Influence of anthropogenic pollution on the composition of avifauna in Moscow parks

Makarova Elena Alexandrovna, Ostapenko Vladimir Alexeyevich

Anthropogenic transformation of the environment, including urban parks, has a significant impact on almost all groups of vertebrates, including birds. The paper analyzes the impact of anthropogenic pollution on the diversity of birds in forest parks on the example of the city of Moscow. The dependences of reducing the species diversity of birds with a high level of transformation of the biocenosis are revealed.

Keywords:species diversity, birds, noise pollution, light pollution, transformed biocenoses, route accounting.