoj ehkologii: Materialy IX Mezhdunarodnoj nauchno-prakticheskoj ehkologicheskoj konferentsii, g. Belgorod, 2-5 oktyabrya 2006. Izd-vo POLITERRА, Belgorod; 2006:54-5.
[14]	Dubrovsky Yu. V., Tretyak А. M. Ob osobennostyakh sokhraneniya bioraznoobraziya v rybokhozyajstvennykh ugod'yakh. Аgrobіorіznomanіttya Ukraїni: teorіya, metodologіya, іndikatori, prikladi. ZАT, Nіchlava”, Kyiv. 2005;2:248-61.
[15]	Elton Ch. The ecology of invasions by animals and plants. Methuen and Co Ltd, London; 1958: 181pp.
[16]	Dubrovsky Yu. V., Tretyak А. M. Ugod'ya prudovogo rybovodstva kak komponenty ehkoseti // Rol' ehkologicheskogo prostranstva v obespechenii funktsionirovaniya zhivykh sistem: Materialy pervoj mezhdunarodnoj nauchno-prakticheskoj konferentsii. Elets, 18-20 aprelya 2005. EGU im. I. А. Bunina, Elets; 2005:79-81.
[17]	Natsionalna dopovid pro stan IVA terytorii Ukrainy. Pidhotovlena O. V. Dudkinym, O.Iu. Mykytiukom. Kyiv; 2001:32pp.
[18]	Babko R. V. Mali pryrodookhoronni terytorii v systemi zberezhennia biotychnoho riznomanittia. Viddilenniu Ukrainskoho stepovoho pryrodnoho zapovidnyka ,,Mykhailivska tsilyna” 80 rokiv–suchasnyi stan, problemy, perspektyvy rozvytku. Tezy dopovidei Mizhnarodnoi naukovo-praktychnoi konferentsii, 23-25 veresnia 2008. Sumy; 2008:6-7.
[19]	Boiko P. M. Problemy zberezhennia bioriznomanittia v silskohospodarskykh landshaftakh Nyzhnodniprovskoho ekolohichnoho korydoru // Naukovyi visnyk Natsionalnoho ahrarnoho universytetu. 2006;93:234-42.
[20]	Vorovka V. P., Demchenko V. O., Kolomiichuk V. P. Znachennia silskohospodarskykh uhid' u formuvanni ekomerezhi v suchasnykh umovakh rozvytku ahrovyrobnytstva (na prykladi Zaporizskoi oblasti) // Naukovyi visnyk Natsionalnoho ahrarnoho universytetu. 2006;93:104-17.
[21]	Andriienko T. L., Onyshchenko V. A., Kliestov M. L., Priadko O. I., Arap R.Ia. Systema katehorii pryrodno-zapovidnoho fondu Ukrainy ta pytannia yii optymizatsii. Fitosotsiotsentr, Kyiv; 2001:60pp.
[22]	Sheliah-Sosonko Yu. Holovni rysy ekomerezhi Ukrainy. Rozbudova ekomerezhi Ukrainy. Kiev; 1999:13-22.
[23]	Dubrovsky Yu. V. Rural ponds: landscape and habitat aspects. Methoda: Zbirka naukovykh prats. Vypusk “Faltsfeinovski chytannia”. Ailant, Kherson; 1999:68-71.
[24]	Dubrovsky Yu. V., Koval'chuk N. E. Problemy sokhraneniya bolotno-beregovykh faunisticheskikh kompleksov v ugod'yakh sel'skogo rybovodstva. Structure and Functional Role of Animals in Natural and Transformed Ecosystems: Abstracts of the I International Conference, 17-20th September 2001. DNU, Dnipropetrovsk; 2001:136-7.
[25]	Watt K. E. Ecology and Resource Management. A Quantitative Approach. Mc Graw-Hill, Inc. New York;1968:450pp.
[26]	Dubrovsky Yu. V. Specific photosynthetic activity of plankton of fish-ponds in the Middle Dnieper area. Аl'gologiya. 1999;9(2):46.
[27]	Dubrovsky Yu. V., Koval'chuk N. E., Mel'nichuk V. P. Bioproduktivnost' sel'skokhozyajstvennykh vodoyomov s razlichnoj stepen'yu intensifikatsii rybovodstva. Presnovodnaya akvakul'tura v Tsentral'noj i Vostochnoj Evrope: dostizheniya i perspektivy: Materialy mezhdunarodnoj nauchno-prakticheskoj konferentsii, Kiev 18-21 sentyabrya 2000. Kiev; 2000:176-7.

