V. A. Kharchenko

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Researches: general directions

Studying of fauna, evolutional and morphological grounds for faunistic researches, phylogeny and taxonomy Development of scientific basis for fauna protection and conservation, monitoring of fauna under anthropogenic factorsDevelopment of zoological basis for protection and increased production of plants and animals

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Scientific departments

Fauna and taxonomy of Vertebrates Evolutionary morphology of Vertebrates

Fauna monitoring and conservation

Evolutionary and genetic grounds for taxonomy

Fauna and taxonomy of Invertebrates

Population Ecology and Biogeography

ParasitologyAcarology General and Applied Entomology Taxonomy of Entomophages and Ecological Grounds for Biological Control Ethology and Social Biology of Insects Cytology and HistogenesisScientific Collections

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Scientific Collections

Scientific zoological funds at the Institute is national property of Ukraine and consists of more than 5,800,000 units of issue. They are gathered in 252 collections and represented 45,000 animal species.

For the first time in Ukraine, scientific collection of invertebrates found as inclusions into Rivne amber, 2100 objects in number and computing database are made.

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Insects in Rivne amberwww.izan.kiev.uawww.izan.kiev.ua

Photo: E. E. PerkovskiPhoto: E. E. Perkovski

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Insects in Rivne amberwww.izan.kiev.uawww.izan.kiev.ua

Photo: E. E. PerkovskiPhoto: E. E. Perkovski

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Librarywww.izan.kiev.uawww.izan.kiev.ua

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Axio ImagerAxio ImagerAxio ImagerAxio Imager

Equipmentwww.izan.kiev.uawww.izan.kiev.ua

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Fauna, phylogeny & taxonomy

A. GumovskiA. Gumovski

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Researches of evolutional and genetic grounds for taxonomy

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Convention on Biological Diversity

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Ecological corridors & Red Bookwww.izan.kiev.uawww.izan.kiev.ua

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Bison bonasus

Photo: Samchuk M. H.Photo: Samchuk M. H.

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Azov-Black Sea ecological corridor

Photo: Kharchenko V. A.Photo: Kharchenko V. A.

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Migrants and inviders www.izan.kiev.uawww.izan.kiev.ua

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Synanthropic faunawww.izan.kiev.uawww.izan.kiev.ua

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GIS for Researches on Climate Changes

TitarTitar, 2009, 2009

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Prognosis of bird flu dynamicwww.izan.kiev.uawww.izan.kiev.ua

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Zoonoic diseaseswww.izan.kiev.uawww.izan.kiev.ua

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Zoonoic diseases

T. britoviT. britovi T. spiralisT. spiralis

Didyk Yu.Didyk Yu...

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Studies on cytology & histogenesiswww.izan.kiev.uawww.izan.kiev.ua

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Publishing activitieswww.izan.kiev.uawww.izan.kiev.ua

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The Journalwww.izan.kiev.uawww.izan.kiev.ua

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Problems

Scientific infrastructure and industryLack of informationBrain drainLanguageMoney transfer

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