Population cycles of the bank vole in the range optimum |
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Authors: | O. A. Zhigalski I. A. Kshnyasev |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vos'mogo Marta 202, 620144 Yekaterinburg, Russia |
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Abstract: | Patterns of seasonal and long-term dynamics of the size and structure of the bank vole population were studied in the European subtaiga subzone, the optimum of the species range. The dynamics of this population proved to undergo complex fluctuations with cyclic components, which have periods of one year and about three years. The one-year fluctuations of the population size and structure are accounted for by animal adaptation to seasonal changes in environmental factors. The fluctuations with the three-year quasi-period are determined by intrapopulation density-dependent mechanisms. |
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Keywords: | bank voles population cycles regulation mechanisms |
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