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Forests in and around the reserve located near the city of Chernogolovka (50 km northeast of Moscow), forests adjoining the city, and urban forests were examined during the period from 1992 to 2004. Differences between forests of the reserve proved to be less significant than those resulting from the impact of urban factors. The influence of a small city was found to change the structure of communities of small mammals in surrounding forests by reducing their diversity and enhancing the dominance of ecologically restrained synanthropic species.
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Original Russian Text © G.N. Tikhonova, I.A. Tikhonov, P.L. Bogomolov, 2006, published in Ekologiya, 2006, No. 4, pp. 308–313.
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Tikhonova, G.N., Tikhonov, I.A. & Bogomolov, P.L. Impact of a small city on the structure of small mammal fauna in forests of the northeastern Moscow region. Russ J Ecol 37, 278–283 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413606040102
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