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The research analyzes the distribution of field voles in western Siberia based on collected data over several decades.

March 15, 2026Biology Bulletin0 citations

Distribution of the Field Vole (Microtus agrestis (Linnaeus, 1761), Rodentia, Cricetidae, Arvicolinae) in Western Siberia

AKA. A. KislyiOmsk State Pedagogical University YRYu. S. RavkinInstitute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals VSV. P. StarikovSurgut State University

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The research analyzes the distribution of field voles in western Siberia based on collected data over several decades.
Data collected from 1954 to 2016 in lowland and mountainous regions.
Cluster analysis performed to evaluate abundance indicators.
Habitats classified into four types based on environmental favorability.
Identified four habitat types: optimal, subpessimal, pessimal, and extreme.
Extreme conditions had no field vole presence.
Spatial distribution linked to various environmental factors.

Abstract

Based on material collected in the second half of summer for the period from 1954 to 2016 in the lowland and mountainous parts of western Siberia, the distribution of the field vole is analyzed in zonal and provincial aspects. Cluster analysis of a matrix of the similarity coefficients of abundance indicators allowed for a habitat classification to be compiled based on the degree of favorability of environmental conditions for the study species. There are four types of conditions: optimal, subpessimal, pessimal, and extreme, the latter in which no field voles are found. Based on the classification, the spatial heterogeneity of the abundance of the species is linked to the influence of environmental factors and their combinations (regimes).

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