Маrkova Т.О., Mrikot А.К., Gluschenko Yu.N.
METHODS OF STUDYING THE NESTING OF ORIENTAL WHITE STORK CICONIA BOYCIANA SWINHOE, 1873 FOR STUDENTS OF BIOLOGICAL SPECIALITIES OF HIGH SCHOOLS ^{[№ 6 ' 2018]}
Oriental White Stork Ciconia boyciana Swinhoe, 1873 (Ciconiiformes, Aves) — rare species included in the 1st category of Red Data Books of the Russian Federation and Primorsky Krai. Data on classification, distribution, migration, features of the organization, a way of life, ecology, biology, behavior, reproduction and development of the Oriental White Stork are used in the course of disciplines: “Zoology of vertebrates”, “Land vertebrates of the Far East”, “Ornithology”; territorial and legal protection are used in the course of discipline “Especially protected natural territories and species”.
The main factor limiting the number of the Oriental White Stork is the shortage of large trees necessary for the placement of nests. Since the second half of the last century was marked by a gradual transition to the nesting of this species on artificial structures — nonresidential buildings, supports of power lines passing nearby forage habitat, and since 1996 in the Prikhankaiskaya Lowland storks nest and on special supports, installed on the territory of the nature reserve Khankaisky” and its buffer zone.
The paper summarizes the literature data, as well as the author’s data for the period from 2014 to 2017. The Area of work covered about 50% of the territory of Primorsky Krai, which previously noted the nesting of the Oriental White Stork and about 80% of the transmission towers potentially suitable for the placement of its nests. The length of automobile routes year was about 2 500 km, walking about 200 km in the surveyed area was found 19 occupied nests of Oriental White Stork.

Markova T.O., Bolovtsov E.N., Mrikot A.K.
ADAPTATION OF THE BUGS INFRAORDER GERROMORPHA IN THE SECTION OF THE ENTOMOLOGY COURSE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL ^{[№ 3 ' 2018]}
In the Primorsky Territory of the Far East of Russia, to date, 77 species of amphibious Heteroptera from 25 genera belonging to 15 families and 4 infraorders have been identified. In the Primorye Territory, 22 species of the infraorder Gerromorpha — Mesoveliidae (5), Hebridae (1), Hydrometridae (1), Veliidae (2), Gerridae (13 species) were identified.
The aim of the research was to get acquainted with the evolutionary history and peculiarities of adaptation features of bedbugs of the infraorder Gerromorpha on the example of the predecessors of modern water-meter; consolidation of knowledge about the structure and adaptations of amphibious Heteroptera by the example of representatives of the infraorder Gerromorpha.
The work includes the development of a lecture and seminar session on the topic: “The study of the evolutionary history and adaptations of bedbugs of the infraorder Gerromorpha”; “Study of the Heteroptera infraorder Gerromorpha” with the use of active learning methods. The presented material can be included in the course of disciplines “Zoology of invertebrates” and “Entomology” in higher education, and also used by biology teachers as a regional component of the educational program.