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Biology and Ecology of the Redpoll (Acanthis flammea sensu lato, Passeriformes, Fringillidae) on Yamal Peninsula and in the Near-Ob Forested Tundra

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The features of the biology, ecology, and annual cycle of the Redpoll in the near-Ob forest–tundra and subarctic tundra of Yamal are considered: distribution, habitats, nesting density, timing and nature of spring migration, pre-nesting period. The characteristics of reproduction are given: the timing of nesting at different latitudes, nest construction, location and arrangement of nests, nesting material, the order of laying eggs, clutch size, the duration of incubation and feeding of chicks, and the second and third clutches. The description of the post-nesting period contains information about the duration of stay in the vicinity of the nest and the transition to migrations and the course of molting in young and adult birds under natural lighting and in the experiments with an artificial photoperiod. This paper studies the state of migration and the course of autumn migration, the influence of environmental conditions on it, and the transition to winter migrations. It has been confirmed that redpolls have no fidelity to nesting and birth sites.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The greatest contribution to the collection of the material on redpolls in the course of our research was made by N.S. Alekseeva. Besides her, Yu.A. Tyulkin, E.A. Polents, S.V. Shutov, V.V. Tarasov, S.P. Paskhalnyi, Yu.M. Malafeev, G.N. Bachurin, V.A. Sokolov, M.G. Golovatin, and students of several Russian universities took part in this work. We express our sincere gratitude to our colleagues.

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Ryzhanovskiy, V.N., Ryabitsev, V.K. Biology and Ecology of the Redpoll (Acanthis flammea sensu lato, Passeriformes, Fringillidae) on Yamal Peninsula and in the Near-Ob Forested Tundra. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 48, 1347–1357 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359021080240

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