Zykov A E
Zh Obshch Biol. 1993 May-Jun;54(3):261-70.
A floristic method of vegetation classification (after Braun-Blanquet) is applied for classification of animal communities. The latter, by analogy with vegetation, can be dividend into classificatory units differing mutually by their composition. Diagnostic species are used as a basis for such classification. Their names are used in producing syntaxonomic nomenclature of the animal population. Assembly is suggested as a principal classificatory unit within this approach. It is defined as multispecies assemblage of animals from various trophic levels, which form stable population combinations and are similar in their geographic and habitat distributions. The assembly can be further divided into subunits called subassembly and population variant. Five assemblies are identified and described for population of insectivores, rodents and lagomorphs in Kopet-Dag Mts (S. Turkmenistan).
一种植物区系的植被分类方法（基于布劳恩-布朗凯方法）被应用于动物群落的分类。与植被类似，后者可根据其组成划分为相互不同的分类单元。诊断物种被用作此类分类的基础。它们的名称用于生成动物种群的群落分类命名法。在这种方法中，群落被建议作为主要的分类单元。它被定义为来自不同营养级的动物的多物种组合，形成稳定的种群组合，并且在地理和栖息地分布上相似。群落可进一步细分为称为亚群落和种群变体的亚单元。已识别并描述了科佩特山脉（土库曼斯坦南部）食虫动物、啮齿动物和兔形目动物种群的五个群落。