Cite This Article

Plain Text BibTeX RIS

APA Style

Yuriy Dubrovsky. (2019). Features of Quasi-Natural Ecosystems and Their Role in the Conservation of Biodiversity. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 3(4), 27-32. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.eeb.20180304.11

Copy | Download

ACS Style

Yuriy Dubrovsky. Features of Quasi-Natural Ecosystems and Their Role in the Conservation of Biodiversity. Ecol. Evol. Biol. 2019, 3(4), 27-32. doi: 10.11648/j.eeb.20180304.11

Copy | Download

AMA Style

Yuriy Dubrovsky. Features of Quasi-Natural Ecosystems and Their Role in the Conservation of Biodiversity. Ecol Evol Biol. 2019;3(4):27-32. doi: 10.11648/j.eeb.20180304.11

Copy | Download

@article{10.11648/j.eeb.20180304.11,
  author = {Yuriy Dubrovsky},
  title = {Features of Quasi-Natural Ecosystems and Their Role in the Conservation of Biodiversity},
  journal = {Ecology and Evolutionary Biology},
  volume = {3},
  number = {4},
  pages = {27-32},
  doi = {10.11648/j.eeb.20180304.11},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.11648/j.eeb.20180304.11},
  eprint = {https://article.sciencepublishinggroup.com/pdf/10.11648.j.eeb.20180304.11},
  abstract = {This work aims to justify the potential for biodiversity conservation in moderately exploited lands that are characterized by a low degree of technogenic transformation and occupy an intermediate position between natural and artificial ecosystems due to their ecological features. Ecosystems of such kind can be referred to as quasi-natural. In this study focus is made on the most typical objects in this respect - multipurpose ponds and protective forest belts in Ukraine. Conventional ecological methods were used for accounting for the composition of the communities and assessing their productivity. The general species richness and diversity of groups in communities of quasi-natural ecosystems, as a rule, reach high values, than in their surroundings. In the survey of 30 pond-fish farming areas in the forest-steppe zone of Ukraine, 150 species of vertebrate animals (except fish) were found there, of which more than 90 are listed as protected. Forest shelterbelts of the steppe zone of Ukraine are the habitat of 584 species of beetles, and in forest-steppe protective forest belts there can be found up to 30 protected plant and animal species per hectare of stand. Arable land, pastures and haymaking steppe areas of southern Ukraine support rare bird species, of which 10 are listed in the Red Data Book of Ukraine. Therefore the considered quasi-natural ecosystems undoubtedly play a significant role in the conservation of wildlife and there is a need to provide opportunities for comprehensive implementation and enhancement of their conservation potential.},
 year = {2019}
}

Copy | Download

TY  - JOUR
T1  - Features of Quasi-Natural Ecosystems and Their Role in the Conservation of Biodiversity
AU  - Yuriy Dubrovsky
Y1  - 2019/01/10
PY  - 2019
N1  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.eeb.20180304.11
DO  - 10.11648/j.eeb.20180304.11
T2  - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
JF  - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
JO  - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
SP  - 27
EP  - 32
PB  - Science Publishing Group
SN  - 2575-3762
UR  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.eeb.20180304.11
AB  - This work aims to justify the potential for biodiversity conservation in moderately exploited lands that are characterized by a low degree of technogenic transformation and occupy an intermediate position between natural and artificial ecosystems due to their ecological features. Ecosystems of such kind can be referred to as quasi-natural. In this study focus is made on the most typical objects in this respect - multipurpose ponds and protective forest belts in Ukraine. Conventional ecological methods were used for accounting for the composition of the communities and assessing their productivity. The general species richness and diversity of groups in communities of quasi-natural ecosystems, as a rule, reach high values, than in their surroundings. In the survey of 30 pond-fish farming areas in the forest-steppe zone of Ukraine, 150 species of vertebrate animals (except fish) were found there, of which more than 90 are listed as protected. Forest shelterbelts of the steppe zone of Ukraine are the habitat of 584 species of beetles, and in forest-steppe protective forest belts there can be found up to 30 protected plant and animal species per hectare of stand. Arable land, pastures and haymaking steppe areas of southern Ukraine support rare bird species, of which 10 are listed in the Red Data Book of Ukraine. Therefore the considered quasi-natural ecosystems undoubtedly play a significant role in the conservation of wildlife and there is a need to provide opportunities for comprehensive implementation and enhancement of their conservation potential.
VL  - 3
IS  - 4
ER  -

Copy | Download

Author Information

Yuriy Dubrovsky

Laboratory of Biodiversity Protection and Reproduction of Institute for Evolutionary Ecology of NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

