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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
