Zoogeography and comparative ecology of sibling species Sicista (Rodentia, Dipodoidea) of the caucasica group
https://doi.org/10.35885/1684-7318-2024-3-268-290
Abstract
The authors’ and literary data on the geographical distribution of few Sicista sibling species of the caucasica group (S. caucasica, S. kluchorica, S. kazbegica, and S. armenica) are summarized. For the first time, based on an analysis of our own collections obtained in the period from 1979 to 1990 and in 2010, environmental features (biotopic correspondence, abundance, reproduction strategy, and food specializations) are compared for several geographically replacing Sicista sibling species of the caucasica group (S. caucasica, S. kluchorica, S. kazbegica, and S. armenica), inhabiting different sectors of the middle mountains and highlands of the Caucasus, considered in a comparative aspect in connection with the differentiation of the group.
Supporting agencies: This work was performed within the framework of the state assignment of the A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Project no. FFER-2021-0003) and Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences (project no. 0088-2021-0019)
About the Authors
M. I. Baskevich
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Marina I. Baskevich - Laboratory of Mammalian Microevolution, A. N. Severtsov IEE RAS.
33 Leninsky Prosp., Moscow 119071
L. A. Khlyap
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Liudmila A. Khlyap
33 Leninsky Prosp., Moscow 119071
A. S. Bogdanov
Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexey S. Bogdanov
26 Vavilova St., Moscow 119334
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Baskevich M.I., Khlyap L.A., Bogdanov A.S. Zoogeography and comparative ecology of sibling species Sicista (Rodentia, Dipodoidea) of the caucasica group. Povolzhskiy Journal of Ecology. 2024;(3):268-290. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.35885/1684-7318-2024-3-268-290
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