Maslov M.V., Litvinov M.N., Litvinova E.A., Markova T.O.
Sibirskij ekologicheskij zhurnal 2023; 30(6): 832–838
The 45-year-long observations of variations in the musk deer abundance in the Ussurisky Nature Reserve are summarized. An analysis of winter route censuses has made it possible to assume these variations to be related with the emergence of a “new predator”, 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- and small-sized predators. From the early 2000s until the present time, the musk deer abundance in the reserve has remained at a level of only “presence” of the species in the fauna.
