Application of aerial photography for the mapping of steppe marmot (Marmota bobac) distribution [Utilisation de photographies aériennes pour cartographier la répartition de la marmotte des steppes (Marmota bobac)].

Résumé

The method of remote sensing are still not widely used in zoogeographical mapping but they may be very informative for investigations of species having the pronounced marks of their activity. The author considers a possible way of mapping the distribution of steep marmot (M. bobac shaganensis) in Northern Kazakhstan using aerial photography. One of the possible methods to use aerial photography for detecting correlations between the abundance of marmots and their environmental conditions is discussed. Proposed methods, if slightly modified may used, to map different species that have similar ecology.