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Seasonal changes in the Phrynocephalus Guttatus Guttatusgmel. population age and sex structure
- Authors: Polynova G.V.1, Mishustin S.S.1
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- Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia
- Issue: Vol 25, No 3 (2017)
- Pages: 431-441
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.rudn.ru/ecology/article/view/18120
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2313-2310-2017-25-3-431-441
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The autumn studies of the Phrynocephalus guttatus guttatus Gmel. population in the Astrakhan semideserts (August 2011 and August - September 2016) revealed the following features of its age and sex structure. The autumn settlement of the species reliably splits into several age groups: 1-2 group of young, 2-4 groups of females and 2-5 group of males. In the fall season the settlement is dominated by males, especially great was the numerical superiority of the males in the fall season of 2016.The lack of immature individuals, the significant prevalence of older age groups and the predominance of males among adult animals in the autumn 2016 create the picture of the population depression. The unsustainable type of population dynamics, typical for short-living species, may be one of the characteristics that stimulates the processes of population depression. Almost complete replacement of the population is likely to occur both in two or 3-4 years.
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Galina Vyacheslavovna Polynova
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia
Author for correspondence.
Email: polynova_gv@rudn.university
candidate of biological science, associate professor, associate professor of the Department of System Ecology
Miklukho-Maklaya str., 6, Moscow, Russia, 117198Stanislav Sergeevich Mishustin
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia
Email: mishustin_ss@rudn.university
postgraduate student at the Department of System Ecology
Miklukho-Maklaya str., 6, Moscow, Russia, 117198References
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