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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword. .................................... 7
I. THE AIM AND POSITION OF ZOOCOENOLOGY
IN THE SYSTEM OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. ............ 13
$ Fauna and zoocoenosis .......................... 13
$ The system of biological sciences ..................... 15
II. BIDCOENOSIS AND ZOOCOENOSIS ................ 27
$ The concept of biocoenosis ........................ 27
$ Plant and animal associations. ...................... 33
$ The concept of animal association .................... 36
$ The structural elements of the animal assemblage . .......... 40
$ The structural elements of a zoocoenosis ................ 45
$ The question of balance in the biocoenosis ............... 49
III. BIOTOPE AND ANIMAL ASSOCIATIONS ............. 61
$ The concept ofbiotope. .......................... 61
$ Parts ofthe biotope. ............................ 66
IV. CATEGORIES OF ANIMAL ASSOCIATIONS............ 75
$ Theoretical basis of the categorisation .................. 75
$ The smallest category of a zoocoenosis: the catena . .......... 80
$ The formation of a catenarium, a chain of catenae . .......... 85
$ The formation of the presocium, the habitat association ....... 87
$ The limits of animal communities. The concept of supersocion. . .. 89
$ The nomenclature of animal associations ................ 95
V. THE DYNAMICS OF THE ANIMAL COMMUNITIES ....... 99
$ Dynamic plant cover - dynamic animal assemblages. . ........ 99
$ The aspects ................................. 99
$ Seasonal aspects and plant phenology .................. 103
$ Daily aspects ................................ 104
$ The importance of seasonal aspect in plant protection. . ....... 105
$ The question of permanent species representation . .......... 105
$ Succession in animal communities. ................... 108