Spatial and Typological Heterogeneity of Myomorpha Rodent Assemblage in the Altai Mountains (Methodical and Methodological Aspects of the Study)

Some methodical and methodological problems are solved based mainly on materials collected by N.V. Tupikova and contributors of the Data Bank of the Zoological Monitoring Laboratory of the Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, from 1955 to 2014, in particular, the dependence of research results (1) on the method of collecting material with Hero traps: route, one-time, or stationary (with three repetitions every 2 weeks from mid-July to the end of August); (2) on the interpreter, volume, and standardization of data during collection; and (3) on the joint use of data collected with traps and grooves after recalculation per 1 km2.