Diversity of the rodent communities in the Turan Desert region  

作　　者：Valery M.NERONOV Ludmila A.KHLYAP Andrey A.WARSHAVSKY 

机构地区：[1]n.severtsov institute of ecology and evolution,russian academy of sciences,moscow,russia

出　　处：《Integrative Zoology》2006年第4期153-161,共9页整合动物学（英文版）

基　　金：support of the Russian Basic Research Foundation and Chinese Foundation of Natural Sciences (projects 96-04-10007 and 05-04-39018);the Presidium of Russian Academy of Sciences (the program“Biodiversity and dynamics of genepools.”)。

摘　　要：We assessed the diversity of rodent communities in the deserts of Russia,Kazakhstan,and Central Asia using geographic information system technology.There are 66 species of rodents,belonging to eight faunistic complexes,inhabiting this area.We discuss the geographical changes occurring in taxonomic and zoogeographic diversity at both species and community levels.Communities of gerbils and jerboas dominate in the Turan Desert region(66%of the area).Steppe communities of susliks penetrate the deserts from the north.Farming in deserts causes the replacement of native rodent communities with mouse communities or completely eradicates rodents in their main habitats.

关 键 词：BIODIVERSITY geographic information systems MAPS RODENTS ZOOGEOGRAPHY 

分 类 号：O17[理学—数学]