BIOINDICATING ROLE OF BUTTERFLIES (LEPIDOPTERA: PAPILIONOIDEA) IN THE INVESTIGATION ON TRANSFORMATION PROCESSES OF PROTECTED AREA’S VEGETATION COVER

Y. Kanarsky, I. Tsaryk


Institute of Ecology of The Carpathians, National Academy of Science of Ukraine,
Kozelnytska str. 4, L’viv 79026, Ukraine

The results of investigation concerning to establishing butterfly species which are especially vulnerable to changes in phytosystems of protected areas depending on influence of exploitation or protection regimen there and could be used as indicatory are presented. It is confirmed an expediency of case some butterfly species as effective indicators of demutation-degressive processes in swamp ecosystem’s phytocoenosis structure.


Keywords: butterflies, indicatory species, protected areas, transformation processes.


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