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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «BIOLOGIYA. ECOLOGIYA»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «BIOLOGY. ECOLOGY»
ISSN 2073-3372 (Print)

List of issues > Series «Biology. Ecology». 2018. Vol. 23

On Biotopic Distribution of Field Vole Microtus agrestis along the South-Eastern Margin of its Range

Author(s)
I. V. Boyarkin
Abstract
The article is devoted to the analysis of biotopical distribution of Field vole (Microtus agrestis) in southern Prebaikalia during the summer period. Voles are drawn towards edges in the dark-coniferous wood, and in the rarefied forest stand towards the cluttered-up sites with a rich underbrush and a powerful bush. In Balagansk Steppe the number of Field vole varied from 0,1 to 15 individuals captured in 100 trap days. In coastal bushes of the Bratsk Reservoir the maximum number is noted. At the end of July 2-3 individuals from broods of the birth of the current year came across to some traps simultaneously. Within the forest biotopes in Southern Baikal along the Krugobaykalskaya railroad and in vicinity of Bol’shye Koty Settl. the number of a Field vole varied from 0,1 to 9 individuals captured in 100 trap days. Maximum number is registered in the contact zones between the forest and floodplains of little Baikal tributaries or between the forest and stony slopes of adjacent mountains. The species settles not only in natural niches, but it is also capable to dig in soft soil choosing its surrounding. The preference of a dark vole of open spaces were revealed by means of a comparison of a specific variety of microbiotopical groups. The main ecological regularities of change of these animals amount in the studied biotopes are revealed. Narrow-headed vole and Tundra vole in open biotopes and Red-backed vole and Japanese field mouse in forest biotopes are registered as codominant species.
For citation:
Boyarkin I.V. On Biotopic Distribution of Field Vole Microtus agrestis along the South-Eastern Margin of its Range. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Biology. Ecology, 2018, vol. 23, pp. 93-98. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3372.2018.23.93 (in Russian)
Keywords
biotopic distribution, Microtus agrestis and Rodentia, abundance
UDC
599/325

DOI

https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3372.2018.23.93

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