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Impact of Industrial Pollution on the Age Structure of European Mole (Talpa europaea L.) Populations

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The author is grateful to E.L. Vorobeichik, Yu.A. Davydova, and A. V Nesterkov for their discussion of the manuscript.

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This study was performed under the state assignments for the Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences.

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Nesterkova, D.V. Impact of Industrial Pollution on the Age Structure of European Mole (Talpa europaea L.) Populations. Russ J Ecol 50, 578–582 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413619060110

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