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Small mammal communities inhabiting natural and anthropogenically transformed areas of the right-bank region of Saratov oblast are fairly similar in species composition. They are represented by wide-spread, common species that, against the background of a low population density of typical steppe species, make a major contribution to the community. The highest ecological tolerance is characteristic of the striped field mouse Apodemus agrarius, which is widespread in the study region and dominates in the majority of natural biotopes and in agrocenoses; the common vole Microtus arvalis is scarce in agrocenoses.
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Original Russian Text © A.A. Tsvetkova, M.L. Oparin, O.S. Oparina, 2008, published in Ekologiya, 2008, No. 2, pp. 134–140.
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Tsvetkova, A.A., Oparin, M.L. & Oparina, O.S. Role of small mammals in natural and anthropogenic landscapes of the right-bank region of Saratov oblast. Russ J Ecol 39, 123–129 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413608020082
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