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Coat color polymorphism in populations of the northern mole vole in the Ural Region

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Collections made in the course of long-term field studies on ecology of the northern mole vole Ellobius talpinus Pall. in the Ural Region and neighboring areas (more than 2000 individuals from 24 points of the species range) were used to analyze geographic variation in its coat color (color morphs). On the basis of long-term observations (1985–1999) on marked animals from a polymorphic population (Kurtamyshskii raion, Kurgan oblast), the life spans of males and females and the dependence of life span on population density and structure were estimated in animals of different color morphs. Each color morph of E. talpinus was shown to have specific features of the seasonal dynamics of age structure and migrations.

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  1. Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vos’mogo Marta 202, Yekaterinburg, 620144, Russia

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Evdokimov, N.G., Sineva, N.V. Coat color polymorphism in populations of the northern mole vole in the Ural Region. Russ J Ecol 39, 523–529 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413608070096

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