[Spatiotemporal dynamics of the vole populations in heterogeneous habitats of the Iremel mountain range].
Specific features of seasonal changes in the demographic structure and distribution of three vole species were studied in heterogeneous, qualitatively different habitats of three altitudinal belts in the Southern Ural. The results showed that the fauna of small mammals in the mountain-forest, subgoltsy, and mountain-tundra belts of the Iremel' Mountain Range could be regarded as metapopulations of the northern red-backed vole, large-toothed red-backed vole, and root vole, and the fauna of each belt could be regarded as micropopulations or local populations of the same species. Statistically significant differences in the population dynamics and demographic structure of voles inhabiting different biotopes were revealed.
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Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vos'mogo Marta 202, Ekaterinburg, 620144 Russia. zig@ipae.uran.ru
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D000367:Age Factors; D025041:Animal Migration; D000818:Animals; D003411:Arvicolinae / Q000502:physiology*; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012426:Russia; D012621:Seasons; D013045:Species Specificity; D014197:Trees