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The structure of the long-eared owl (Asio otus L.) settlements in anthropogenic landscapes has been studied in the Zhuravlinaya Rodina protected territory in the northern Moscow region in 2001–2005. The possible factors that cause the formation of such settlements have been analyzed. The differences in the breeding success between owls nesting near and away from human settlements have been estimated. Aggregated nesting of owls is assumed to be mainly related to a lower predator pressure in the vicinity of human dwellings in the incubation period. Aggregated nesting is regarded as an expression of synanthropization of the species.
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Original Russian Text © A.V. Sharikov, S.V. Volkov, M.N. Ivanov, V.B. Basova, 2010, published in Ekologiya, 2010, No. 1, pp. 47–53.
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Sharikov, A.V., Volkov, S.V., Ivanov, M.N. et al. Formation of aggregated settlements as an expression of synanthropization of the long-eared owl (Asio otus L.). Russ J Ecol 41, 44–50 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106741361001008X
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