title: Ecological structure of the avifauna composition as a basis for assessment of its heterogeneity and dynamics
abstract: The article describes the methodological approach and the results of classification of breeding bird species in Belarus by their preference for habitat type during the breeding season based on this approach. During the classification process, we took into account the preferences developed in the course of evolution, i. e. those that had been the most characteristic of the species before the domination of altered territories and the escalation of an urbanization rate, as well as before many speci
journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Biological Series