The Population and Distribution of Wood Grouse and Hazel Grouse over the West Siberian Plane before the Hunting Season
Yu. S. RAVKIN, L. G. VARTAPETOV, K. V. TOROPOV, S. M. TSYBULIN, V. A. YUDKIN, V. S. ZHUKOV, A. M. ADAM, I. V. POKROVSKAYA, A. A. ANANIN, S. A. SOLOVYEV, V. N. BLINOV, T. K. BLINOVA, E. L. SHOR, V. M. ANUFRIEV, G. M. TERTITSKY
Abstract
On the basis of the summer route accounts of birds, carried out since 1959 till 1996, the indices of abundance and population of wood grouse and hazel grouse were calculated for all the areas and subareas of West Siberia. Total wood grouse resource is about 900 thousand individuals, while that of hazel grouse is almost 12 times as large.
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