LANDSCAPE AND PLANT NUTRITION ASSOCIATIONS OF FOREST BISON IN THE LENA PILLARS NATIONAL PARK
The article is devoted to the study of landscape and plant food associations of forest bison in the Lena Pillars national Park of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). From 2004-2011, forest bison were first brought to the Lena Pillars national Park of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) from Canada for re-climatization by different groups. For their maintenance in the national Park was built nurseries «Ust-Buotama» and «Timpani». Currently, the number of them has doubled and is already more than 212 heads. For their food in the natural landscape and plant areas of these places, special pens were allocated. All these animals are kept in these areas on natural food, without artificial feeding. During the study and survey of workers and inspectors for forest bison in the areas, we identified plant species that are the main forage plants - 53 species, rarely eaten-65 species, plants that act on the gastrointestinal tract of animals-6 species, plants that act on the respiratory organs and digestive tract of animals-4 species and poisonous plants that are highlighted in the list. The leading families in the diet of bison are Bluegrass, Sedge, Aster. Species of the Horsetail, Onion, Cabbage, Rosaceae, and Legume families are the second group of plant species in terms of palatability. Families of bell, Plantain, Norichnikovye, Kipreynye are eaten satisfactorily, less willingly than the previous ones, only after using the first groups. Not eaten by the family Chenopodiaceae, Belozerova, Celery, some types Yasnotkovyh. In General, the results of the study presented in this article show that the landscape and plant associations and feeding conditions of Central Yakutia are quite consistent with the food needs of the American forest bison, and that it is possible to expand their habitat in different places of the Republic in the future.