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Bulletin of Tyumen State University. Medico-Biological Sciences (№6). 2013About the authors:
Dmitry S. Nizovtsev, Researcher, Zoological museum, Tyumen State UniversityAbstract:
We have carried out a pioneer investigation on the assessment of the population of the Siberian flying squirrel in Tyumen region in 2007-2010 by recording its waste. The habitat area of the flying squirrel in Tyumen region stretches from the northern taiga (inclusive) to its southern borders in the forest-steppe zone. The maximum density of the flying squirrel population is registered in the southern taiga subzone. 44 sites have been studied in total. 31,8% of all the observed sites are inhabited by the Siberian flying squirrel. All habitats are connected with the transfer zone from the plain land to the river lowland and marsh. As a rule this transfer zone is significantly clean-boled. The flying squirrel adheres to such tree breeds as a birch, pine cedar, firtree, aspen and linden. The species has been seen in the forest park of Tyumen city. The morpho-physiological parameters testify to internal stability of the squirrel population found in favorable ecological conditions.Keywords:
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