Preface

Editor’s preface (title, contents, preface)

1. Research methods

Zagorodniuk I. Rare and valuable fauna and criteria of species rarity

Vishnevskiy D., Kotlyarov O. Estimations of large mammal species abundance in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone: an analysis of different data sources

Gaschak S. On the experience of automatic photography of wild animals in the Chornobyl zone

Golenko A., Tyshchenko V., Myakushko S. Towards methods of bat preservation ex situ (a case study of Eptesicus serotinus in the Kyiv Zoo)

Dulitsky A. On concept of ‘rarity’ from the viewpoint of the Crimean red deer’s status

Parnikoza I., Zagorodniuk I., Dulitsky A., Godlevska O. Recommendations for compiling regional red lists

Parnikoza I. Conservation of Ukrainian steppes: what can be done today?

Timoshenkov V. The role of small protected areas and their conservation regimes in the preservation of rare species of terrestrial mammals (a case study of the Khomutovsky Steppe)

Shpak A. Bat conservation in Belarus: history and current status

2. Analysis of fauna composition

Antonets N. Rare species of mammals in the Dnipro–Oril Nature Reserve

Gaschak S., Hoofer S. R., Makluk Ju., Meeks H., Wickliffe J., Baker R. On species diversity of wood mice of the genus Sylvaemus in Ukraine

Godlevskaya E., Panchenko P., Formanjuk O. New data on cave-dwelling bats
of the vicinities of Odesa

Dykyy I., Srebrodolska E. Rare and non-abundant mammal species of the Shatsk National Park

Zagorodniuk I., Korobchenko M. Rare mammal fauna of eastern Ukraine: composition and distribution of rare species

Zaytseva H., Prydetkevich S. Dynamics of occupancy of nest-boxes by arboreal animals in the territory of Kamenetske Pridnistrovia

Zenina І. Mammal fauna of the Pripiatskiy National Park from the viewpoint of its rarity

Zizda Yu. Rare species in small-mammal communities of the Transcarpathian forest ecosystems

Zorya A. Levels of abundance and needs of protection of shrews and mouse-like rodents in Kharkiv Oblast

Taranenko L., Melnichenko B., Pilipenko D., Diyakov V. Rare species of terrestrial mammals in Donetsk Oblast: current state and prospects of protection

Tovpinets M., Evstafiev I. Rare species of terrestrial mammals in the Crimea: current state and prospects of conservation

3. State of populations of rare species

Hlynska R. The current state of badger (Meles meles) settlements in the Medobory Nature Reserve

Dykyy I., Kus’nezh O., Mysiuk V. The bat fauna of Medova Cave (Lviv Oblast) and prospects of its protection

Zharkikh T., Yasynetska N. Route surveys of ungulates in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone

Zhyla S. The mountain hare (Lepus timidus) in the Polissky Nature Reserve: biotopic distribution and its determining factors

Korobchenko M. The northern mole-vole (Ellobius talpinus) in sand areas of the Derkul River valley (Rostov and Luhansk oblasts)

Naglov V., Tkach G. The harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) in Kharkiv Oblast

Selyunina Z. Influence of the intensity of nature management on the state of jerboa populations in the south of Ukraine

Tokarsky V. The steppe marmot (Marmota bobak) as a structural and functional link in steppe biocoenoses of Ukraine

Shevchenko S. The long-eared hedgehog (Hemiechinus auritus) in Ukraine: a review

4. Mammalogy notes

Antonets N., Shumkova M. Review of Sicista subtilis records in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Bronskov A. Encounter of the stoat (Mustela erminea) on the Donetsk Ridge

Zaika S.A new record of Neomys fodiens in eastern Ukraine

Kovalova O., Kobozeva N., Burdo O., Glazko T. Micronuclei test as method of definition the seasonal alteration of cytogenetic characteristics in mammals

Kuznetsov V., Zagorodniuk I. The vole Terricola subterraneus and the shrew Neomys fodiens in Luhansk Oblast: an analysis of SES database for 1990–2007

Savarin A. Occurrence of Eptesicus serotinus in south-eastern Belarus

Skubak E. Roadkill bats in the Sviati Hory Nature Park

Stetsula N. Arvicola scherman in rodent communities of the Skole Beskids National Park

Cherednichenko V. The role of the marmot in steppe biocoenosis of north-eastern Ukraine

Shkvyrya M. Aspects of biocoenotic relations of the wolf with other carnivorans

5. Chronicles and information

Zagorodniuk I. European Mammal Assessment: totals of IUCN workshop

Zaytseva H. The XIII International Theriological School ‘Rare Mammal Fauna’

Parnikoza I. The mammal fauna of Ukraine needs urgent and effective conservation measures (news release after «Therioshkola 2006»)

Kolesnikov M. Mammal species in the regional red list of Luhansk Oblast

Krivitski I., Zagorodniuk I. Eminent Ukrainian theriologists Oleksiy Mygulin and Yakiv Zubko

Zagorodniuk I., Godlevska O.Old zoological publications in Ukraine and theriology on the pages of the ‘Proceedings of Zoological Museum NAS of Ukraine’

Issues of the ‘Proceedings of the Theriological School’ and guides for authors

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