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The distribution patterns of mouselike rodent species within the ecological space of the mountain forest of the southern Middle Siberia and the formation of multispecies communities are considered on the basis of our long-term research and literature data. The significant factors of the three-dimensional ecological space were identified by using multidimensional statistical analysis (multidimensional scaling, cluster and canonical discriminant function analyses). The differences in the sensitivity of species to environmental factors were shown to cause a divergence of their ecological niches, which ensures the independence of these species within their community.
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Original Russian Text © S.A. Abramov, V.V. Vinogradov, 2012, published in Povolzhskii Ekologicheskii Zhurnal, 2012, No. 4, pp. 363–375.
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Abramov, S.A., Vinogradov, V.V. Ecological differentiation of mouselike rodents in the mountain forest belt of southern Middle Siberia. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 41, 833–841 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106235901410001X
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