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The dynamics of the sex and age structure of Siberian roe deer in central Yakutia has been analyzed over the period from 1998 to 2011. In the snowy winter of 2004, mass migration and high mortality of the animals were recorded. The following shift of the adult sex ratio in favor of females and increase in the proportion of calves provided for rapid population recovery. Climate warming, accompanied by increase in the amount of snow, has impaired living conditions for Siberian roe deer. Realization of the species reproductive potential is restrained by natural and anthropogenic elimination factors, and prospects for future population growth are poor.
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Original Russian Text © A.V. Argunov, V.M. Safronov, 2013, published in Ekologiya, 2013, No. 5, pp. 361–367.
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Argunov, A.V., Safronov, V.M. Demographic structure of Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus Pall.) population in central Yakutia. Russ J Ecol 44, 402–407 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413613050032
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