Маslov M.V., Litvinov M.N., Litvinova E.A., Маrkova T.O.
В журнале Contemporary Problems of Ecology
Год: 2023 Том: 16 Номер: 6 Страницы: 758–762
Forty-five-year-long observations of variations in the musk deer abundance in the Ussurisky Nature Reserve are summarized. An analysis of winter route censuses (WRC) has made it possible to assume that these variations are related to the emergence of a new predator, the sable. The decrease in the musk deer abundance in the reserve occurred simultaneously with an increase in the sable abundance and a decrease in abundance of alternative food supplies for medium-sized and small predators. From the early 2000s to the present, the musk deer abundance in the reserve has remained at a level of only “presence” of the species in the fauna.
