Subjects of research: birds of terrestrial and aquatic cenoses in the towns of Kyzylkum region.
Purpose of work: revealing the modem state and regularities of the formation of avian fauna in towns situated in the Kyzylkum desert.
Methods of research: zoological and ecological methods of inquiry were applied in the work.
The results achieved and their novelty: an up-to-date list of avian fauna (137 avian species of 17 orders) inhabiting key towns of the Kyzylkum region was compiled. Ecological factors providing regularities of the formation of avian fauna were for the first time identified for towns; the pattern of stay and distribution of birds in key stations of towns was established. The dynamics of the species composition and numbers of birds were revealed. Ecological peculiarities and mechanisms of adaptation of birds to urban conditions during nesting, wintering and formation of the avian fauna in towns of the arid zone, as well as interrelations of birds in urbanized territories and natural landscapes, were studied.
Practical value: the materials of the work will be used in ornithological studies, in the sphere of optimization of biotcchnical events on conservation of avian diversity in urban conditions, educational courses of special biology and ecology, ornithological excursions and field practical work.
Degree of embed and economic effectivity: the results of the study arc used in the educational courses of zoology, ecology, ornithology, zoogeography, ornithological excursions and establishment of ornithological study groups at Bukhara State University. Practical recommendations were developed for townbuilding agencies, sanitary-epidemic services, municipal services, protection and management of avian numbers: "the role of birds in urban ecosystems and recommendations for prevention of biological damages associated with them" (2012).
Field of application: education, ecology, environmental protection, agriculture, town building, sanitary-epidemic service and municipal services.
