title: Ecological features of the formation of the floodplain faunal complex in Crimea on the example of colonial birds
abstract: As a result of the analysis of the composition and abundance of colonial species of the floodplain ecological and faunal grouping (Phalacrocorax pygmeus, Nycticorax nycticorax, Ardea cinerea, A. purpurea, Ardeola ralloides, Bubulcus ibis, Casmerodius albus, Egretta garzetta, Platalea leucorodia, Plegadis falcinellus) in the lowland Crimea, the features of their distribution on gradients of condition and resource factors were determined. The dynamics of their ecological niches has been revealed d
journal: Science in the South of Russia