ECOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF BIRD COMMUNITIES OF GARDEN PLOTS IN THE VICINITY OF KAZAN DURING THE NESTING PERIOD

Bespalov Alexander Fedorovich

This article examines the features of the ecological structure of ornithocenoses of garden and summer cottages. The differences in the avifauna of the three gardens were analyzed by ecological type, type of nesting, type of nutrition, and belonging to the zoogeographical complex. The determining role of tree and shrub fruit crops in the formation of the fauna of birds in these habitats is shown. The dependence of the nesting population of birds on the type of adjacent biotopes is revealed.

Keywords:avifauna, birds, ecological structure, garden plots, anthropogenic impact