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Kaprus I.J., Husak O.V.
Peculiarities of taxonomic and ecological structure of forest toxocene of Collembola
of Eastern Pоdillya
We have made a comparative analysis of the taxonomic and ecological structure of forest taxa of
the collemboles of Eastern Podillya. 71 species of collemboles belonging to 40 genera and 15 families
were found in the study area. It was found that the structure of dominance, spectra of life forms and
biotope groups of the studied taxocenes have their own specifics due to local edaphic conditions, as
well as the origin of forest phytocenoses.
The ratio of life forms and biotope groups, as well as the structure of the dominance of taxonomies
of Collemboles, can be considered as an indicator of the ecological regime of forest edaphotopes of
Eastern Podillya. It is established that in different forest phytocenoses of Eastern Podillya, and two
different types of Collemboles taxocenes were formed: 1) prefabricated type – in semi-natural
hornbeam oak and 2) specialized type – in artificially created forest phytocenoses, where more than
40% of the number have meadow-steppe species.
Key words: Collembola, fauna, Eastern Podillya, taxonomic composition, ecological structure.