Download PDF

Sections

Plain Text BibTeX RIS

APA Style

Yuriy Dubrovsky. (2019). Features of Quasi-Natural Ecosystems and Their Role in the Conservation of Biodiversity. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 3(4), 27-32. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.eeb.20180304.11

Copy | Download

ACS Style

Yuriy Dubrovsky. Features of Quasi-Natural Ecosystems and Their Role in the Conservation of Biodiversity. Ecol. Evol. Biol. 2019, 3(4), 27-32. doi: 10.11648/j.eeb.20180304.11

Copy | Download

AMA Style

Yuriy Dubrovsky. Features of Quasi-Natural Ecosystems and Their Role in the Conservation of Biodiversity. Ecol Evol Biol. 2019;3(4):27-32. doi: 10.11648/j.eeb.20180304.11

Copy | Download

@article{10.11648/j.eeb.20180304.11,
  author = {Yuriy Dubrovsky},
  title = {Features of Quasi-Natural Ecosystems and Their Role in the Conservation of Biodiversity},
  journal = {Ecology and Evolutionary Biology},
  volume = {3},
  number = {4},
  pages = {27-32},
  doi = {10.11648/j.eeb.20180304.11},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.11648/j.eeb.20180304.11},
  eprint = {https://article.sciencepublishinggroup.com/pdf/10.11648.j.eeb.20180304.11},
  abstract = {This work aims to justify the potential for biodiversity conservation in moderately exploited lands that are characterized by a low degree of technogenic transformation and occupy an intermediate position between natural and artificial ecosystems due to their ecological features. Ecosystems of such kind can be referred to as quasi-natural. In this study focus is made on the most typical objects in this respect - multipurpose ponds and protective forest belts in Ukraine. Conventional ecological methods were used for accounting for the composition of the communities and assessing their productivity. The general species richness and diversity of groups in communities of quasi-natural ecosystems, as a rule, reach high values, than in their surroundings. In the survey of 30 pond-fish farming areas in the forest-steppe zone of Ukraine, 150 species of vertebrate animals (except fish) were found there, of which more than 90 are listed as protected. Forest shelterbelts of the steppe zone of Ukraine are the habitat of 584 species of beetles, and in forest-steppe protective forest belts there can be found up to 30 protected plant and animal species per hectare of stand. Arable land, pastures and haymaking steppe areas of southern Ukraine support rare bird species, of which 10 are listed in the Red Data Book of Ukraine. Therefore the considered quasi-natural ecosystems undoubtedly play a significant role in the conservation of wildlife and there is a need to provide opportunities for comprehensive implementation and enhancement of their conservation potential.},
 year = {2019}
}

Copy | Download

TY  - JOUR
T1  - Features of Quasi-Natural Ecosystems and Their Role in the Conservation of Biodiversity
AU  - Yuriy Dubrovsky
Y1  - 2019/01/10
PY  - 2019
N1  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.eeb.20180304.11
DO  - 10.11648/j.eeb.20180304.11
T2  - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
JF  - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
JO  - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
SP  - 27
EP  - 32
PB  - Science Publishing Group
SN  - 2575-3762
UR  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.eeb.20180304.11
AB  - This work aims to justify the potential for biodiversity conservation in moderately exploited lands that are characterized by a low degree of technogenic transformation and occupy an intermediate position between natural and artificial ecosystems due to their ecological features. Ecosystems of such kind can be referred to as quasi-natural. In this study focus is made on the most typical objects in this respect - multipurpose ponds and protective forest belts in Ukraine. Conventional ecological methods were used for accounting for the composition of the communities and assessing their productivity. The general species richness and diversity of groups in communities of quasi-natural ecosystems, as a rule, reach high values, than in their surroundings. In the survey of 30 pond-fish farming areas in the forest-steppe zone of Ukraine, 150 species of vertebrate animals (except fish) were found there, of which more than 90 are listed as protected. Forest shelterbelts of the steppe zone of Ukraine are the habitat of 584 species of beetles, and in forest-steppe protective forest belts there can be found up to 30 protected plant and animal species per hectare of stand. Arable land, pastures and haymaking steppe areas of southern Ukraine support rare bird species, of which 10 are listed in the Red Data Book of Ukraine. Therefore the considered quasi-natural ecosystems undoubtedly play a significant role in the conservation of wildlife and there is a need to provide opportunities for comprehensive implementation and enhancement of their conservation potential.
VL  - 3
IS  - 4
ER  -

Copy | Download