ECOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN ARAL SEA REGION AS A FACTOR OF POPULATION DYNAMICS (ON THE EXAMPLE OF RHOMBOMYS OPIMUS AND ONDATRA ZIBETHICA)

Abstract

The article presents the results of a systematic analysis of the impact of large-scale ecological transformations in the Southern Aral Sea region on the population of Rhombomys opimus and Ondatra Zibethica. The dynamic system of regional hydro-regime and landscape-climatic transformations, which determine the long-term dynamics of the number of rodent populations, is discussed herein. Based on the results of the study, conclusions were drawn about the behavior coherency of the elements of a non-equilibrium self-organizing system, the dynamics of priorities in the system of factors under consideration, the necessities to take into account adaptation processes when quantitatively assessing the correlation of factors and objects of influence.