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An Exponential Increase in the Abundance of the Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) in the Kurgan and Tyumen Regions

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This paper presents the results of a total census of inhabited Dalmatian Pelican nests, which was carried out in spring 2017 using a drone aircraft for the waterbodies of the Kurgan and Tyumen regions. The dynamics of the species numbers in the area studied over the last 50–70 years and the factors affecting these dynamics are analyzed.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors thank S.V. Grachev and S.E. Zvigintsev for participation in the field work.

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This study was carried out as part of the state order of the Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, and partially supported by the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, project no. 15-12-4-28.

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Tarasov, V.V., Ryabitsev, A.V. An Exponential Increase in the Abundance of the Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) in the Kurgan and Tyumen Regions. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 46, 886–891 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359019080156

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