Oldal 154 [154]
152 IVII. Zoocoenological characteristics
presocia and below; the dynamics - starting small - underpin a wave-like
process ofthe species representation. Therefore, all zoocoenoseshave a stage
(an aspect) that is richer than it was before, and will be later. In the life of
poikilothermic animals, the cold season switches off any associative need.
At the start of the cold season, the populations being in de facto association
just “freeze” like a single film frame, keeping the status in which the paralysing
impact found them. In this condition the zoocoenosis is indeed “stable”, in
which there is no change for months, unless a supersocion appears. Any
change is triggered only by the weather. It is also known that several animals
prepare for the winter, physiologically and behaviourally. This preparation
often entails the suspension of any associations and, seeking out a place best
fitting its ecological plasticity, the animals “retire” to overwinter.
All this means that zoocoenoses temporarily disappear, and then form
anew.