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It is shown that the structure of the ground-nesting bird fauna in Transvolga steppes has changed during the 20th century. The complex of lark species characteristic of true and dry steppe has disappeared because of climate change and impact of economic activity (the establishment of windbreak and roadside forest strips), which has provided for a sharp increase in the abundance of corvid birds.
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Original Russian Text © M.L. Oparin, 2008, published in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Biologicheskaya, 2008, No. 4, pp. 491–496.
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Oparin, M.L. Recent fauna of ground-nesting birds in Transvolga steppes and its dynamics in the 20th century. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 35, 422–427 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359008040158
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