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Marking Activities of the Siberian Roe Deer (Capreolus pygargus, Cervidae) in Central Yakutia

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The marking behavior of male Siberian Roe deer in central Yakutia, Siberia is considered in the context of a biological signal field. The optical elements of the Roe deer signal field are trees and shrubs damaged by their horns. Seven species of tree and shrub plants used by Roe deer as marking objects have been found: pine, larch, fir, birch, willow, aspen, and alder. Among them, representatives of conifers predominate. The maximum thickness of a marking tree across the trunk circumference does not exceed 21 cm, the thickness of marking objects averaging 7.0 ± 3.7 cm. The marking activity of the species rendered on wood and shrub vegetation is performed by demonstrating three types of damage: circular stripping across the trunk circumference; vertical stripping along the trunk, and twisting the trunk.

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This work was carried out with the financial support of the base project VI.51.1.11: “The Structure and Dynamics of Populations and Communities of Animals in the Cold Region of Northeastern Russia in Modern Conditions of Global Climate Change and Anthropogenic Transformation of Northern Ecosystems: Factors, Mechanisms, Adaptation, and Conservation” (reg. number AAAA-A17-117020110058-4) and a State Assignment of the Institute for Biological Problems of the Cryolithozone, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, according to project V.54.1.2 “Revealing the Causal Foundations of the Dynamics of Soil Cover, Flora, and Fauna of the Permafrost Zone in the Territory of Distribution of Light Rocks in Central Yakutia for the Development of Fundamental Principles of Their Protection in the Face of Increasing Anthropogenic Pressure and Global Changes” (0376-2019-0006), reg. number AAAA-A19-119040990002-1.

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Argunov, A.V. Marking Activities of the Siberian Roe Deer (Capreolus pygargus, Cervidae) in Central Yakutia. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 48, 1650–1657 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359021090028

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