MAIN GOALS AND TASKS

The head of the group - A.A. Danilkin

Wild roaches' breeding in the farm


Elks' breeding in the farm


The elk with the radio-collar for telemetric studies

The group was formed in 1990 out of the members of the Laboratory for Ecology, Behavior and Morphology of the Higher Vertebrates separated into the Group for Ecological Telemetry of Animals. Since 1998 the subject-matter of the group has been substantially broadened, and the group was renamed into the group with today's name.

The basic goal of the group is the development of biological principles and strategy for rare animals' protection and for the use of major commercial animal species.

The basic objects of research are wild ungulate animals, large predators, wood and water-paludal birds of commercial importance, and rare species, perspective for introduction into zoo-culture.

The main guidelines of the work:

• the study of the areals and inhabitants of the major, rare and commercial animal species and the factors, determining their dynamics; hunting animal resource study;
• mammalian systematics; the study of the gene pool and intra-specific variation;
• population ecology and behavior of hunting and rare animals;
• monographic description of the species and separate taxonomic groups;
• the development of biological principles for protection and use of the hunting species and their populations' management;
• the development of the methodology for rare and endangered species conservation and their introduction into zoo-culture;
• the design and construction of bio-telemetric apparatuses; radio-tracing of animals;
• the preparation of Russian and regional Programs directed to protection, restoration and increase in the number of the rare and hunting - commercial animals, and also to rational and inexhaustible usage of their resources;
• ecological expertise of hunting projects.