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Spatially Temporal Synchrony of the Population Dynamics of the Northern Red-Backed Vole (Myodes rutilus Pall.) in Northern European Russia

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The conjugacy of the dynamics of northern red-backed vole (Myodes rutilus Pall.) populations among nine localities of the Komi Republic and Arkhangelsk oblast, between which the distance varied from 88 to 947 km was analyzed. Asynchronous oscillations were observed between 1965 and 2006. As the geographical distance between the localities increased, spatial synchronization decreased. In the period from 2007 to 2018, there were already synchronous changes in the number of this species throughout the territory. One of the likely factors for changing the spatial synchronicity of population dynamics is climate change.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are grateful to I.F. Kupriyanova for the presented materials on the abundance of northern red-backed voles for the Ilych station (Pechora-Ilychskii Reserve).

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This study was carried out within the framework of the State Assignment “Distribution, Systematics and Spatial Organization of the Fauna and Population of Animals in Taiga and Tundra Landscapes and Ecosystems of the Northeastern European Part of Russia,” project no. АААА-А17-117112850235-2.

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  1. Pechoro-Ilych State Nature Reserve, 169436, Yaksha, Russia

    A. V. Bobretsov

  2. Institute of Biology, Komi Science Center, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 167982, Syktyvkar, Russia

    A. V. Bobretsov

  3. Severtsov Institute of Ecological and Evolutional Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071, Moscow, Russia

    A. A. Kalinin

  4. Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 163000, Arkhangelsk, Russia

    L. Ya. Saburova

  5. Pinezhskii State Nature Reserve, 164610, Pinega, Russia

    A. V. Sivkov

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Bobretsov, A.V., Kalinin, A.A., Saburova, L.Y. et al. Spatially Temporal Synchrony of the Population Dynamics of the Northern Red-Backed Vole (Myodes rutilus Pall.) in Northern European Russia. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 50, 94–102 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359023010028

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